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The Centre Cannot Hold
The future is in Scarborough! Our friend’s at the Toronto Free Gallery are opening an exhibition that “poses the question—Is our future...
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Goethe Deconstruction Time Again
If you missed the first panel discussion a month or so ago on Urban Deconstructions currently at the Goethe-Institut (it was very good – they...
By Shawn Micallef -
A Toronto “What If?”
Today’s Toronto Star has a great section called “What If?” It is very much like our “History of our Future” issue from last...
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New media vs. old media
On most days, the Spacing Wire tracks what is going on in the public realm of this city, linking to articles and columns in the major daily papers, the...
By Matthew Blackett -
Superboxes, Megabins & Freedom of the Press
The Globe & Mail reports today on the move towards aggregating the muddle of newspaper boxes on our public streets. Although it is always good to get...
By Chris Hardwicke -
Mayor Miller Speaks on”Building a Great World City for the 21st Century”
Mayor David Miller gave Victoria College’s annual Keith Davey lecture this year on March 30, on the subject of “Building a Great World City...
By Dylan Reid -
European ad creep
Advertising encroachment into the public realm is one of my strongest pet peeves. When outdoor ad companies use guerrilla marketing campaigns to get their...
By Matthew Blackett -
Active 18 vs. WESTside Lofts
[Crossposted on the Eye Blog] Back to back press conferences taking place Thursday morning will provide two perhaps contrasting visions for development...
By Dale Duncan -
SPACING: Comments on the Spacing Wire
Some of you may have noticed that we are now allowing comments on the Spacing Wire. We will turn on the comments function for posts that we feel need to...
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Photjunkie wins Bloggie
Regular Spacing contributor Rannie Turingan [ aka photojunkie.ca ] won Best Canadian Blog at the 2006 Bloggies held at SXSW. The Bloggies are one of the...
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The cult of transit lovers
The Toronto Star did an a full-page article on transit lovers today, and it featured a number of people connected to Spacing (and Spacing itself!)...
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SPACING’s 2006 city election internship program
In the fall, Torontonians will go to the polls and pick 44 city councillors and a mayor. This will be the first time Spacing will have election coverage...
By Matthew Blackett