{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Spacing Toronto","provider_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto","author_name":"John Lorinc","author_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/author\/john\/","title":"LORINC: Pedestrianizing Old City Hall - Spacing Toronto","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"sTYO3EgKiX\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2026\/03\/20\/lorinc-pedestrianizing-old-city-hall\/\">LORINC: Pedestrianizing Old City Hall<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2026\/03\/20\/lorinc-pedestrianizing-old-city-hall\/embed\/#?secret=sTYO3EgKiX\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;LORINC: Pedestrianizing Old City Hall&#8221; &#8212; Spacing Toronto\" data-secret=\"sTYO3EgKiX\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/26432646788_57a6974fe6_k.jpg","thumbnail_width":2048,"thumbnail_height":1154,"description":"It sometimes seems that the endless civic debate over the second life of Old City Hall began not long after E.J. Lennox completed his sandstone monument to municipal government. But the earlier bursts of largely theoretical discourse \u2014 from the mid-2000s and then the 2010s, much of which centred around a Toronto museum \u2014 haveContinue reading"}