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To Milton, with love
The mayoralty in her sights, Councillor Karen Stintz has already begun to lay the foundation for her 2010 platform. With more than three years to go...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
The TTC Type & Tile Tour this Sunday
For those of you interested in the history of the TTC tile design and signage check out Joe Clark’s tour this Sunday. Clark has been fighting to...
By Matthew Blackett -
TTC takeover may be tempting
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. The Toronto Star is in a tizzy over speculation that the province may want to upload responsibility of our beloved TTC to the...
By Dale Duncan -
Animated Toronto subway map contest winner!
submitted by Drew Jones • view it larger You picked it! We have a winner in our animated Toronto subway line contest. Its Drew Jones! A few weeks...
By Matthew Blackett -
Sighting: automatic stop calls on a streetcar
Last night, as I came home on the Spadina streetcar, I enjoyed my first experience of automatic stop calls on a streetcar. Finally, after all these years...
By Dylan Reid -
The Art of Parking
Editor’s Note: Thus continues the investigation into the many parking lots of downtown Hull by Spacing’s Ottawa/Gatineau Region correspondent...
By Amber Yared -
Mid-Week Headlines
MATADOR CLUB: • Is it closing time for the Matador? [ Toronto Star ] • 43 years of history vs. 20 parking spots [ Toronto Star ] MISSISSAUGA...
By Sean Marshall -
The Bathurst Street Bridge
Spacing Associate Editor Shawn Micallef has an essay about the Bathurst Street Bridge in today’s Toronto Star Ideas section: The bridge is about as...
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TTC subway growth animation contest finalists!
We’ve had a number of great submissions for our impromptu TTC subway growth animation contest. So many good submissions, in fact, that we...
By Matthew Blackett -
TTC typography and advertising domination
The ever-thorough Joe Clark has two excellent posts that you should definitely know about. The first post involves a lengthy look at the TTC’s...
By Matthew Blackett -
The growth of New York’s subway system
Check out this New York City subway map — it shows the growth of the subway system in order of the year each line was constructed. What’s...
By Matthew Blackett -
Lower Bay station infiltrated by Italians
On Thursday night film types descended into the abandoned Lower Bay Station for a TIFF party thrown by the Italian Trade Commission to celebrate the...
By Shawn Micallef