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Do not pass GO: Silly pedestrian barriers to transit
I’m not sure what it is about GO Transit. I want to think that it is an essential part of our public transit system. In many respects, it is: by...
By Sean Marshall -
Watch NFB: My Urban Garden
Editor: Spacing is pleased to showcase films from the NFB’s online screening room. The NFB will be occasionally posting films here that explore our...
By Matthew Forsythe -
Cities for People — Main Square
This is part of a series of posts by students in OCAD’s Cities for People summer workshop (click the link to read a bit about what the class was...
By Cities for People -
Events Guide: Heritage Toronto walking tours this weekend
Union Station and the Railway Lines (NEW!) – SATURDAY, JULY 11 @ 11:00 AM The Railway Lands around Union Station have undergone several dramatic...
By Jake Schabas -
The Archer
Henry Moore’s Three Way Piece Number Two: Archer, better known simply as The Archer, is one of Toronto’s best known pieces of art. This is...
By Shaun Merritt -
Instant funding for Kitchener-Waterloo LRT
Spacing contributing editor Steve Munro, whose active transit blog many of you likely read, recently posted on the new Kitchener-Waterloo LRT line their...
By Jake Schabas -
South East Scarborough Pow Wow
“From the rez to the city, my people are you with me? You’re tuned in to the chief of the concrete city,†rapped hip-hop artist Wabs Whitebird...
By Emma Feltes -
Happy Canada Day
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xESPNlH5rrA[/youtube] Happy Canada Day! Recognize anybody in this Trudeau-era anthem film? Where are these...
By Shawn Micallef -
The rise and fall of Ontario’s first regional mall
In November, 1954, Ontario’s first regional shopping centre opened in East Hamilton – the Greater Hamilton Shopping Centre, or better known as...
By Sean Marshall -
Throwback Thursday: Yorkville and the death of Toronto’s first scene
Every Thursday, Spacing will bring you a snapshot of Toronto’s past, looking into what took place that day in the city’s history. Throwback...
By Jake Schabas -
Reaching the Summit: New Approaches to Street Design
Just three days into this year’s Bike Month, a damp May 28th was host to Bike Summit 2009, a day-long conference on cycling policy co-hosted by the...
By Emma Feltes -
Development signs of the times
Back in July 2008, I bemoaned the City of Toronto’s lack of decent signage for public notices related to development applications. Having spent a...
By Matthew Blackett