Urban Design
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Toronto’s Public Spaces in 2005
Both Eye Weekly and NOW ran excellent 2005 year in review features. Here’s the stuff they pointed out that the Spacing Wire thinks is worth...
By Matthew Blackett -
Reading Toronto
Some might say that the Reading Toronto blog is our competition, but in fact they are our friends. RT offers readers intelligent critique and ideas that...
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The suburban loft
If we needed another signal of the demise of the urban loft, it has arrived. A development in a suburb of Denver is experimenting with the suburban...
By Matthew Blackett -
Public squares around the world
NOTE: The Spacing Wire will be posting only occasionally throughout the next week — The Editors Probably the best North American resource for...
By Matthew Blackett -
The other side of the OMB
In the Toronto Star today, Christopher Hume writes about the other side of the OMB — when they make decisions that are actually good for Toronto...
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The city revisits the expressway
Like so many roadways of the 1950s and ’60s, Seattle’s I-5 freeway cut through the city and destroyed pedestrian connections between...
By Laura Hatcher -
Dreams of Front Street
The Union Station precinct study (led by various architects and consultants) held a public meeting tonight to discuss options for re-shaping Front Street...
By Dylan Reid -
Is Toronto ready to grow up?
(all links go to the Toronto Star) Is Toronto ready to grow up? Christopher Hume ponders this qestion in his column today regarding the potential overhaul...
By Matthew Blackett -
Development developments
Today the Ontario government proposed new legislation that would give councils and citizens more power to determine what developments go ahead, and...
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Sprawl Malta Euro Mega-Remix
Spacing Associate Editor Shawn Micallef is in Europe during December and is posting sporadically throughout the month. — The Editors Just to add to...
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In defense of Proximity
Closer to home the Globe and Mail has several stories about dense urban life. John Bently Mays talks about the importance of mid-rises in the future of...
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In defense of Sprawl
The Torontoist’s Ron Nurwisah sent this along to us: Sprawl is the arch-nemesis of progressive urban planning. North America’s love affair...
By Matthew Blackett