Streetscape
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The nostalgia of phone booths
A few years ago I taught an independent media class at Humber College. One of my assignments for the students was to create a tiny publication for...
By Matthew Blackett -
SPACING PRESENTS: thinkToronto urban design ideas competition
thinkTORONTO is a Spacing-sponsored urban design ideas competition. The competition will help Spacing celebrate the magazine’s 5th anniversary in...
By Matthew Blackett -
SPACING PRESENTS: thinkToronto urban design ideas competition
You might have seen the ad in the magazine or here on the blog, but today we’re officially announcing the launch of thinkTORONTO, a...
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Vespa Ads Not Cool
We are constantly bombarded by ads. On buses, garbage bins, TTC shelters and in the sky line they are hard to escape. But after a while of living in the...
By Patricia Simoes -
Art under bridges
When I first moved to North York, specifically the Keele and Wilson area, three years ago, it took me a while to get used to my new surroundings. One day...
By Patricia Simoes -
TTC STRIKE: In the ‘burbs (and where are the pickets?)
I took a walk today to see what things were like at what should be TTC strike hotspots – the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113 headquarters, and...
By Sean Marshall -
ROAD TRIP: charming Iowa City
IOWA CITY, IOWA — The last city I stopped to see on my trip, before gunning the car to get home to Toronto, was the university town of Iowa City in...
By Matthew Blackett -
ROAD TRIP: Denver’s 16th Street Mall
DENVER, COLORADO — After viewing one of the craziest buildings I have ever seen — the Cadet Chapel of the Air Forces in Colorado Springs...
By Matthew Blackett -
City Clerk slammed by information czar
Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner has rebuked Toronto City Clerk Ulli Watkiss’s attempt to withhold files from a Toronto...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Mexico’s Messy Urbanism
Mexico City is a huge megalopolis of 20 million people, all crowded into a plateau surrounded by volcanic mountains. In many ways, Mexico has the same...
By Sean Marshall -
Jarvis Street transformation project — consultations
The City of Toronto is undertaking a major project to improve Jarvis Street — once a beautiful avenue of mansions, but now a rather unappealing...
By Dylan Reid -
Will a ‘strong’ mayor hold up bikes?
The City of Toronto Official Plan envisions a city where active transportation helps to relieve congestion and improve air quality. Yet, right now less...
By Tammy Thorne