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  • Perverse Psychogeography?

    “Psychogeography” seems to be generally considered a relatively benign observational activity — a random drifting through the city to...

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  • Chainlink Beautiful?

    The new “Bennet Gates” at the south end of Philosopher’s Walk on the University of Toronto campus recently won a “Clean and...

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  • “We’re all pedestrians” campaign wins award

    While we at Spacing have serious beefs with outdoor advertising, we do have a sense of humour and can appreciate creativity when we see it. So kudos to...

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  • Walking from JFK

    In today’s New York Times there is an article on a walk English author Will Self took from JFK into Manhatten. It took him six hours. Self is a...

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  • Carlton Canyon

    The walk west on Carlton has changed over the past year and become quite a nice and cozy canyon. The addition of the new glass condo just east of Yonge...

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  • News of the World

    Last week, Spacing‘s Dale Duncan wrote an article in Eye Magazine about five great public space ideas from other cities. She cited an initiative in...

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  • Tuesday’s links

    Rookies arrive in Hall of power [Toronto Star]: Beginning at 1 p.m. [Chin Lee] and the six others — Adam Vaughan, Anthony Perruzza, John Parker...

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  • Making Toronto’s streets

    Streets are at the heart of a city. They take up a quarter of all land in the city. They should be the places where people gather and experience urban...

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  • Crossing anywhere on St. George

    The Star‘s “Fixer” had an interesting story recently about curb cuts along St. George St. in the University of Toronto campus. During...

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  • Do lazy people move to the suburbs?

    Researchers have established in recent years that there is a correlation between obesity and sprawl — people in low-density suburbs, who have to...

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  • Active Transportation Press Conference

    A week ago, the Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation (TCAT) (note – I’m one of the organizers) held a press conference to highlight the...

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  • Traffic Tales movie night

    The Streets to Screens movie series will feature two movies about sustainable transportation on Thursday, October 26, at the Bloor Cinema at 7pm. The...

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