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Spacing was excited to be referenced a few times in the Toronto Star’s “What If…” section back in April. The paper used a few stories brought up in our “History of our Future” issue<\/a> as jumping off points. Since the spring, Star readers have sent in over 400 emails with their ideas for improving Toronto. The Star handed them to Paul Bedford, the former chief city planner of the City of Toronto and the author of the city’s Official Plan. He read them, analyzed them, and has come to some critical conclusions<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spacing was excited to be referenced a few times in the Toronto Star’s “What If…” section back in April. The paper used a few stories brought up in our “History of our Future” issue as jumping off points. 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