The Star
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Three people don’t make it “mixed reviews”
The Star has an article today about the Queen’s Quay pedestrian/bike lane experiment. They had quotes from three residents who didn’t seem...
By Matthew Blackett -
We tear down the good to erect the bad
Toronto skyline, 1931 Christopher Hume had an excellent piece in the Star yesterday. His opening three paragraphs are a reminder of what we’ve let...
By Matthew Blackett -
The “Bystander Effect”
The Star ran an interesting story this week about the “bystander effect.” Apparently, when a crime is happening in public, the likelihood of a...
By Dylan Reid -
Water, water, everywhere…
It looks like the summer’s high temperatures and humidity have sparked a lot of talk about the Waterfront these days. Today, Christopher Hume has an...
By Ian Malczewski -
Weekend headlines on public space issues
Christopher Hume has a great piece in the Star today about the redevelopment of Beirut during the 1990s and its connection to Toronto’s waterfront...
By Matthew Blackett -
Vacant Lots: Just Add Water
Spacing’s public art editor Leah Sandals has been a participant in the Vacant Lots exhibition that is running out of the Toronto Free Gallery...
By Matthew Blackett -
Toronto Star’s “What If…” section continues
Spacing was excited to be referenced a few times in the Toronto Star’s “What If…” section back in April. The paper used a few...
By Matthew Blackett -
New garbage bins and newspaper boxes on T.O.’s streets
It must be summer vacation at One Yonge Street because the Star is reporting today on the death of the MegaBins (Spacing reported this development back on...
By Matthew Blackett -
A glimpse of the future?
There was an article in the Star a few days ago about how the city will be temporarily closing down Queen’s Quay improve pedestrian access to the...
By Ian Malczewski -
Freight Derailment Cripples GO Train Service
Crossposted to Transit Toronto. The Toronto Star is reporting that a freight derailment near Royal York Road has suspended all GO Train service out of...
By James Bow -
No swimming
From the Toronto Star: It’s going to be hot, hot, hot for the next several days. So, where do you go to cool off? To the beach, of course. But wait...
By Matthew Blackett -
The Importance of Everyday Architecture
I’m not always on exactly the same page as the Star‘s architecture/urban critic Christopher Hume when it comes to individual buildings, but I...
By Dylan Reid