Urban Design
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Ruins along the Scarborough Bluffs
Sunday turned nice and computers were turned off and left at home for a trip to (what feels like) the most remote part of Toronto: the beach along the...
By Shawn Micallef -
Road Trip: Upstate New York
On Victoria Day weekend, myself, accompanied with a few friends headed off on a road trip to Boston, passing through several Upstate New York cities on...
By Sean Marshall -
The future of the Gardiner Expressway
This post has been compiled by Matthew Blackett and Robin Chubb At a news conference today at Waterfront Toronto headquarters, it was officially announced...
By Matthew Blackett -
Does Toronto need an Urban Centre?
On Saturday in the Toronto Star’s Ideas section I wrote an article proposing an “Urban Centre” be established here in Toronto...
By Shawn Micallef -
Old Golf Course Park?
A new public park is planned as part of the Toronto Community Housing Corporation’s residential development that will soon rise on the land...
By Josh Hume -
Street Stories: Neville Park Boulevard
For many Torontonians, Neville Park means “Yes, I’m going all the way — unless I short-turn at Connaught or Kingston Road.” Thanks...
By Todd Harrison -
International Readings at Harbourfront: Sacred spaces and concrete cities
WHAT: Reading, talk and slide-show presentation WHO: Mark Kingwell, Michael McClelland and Graeme Stewart WHEN: TONIGHT Wed May 14 7:30pm WHERE...
By Shawn Micallef -
A walk through Downtown Brampton
Downtown Brampton, with the 1880s Dominion Building and the Rose Theatre behind. I grew up in the suburban city of Brampton, just north-west of Toronto...
By Sean Marshall -
SPACING PRESENTS: thinkToronto urban design ideas competition
thinkTORONTO is a Spacing-sponsored urban design ideas competition. The competition will help Spacing celebrate the magazine’s 5th anniversary in...
By Matthew Blackett -
Walking Thorncliffe Park
After my walk around Flemingdon Park (and being questioned by the police for taking photos), which I described in yesterday’s post, I decided to...
By Dylan Reid -
SPACING PRESENTS: thinkToronto urban design ideas competition
You might have seen the ad in the magazine or here on the blog, but today we’re officially announcing the launch of thinkTORONTO, a...
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Walking Flemingdon Park
This year, Jane’s Walk Toronto introduced a special focus on the “inner suburbs” — the former suburban municipalities that were...
By Dylan Reid