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JOHN LORINC: Five white guys in suits
The all-male city council of Toronto, 1952 Except for Mel Lastman’s essentially uncontested re-election in 2000 (with all due respect to Tooker...
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Help us write a handbook of Toronto etiquette
Social norms vary from city to city. In Marrakech it’s perfectly normal for a shopkeeper to offer mint tea to a potential customer before setting off on a...
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GTA’s lost villages: Agincourt
The brutalist Chelmsford Apartment towers loom over an old village house. This is the first in a series I plan to do over the next little while on the...
By Sean Marshall -
Spacing Saturday
Spacing Saturday is a new feature that highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region...
By Katia Snukal -
World Wide Wednesday: Streetcars, Subways and Bikes
Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites...
By Katia Snukal -
Fish sewer grates in Ottawa
While I was in Ottawa two weeks ago for the launch of our Spacing Ottawa blog I spent some time wandering around the Hintonburg neighbourhood (the site of...
By Matthew Blackett -
Fort York Visitor Centre open house
WHAT: Design Competition launch WHEN: Friday December 4, 2009 12 p.m. WHERE: City Hall, 100 Queen St. W., Committee Room 1 ADDITIONAL VIEWING TIMES...
By Shawn Micallef -
Public access to waterfront in Port of Spain, Trinidad
Cross-posted from Spacing Ottawa, by Michael Frojmovic For those not familiar with local fare in Trinidad & Tobago, a mix of dried channa (chickpea)...
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WATERFRONToronto unveils design for East Bayfront development
A “milestone day in the effort to revitalise Toronto’s waterfront”, according to John Campbell, President and CEO of Waterfront Toronto...
By Nicole Bruun-Meyer -
How would a National Housing Strategy impact our cities?
cross-posted from Spacing Atlantic HALIFAX — National Housing Day was first marked on the calendar by a team of Toronto housing advocates on Nov 22...
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Will Alsop inspires the future designers of Toronto
Will Alsop, the British architect who recently topped Fast Company magazine’s 10 most creative people in architecture, returns to Toronto to start...
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Event Guide: Crossing Borders in Health
WHAT: an evening panel & discussion about creating a just health care system for immigrants and refugees WHEN: Thursday November 26th, 6:30pm WHERE...
By Jessica Duffin Wolfe