Streetscape
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New twist in street furniture saga
There’s been a new twist in Toronto’s street furniture saga. Illegalsigns.ca, a local outdoor advertising watchdog, is accusing on their...
By Matthew Blackett -
My street furniture includes… chalkboards
While debates rage on about the future of Toronto’s sidewalk-styled chesterfields and such, a Halifax art student is taking the question of...
By Leah Sandals -
Hume lays into City’s street furniture plan
The Toronto Star’s Christopher Hume pulled no punches in his column today. He demands that the City refuse all street furniture submissions because...
By Matthew Blackett -
Where in the GTA?
The GTA has a surprising number of walkable, urban outposts, most of which you can even get to without a car, if you’re determined enough. Some GTA...
By Sean Marshall -
Monday’s Headlines
• Street furniture designed to offend [ Toronto Star ] • What you said about the designs [ Toronto Star ] • Cover art with a difference ...
By Julie Yamin -
Where in the GTA?
On a recent Sunday with nothing better to do but drive a car around the GTA we found this perfect land of small town quaintness. Quaint is not a word to...
By Shawn Micallef -
Night Moves
Jamie, over at the always wonderful JB’s Warehouse and Curio Emporium, has posted another of his YouTube finds — this time, a clip from Night...
By Shawn Micallef -
The dull blight of sameness
I went to see the street furniture models today at city hall, and and they brought to mind a phrase Jane Jacobs uses, “The Great Blight of...
By Dylan Reid -
Street furniture models on display for 5 days
Spacing just received word that the street furniture models will be on display for four more days (five in total) at City Hall in the west side of the...
By Matthew Blackett -
Street furniture to be shown Wednesday at City Hall
UPDATE: The City has contacted us and told they plan to find a few more days between now and April 30th to display the models (april 30th is the executive...
By Matthew Blackett -
Most comments in March: discuss amongst yourselves
Each month, Spacing compiles the posts that have generated the most discussion. The number in brackets represents the number of comments of that specific...
By Julie Yamin -
Renderings from street furniture submissions
The City of Toronto released renderings from the bidders of the massive street furniture contract. Here are a few images extracted from the PDF, courtesy...
By Matthew Blackett