Transit
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Amazing drawings from 1949 of TTC subway construction
While plowing through thousands of images in the City of Toronto’s archive database I came across a series of illustrations by John DeRinzy that...
By Matthew Blackett -
LORINC: Why City Council’s Scarborough subway is another undecision
Okay, so now what? After last week’s multi-act debacle, the question hovering over Toronto city council’s Scarborough subway gamble is the obvious one...
By John Lorinc -
“Advice for the Living” by Art in Transit
Advice for the living is a project launched by Art in Transit, created by Labspace Studio and produced in association with Pattison Onestop. As described...
By Stephen Brophy -
LORINC: No more clarity needed on transit from city hall
On the eve of council’s debate over the foolish plan to tear up the City’s $8.7 billion deal with Metrolinx, I’d like to dredge up a detail from recent...
By John Lorinc -
Introducing the Willowdale Transit Authority
As many Spacing readers know, I have a deep love of maps (both reading and making). And I also have a deep affection for Willowdale, the North York...
By Matthew Blackett -
LORINC: 8 things to consider about the Scarborough Subway
Karen and Rob are kinda-sorta-friends again. The Liberals have found a way to mollify the long-suffering, wet-footed people of Scarborough. By-elections...
By John Lorinc -
Last day to enter TTC Ride Guide photo contest!
WHAT: Ride Guide Photo Contest WHO: The TTC and Spacing magazine DEADLINE: July 4th, 2013 (today!) LINK: The official contest page on TTC.ca Spacing is...
By Matthew Blackett -
LORINC: When a decision is not a decision — the undead Scarborough subway
In the midst of the Toronto Spring in early 2012, TTC chair Karen Stintz posed a question to me that has stuck in my mind ever since: “How do we know...
By John Lorinc -
MOD TORONTO: Art and architecture on the Spadina subway
To coincide with the cover section of Spacing’s summer 2013 issue, we bring you a series of posts by local architect Robert Moffatt that examine...
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LORINC: How to keep Metrolinx honest
If you listen closely to critics of the Metrolinx Big Move investment strategy, there are two distinct, although closely related, arguments about why this...
By John Lorinc -
Spacing and TTC launch photo contest for Ride Guide
WHAT: Ride Guide Photo Contest WHO: The TTC and Spacing magazine DEADLINE: July 4th, 2013 LINK: The official contest page on TTC.ca Spacing is happy to...
By Spacing -
STREET SCENE: 4056
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese