Urban Design
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Mississauga not fiscal paradise anymore
The City of Mississauga, hailed by critics of the City of Toronto as a financially sustainable paradise for many years, is now anything but. It’s...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Deer hunting in Sudbury
Two weeks ago I spent Good Friday afternoon walking around the fine and solid City of Sudbury. Because it was a holiday the city felt silent and empty...
By Shawn Micallef -
Community mobilizes against Eastern Avenue development
Recently there has been a lot of noise about the proposed development by Smart!Centres on Eastern Avenue – a development suspected to be a Big Box...
By Ian Malczewski -
Searching for York
This past week’s Eye Weekly Stroll column had me climbing around the hills of York, the unsung city that once existed as part of Metropolitian...
By Shawn Micallef -
Let’s build the Bathurst Bridge Toronto deserves
There is going to be a new bridge in town, and Toronto has a rare opportunity to build something great because the Bathurst Street Bridge is about to...
By Shawn Micallef -
BOOKS: What are you reading?
For those of you with a city-focused book fetish, you should be looking forward to Spacing’s upcoming issue where we review a handful of excellent...
By Matthew Blackett -
Streetcars and LRT: Streetcar-oriented development
Mimico, one of Toronto’s outer streetcar suburbs As Toronto begins detailed planning and consultations for Transit City, it is also looking to...
By Sean Marshall -
I am (not) lovin’ it
Another one bites the dust. Not that the potential loss of a McDonald’s restaurant causes me any particular heartache, but this particular...
By Thomas Wicks -
Tree Tuesday: Comparing maples
Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of LEAF posts a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee. The...
By Todd Irvine -
Psychogeographic Event Guide: Know your city; take a walk
As part of the John Hartman Cities exhibition at the University of Toronto Art Centre at University College, we have organized a collaborative...
By Shawn Micallef -
Galway: Medieval streets, Thin Lizzy, rubbish bins and fine walks
I spent the last week rambling around Galway, Ireland, chatting with people and exploring as it is the location of the next [murmur] project. It’s a...
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Tree Tuesday: A tree-of-heaven busts-a-move
Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of LEAF posts a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee. The...
By Todd Irvine