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READ – Winter 2018 edition of Fife and Drum: Bentway Skate trail opens, the Fighting Bishop and the electronic capture of Fort York
The latest edition of Fife and Drum, the quarterly journal produced by the Friends of Fort York, was just released. Here’s some of what you’ll find...
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EVENT: Shawn Micallef talks about Frontier City: Toronto on the Verge of Greatness Mon Dec 18
WHAT: Author talk WHERE: Toronto Reference Library main atrium – 789 Yonge St. WHEN: Monday Dec 18th, 7PM-8PM HOW MUCH: Free Spacing senior editor...
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Meet the 2017 Jane Jacobs Prize winners
The Jane Jacobs Prize is an annual award, presented by Spacing, that celebrates individuals who contribute to the fabric of Toronto life in unique ways...
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LORINC: Sidewalk Labs has hit a roadblock
The City of Toronto last week clearly signaled to Waterfront Toronto (WT) that the tripartite development agency drastically overstepped its mandate by...
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EVENT: Toronto’s Psychogeography, Spaces, and Places Discussion – Sat Nov 4th
Editor: This is a guest post by Parker Kay WHAT: Pumice Raft Art Talk #2 – Toronto’s Psychogeography, Spaces, and Places – Free entry WHEN...
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EVENT: Spacing is having a combined magazine and book release party
WHEN: Tuesday, October 10th, 7:30pm-11pm WHERE: Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm St. (2 blocks north of Yonge & Dundas) COST: event is free / mag $5 ...
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EVENT: 2017 Toronto the Good party + public lecture by Doug Saunders
WHAT: Annual Toronto the Good party + public lecture by Doug Saunders WHERE: Evergreen Brickworks WHEN: Thursday October 5, 2017 — 5:30PM-11PM COST...
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The parking garage of the future!
In the 1950s and 60s, Toronto, like cities all over the world, struggled with challenges delivered by the rise of the private automobile. For the first...
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The story of the Toronto Island’s modern architecture
When the flood water on the Toronto Island eventually recedes it will reveal a damaged and possibly forever altered landscape. For the first time in...
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WATCH: Amazing archival videos of Toronto Pride 1988-1995
Between 1988 and 1995 (save for 1991 when he did not have a camera) Toronto editor and filmmaker James Leahy documented Toronto Pride, both the street...
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Islamophobia in Canadian public spaces: how to go from trauma to solidarity
There is a pressing need to turn public spaces where Muslims have been traumatized into spaces where solidarity is strengthened. Racialized communities...
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The oddities of the Dundas Street Extension
In December 1954, the railway tracks near Logan Avenue presented the final obstacle in one of Toronto’s first major post-war road building...
By Chris Bateman