Walking
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Downtown Chicago’s street furniture
Just over a year ago, Spacing associate editor Shawn Micallef wrote two great posts (July 7 2006 and July 10 2006) about his visit to Chicago. My recent...
By Matthew Blackett -
Tree pit liberation and placemaking in Kensington
We posted an event listing the other day about the transformation of a little corner on the eastern edge of Kensington Market at Oxford and Spadina. This...
By Matthew Blackett -
Cycling round up
Photo courtesy of bikelanediary A lot has been happening this summer in cycling. Here are just a few recent items from our city and beyond. Cycling...
By Tammy Thorne -
SPACING POLL: Where should pedestrian-only zones be located?
At the start of June, I wrote a post about how Toronto needs to begin the process of creating pedestrian-only zones in the city — we lag behind many...
By Matthew Blackett -
Toronto street treats — get your fill today!
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. Today at city hall, politicians, pedestrians and tourists will get a taste of what Toronto’s street food could be like...
By Dale Duncan -
Pedestrian Sunday in Baldwin Village this weekend!
WHAT: Pedestrian Sunday in Baldwin Village WHEN: Sunday, July 15th, 12-10pm, rain or shine WHERE: south of College, east of Spadina HOW MUCH: free LINK...
By Matthew Blackett -
First Pedestrian Sunday outside Kensington Market
Pedestrian Sundays are expanding this weekend. The first “Pedestrian Sunday” to take place outside Kensington Market is happening this Sunday...
By Dylan Reid -
Walking consultation #2
The City of Toronto is holding its second public consultation meeting to get citizen input into its development of a Walking Strategy for the city of...
By Dylan Reid -
Montreal notes
Back in May, Spacing publisher Matt Blackett and myself drove up to Montreal for a few days to work on a Spacing project (details to come). While we were...
By Dylan Reid -
Sexual Innuendo + Anti-Speed Racing Ads = Safer Pedestrians?
Just came across an interesting approach to reducing speed racing — and making streets safer for pedestrians — from the land downunda. It...
By Leah Sandals -
A sense of scale, a sense of space, a sense of place?
Photo: St. Thomas St, Yorkville A second construction hoarding was erected on St. Thomas St south of Bloor recently, across the street from an existing...
By Robin Chubb -
Looking at cities
Someone recently suggested I look at the 1985 book Looking at Cities by Allan B. Jacobs, a great California urbanist who did a lot of work on how to make...
By Dylan Reid