Book Review
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Book Review: Toronto Then and Now
Toronto Then and Now is an elegant, large-format coffee table book that highlights the past and present of some of Toronto’s most interesting...
By Dylan Reid -
Book Review – How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City
Walking was the primary way that people got around cities from the time cities first emerged until the 20th century. But, argues Joan DeJean in her book...
By Dylan Reid -
BOOK REVIEW: Unruly Places
I have to be favourably inclined towards a book whose Canadian edition preface opens with a shout-out to Toronto urban explorer Ninjalicious and his zine...
By Dylan Reid -
Book Review: Thinking about Yonge-Dundas Square
2013 is not only the 10th anniversary of Spacing, but also the 10th anniversary of Yonge-Dundas Square. The two anniversaries are related — in the first...
By Dylan Reid -
The Art of Urban Sketching: Victoria
This week, Spacing presents excerpts from The Art of Urban Sketching, the new book by Seattle-based artist and journalist Gabriel Campanario. The book...
By Noah van der Laan -
The Art of Urban Sketching: Toronto
This week, Spacing presents excerpts from The Art of Urban Sketching, the new book by Seattle-based artist and journalist Gabriel Campanario. The book...
By Noah van der Laan -
The Art of Urban Sketching: Montreal
This week, Spacing presents excerpts from The Art of Urban Sketching, the new book by Seattle-based artist and journalist Gabriel Campanario. The book...
By Noah van der Laan -
GIFT GUIDE: Great children’s books that feature cities
In the (almost) five years since our first kid was born, my wife and I have amassed an impressive collection of children’s books. But as our collection...
By Todd Harrison -
Ken Greenberg Talks Flexible Urbanism in New Book
Walking Home: The Life and Lessons of a City Builder by Ken Greenberg, Random House Canada, 400 pages, $29.95 After the election of Rob Ford, it seemed as...
By Jake Tobin Garrett -
Pages in retrospective
Editor’s note: At Afterword, the wake held for pages books on Tuesday night, a number of folks came up to say what the store meant to them. As Matt...
By Shawn Micallef -
Reading List: City Comforts, by David Sucher
David Sucher’s City Comforts is a little gem of a book. First published in 1995, it’s a collection of the small details that make urban spaces...
By Dylan Reid -
Event Guide: Book launch – “There Never Was a Better Time”
Local historian Doug Taylor (who is one of my neighbours) recently published his book There Never Was a Better Time, a fictionalized retelling of his...
By Dylan Reid