{"id":1314,"date":"2006-11-06T12:41:53","date_gmt":"2006-11-06T16:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1314"},"modified":"2013-01-21T13:36:42","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T18:36:42","slug":"spacing-in-todays-toronto-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/11\/06\/spacing-in-todays-toronto-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing in today&#8217;s Toronto Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/images\/thestar\/img\/061106_Spacing_magazine_300.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s <em>Toronto Star<\/em> has a wonderful feature on <em>Spacing<\/em>. Just in time for tonight&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/votes\/?p=268\">mayoral event<\/a>! Here&#8217;s a little excerpt (or read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/NASApp\/cs\/ContentServer?pagename=thestar\/Layout\/Article_Type1&#038;c=Article&#038;cid=1162770307161&#038;call_pageid=968350130169&#038;col=969483202845\">the full article)<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When it first appeared in 2003, it was with little more than a warm and fuzzy layman&#8217;s fondness for the city.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I first saw their work, I kind of ended up scratching my head and wondering what it was about,&#8221; says Ted Tyndorf, Toronto&#8217;s chief city planner. &#8220;But I don&#8217;t think anyone feels that way anymore. They&#8217;ve got a lot of credibility here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning, the sidelines may have seemed a comfortable distance away. But despite Blackett&#8217;s protestations to the contrary, he and his pan-urban crew of activists, artists, writers and thinkers have gotten up off the bench and inched closer, to the point where now, they have a toe on the field.<\/p>\n<p>Case in point: Tonight at Revival, a College St. nightclub, <em>Spacing <\/em>will host Mayor David Miller and Councillor Jane Pitfield, his only real challenger, in a very civilized panel discussion. (Blackett eschews calling it a debate. &#8220;People want to know where they stand. They don&#8217;t want to see them fight,&#8221; he says.)<\/p>\n<p>Getting the mayor&#8217;s ear, especially in election season, is no easy task &#8212; corralling him for an entire evening to speak about your pet issues even less so. But such has been the trajectory of <em>Spacing<\/em>. Its central thrust &#8212; the improvement and preservation of, and affection for, the city&#8217;s public realm, be it parks, sidewalks, bike paths, you name it &#8212; is front and centre on Miller&#8217;s agenda.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>photo by Rene Johnson\/Toronto Star\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s Toronto Star has a wonderful feature on Spacing. Just in time for tonight&#8217;s mayoral event! 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