Walking
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Birmingham pedestrians and Public Space
The city of Birmingham, formerly a car-centric industrial city, has tranformed its central core into a pedestrian-friendly neighbourhood of pleasing...
By Dylan Reid -
SPACING: Toronto designers wins Chicago recycle bin contest
SPACING.ca FEATURE: In the summer of 2005, the American Institute of Architects/Chicago Young Architects Forum called for design submissions for an...
By Matthew Blackett -
Segways Put in their Place — For Now
The Segway issue came back again to the City of Toronto’s Works Committee this morning, in a lively and sometimes surreal debate. The good news is...
By Dylan Reid -
TTC to reconnect station to its landscape
The TTC has hired a group including noted Toronto architects Brown + Storey to help re-configure Victoria Park station and re-connect it to the ravine...
By Dylan Reid -
Editorial on ads vs. art; young pedestrian killed
You know you’ve made it as an effective community group when newspapers start writing editorials about your campaigns. The Toronto Public Space...
By Matthew Blackett -
EUCAN’s pants are on fire
As most readers of Spacing know, we are not fans of the EUCAN bin. You can read all about our reasons here, here, here, or here. There is no doubt in our...
By Matthew Blackett -
Pedestrian Plans Galore
As Toronto begins the preliminary stages of developing a Pedestrian Plan, it’s useful to see what others have done. Bicyclinginfo.org...
By Dylan Reid -
Today’s Traffic News
A story in the Toronto Star today showed that, despite the hype about gun-related deaths in Toronto, the car was deadlier than the gun in 2005. In...
By Dylan Reid -
Don’t Drink and Walk?
An interesting study by Transport Canada shows that a significant number of pedestrians killed in traffic accidents are drunk, often extremely drunk...
By Dylan Reid -
Toronto’s New Year resolutions
This might be a good time to lay out our wish list for 2006. • Do not approve the EUCAN monster bins: Within the coming months, the City’s...
By Matthew Blackett -
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 -
Kensington Market Festival of Lights Tonight
Come celebrate the spirit of light in Kensington Market on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 6:00pm-. Light up the longest and darkest night of the year at the...
By Chris Hardwicke