Streetscape
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Why Toronto’s street-side trees are dying, part CXVIII
Five street trees in planter boxes at Yonge and Finch, August 2007 Last summer I wrote a post about a sad patch of street trees near the southwest corner...
By Matthew Blackett -
Old Markham and Heritage Estates
After visiting the “Downtown Markham” site last Saturday, I went on to the old village of Markham. What’s interesting is the lack of...
By Sean Marshall -
The Stop Sign as a platform
One of my favourite forms of graffiti art is the alteration of the stop sign. It provides a very prominent platform for anyone who has a desire to express...
By Matthew Blackett -
Fringe Benefits continued: How should “Avenues” develop?
The way the new exhibition Fringe Benefits (reviewed earlier) presented the dynamics of ethnic communities in the suburbs helped to crystallize some...
By Dylan Reid -
BEIJING: more public exercise equipment
Spacing Montreal contributor Cedric Sam recently made an excellent post about other examples of public exercise equipment in Beijing. Originally posted...
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“The street is an extension of your living room” Rethinking city streets at Streets are for Picnics
If streets weren’t lined with cars, what would you use them for? This is the question Streets are for People has brought to the fore with public...
By Chloe Ellingson -
Attractive traffic calming
Last night I came across a rather attractive traffic calmer. It uses bricks instead of the now-traditional speed bump. It creates the same effect that is...
By Matthew Blackett -
Exciting new trash bin graces NYC’s Union Square
NEW YORK — Though waste receptacle culture here in New York City regularly makes me hearken back longingly for Toronto’s more progressive (if...
By Liz Clayton -
When Arts + Statistics = Gong Show
It’s June 16. After more than ten days of intense media coverage from all the major print, web, and broadcast media, Luminato has wrapped at last...
By Leah Sandals -
A look at Toronto’s new street furniture models
On Monday and Tuesday, the City of Toronto displayed examples of Astral’s new street furniture elements in front of City Hall. For years, I’ve...
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Bathurst Street Bridge: A Virtual Charrette
We’re going to try something new here on Spacing Toronto — a “virtual charrette” — though it often happens quite naturally...
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Unsung City Beautifiers: Fruit & Flower Shops
As Pug Award fever reaches its apex tomorrow night, I thought it might be time to shine a light on smaller-scale design issues. The area where I live, on...
By Leah Sandals