Streetscape
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The Sam’s sign vs. the CityTV truck
CityTV will soon be vacating the 299 Queen Street West address that was for years the iconic home of CityTV, Much Music and other cable television...
By Sean Marshall -
Montreal notes
Back in May, Spacing publisher Matt Blackett and myself drove up to Montreal for a few days to work on a Spacing project (details to come). While we were...
By Dylan Reid -
Adding art to our street furniture
Ecomedia, the new company that bought out EUCAN and took control of Toronto’s silver box waste bins, introduced an interesting program today that is...
By Matthew Blackett -
A sense of scale, a sense of space, a sense of place?
Photo: St. Thomas St, Yorkville A second construction hoarding was erected on St. Thomas St south of Bloor recently, across the street from an existing...
By Robin Chubb -
Friday’s Headlines
• Shoreline eyesore a potential danger [ Toronto Star ] • Streets closed for Pride events, Kensington Market [ Toronto Star ] • West-end...
By Julie Yamin -
Thursday’s Headlines
• Locals say crosswalk is ‘extremely dangerous’ [ Toronto Star ] • City okays pay-as-you-toss garbage fees [ Globe and Mail ] &bull...
By Julie Yamin -
Sam The Record Man’s neon sign to be auctioned
The folks at Torontoist just posted this: Sam The Record Man’s contents are going to be auctioned off, including the neon signs, on Wednesday, June...
By Matthew Blackett -
Saturday’s headlines
Pulse Front at Harbourfront, by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer • Has the cultural renaissance begun? [ Toronto Star ] • Renaissance ROM, finally realized...
By Matthew Blackett -
Friday’s Headlines
• 12,000 pinpricks of light online to rescue Sam’s classic neon sign [ Toronto Star ] • Luminato sheds light on city life [ Globe and Mail...
By Julie Yamin -
Save Sam’s signs
Yesterday, we posted about the closing of Sam The Record Man on Yonge and openly wondered what should be done with the distinctive signage. Some suggested...
By Matthew Blackett -
Wayfinding in Winnipeg
I recently came across an article about the new wayfinding signs that Winnipeg has installed. There are 101 spread out through the city, but mostly...
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What should they do with Sam the Record Man’s sign?
It’s sad to read that Sam The Record Man store on Yonge Street is closing. I love the corner it occupies — it’s a Toronto landmark for...
By Matthew Blackett