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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...

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  • Greening Toronto’s roofs

    Spacing Wire reader Brendan Stewart sent this along: The City of Toronto is currently in the middle of a process to develop a policy that will encourage...

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  • Gentrify this!

    Gentrification is a hot topic in all cities, and the neighbourhoods surrounding Toronto’s downtown core are no exception. Much of the West Queen...

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  • DIPS and other fun at City Hall

    New local street standards for Toronto A joint committee of Works and Planning today considered the “DIPS” report from staff which sets...

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  • Decision by the lake

    Christopher Hume writes in the Toronto Star today: “Sometime [Tuesday] at city hall, the much discussed East Bayfront Precinct Plan will finally go...

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  • Development issues are hot

    If you haven’t already noticed, Spacing managing editor Dale Duncan has taken on the City beat for Eye Weekly. The topic that has been turning her...

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  • Housing Projects and Public Space

    An important dimension of the recent two-week bout of rioting in France, one that a few people have noted, is the shape and use of public space. According...

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  • So long and thanks for all the fish

    The Toronto Star reports about how the City of Toronto lost the controversial Aquarium proposal for Exhibition Place due to, among other things, lack of...

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  • T.O. to BE

    There are so many proposed and under-construction projects in Toronto that it’s hard to get a grasp on what it all means to the city at large, and...

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  • Shadow games

    When a new development is proposed in Toronto, the developer has to conduct “shadow studies” to make sure that it will not cast unreasonable...

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