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LORINC: When a decision is not a decision — the undead Scarborough subway

In the midst of the Toronto Spring in early 2012, TTC chair Karen Stintz posed a question to me that has stuck in my mind ever since: “How do we know we’ve made a decision?” she wondered as her...

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Instaflaneur — Toronto’s new Corktown Common park & it’s Dubai views

Corktown Common recently opened and we paid a visit last weekend. The view from the Teletubby-like spash pad is of both the Toronto we know and the Toronto that’s coming soon. The post Instaflaneur —...

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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday

BIXI Fate of BIXI bikes to be determined in fall [Globe & Mail] Could high-tech toilets save Toronto’s Bixi bikes? [Globe & Mail] Denzil Minnan-Wong proposes new way to save Bixi: selling...

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Last day to enter TTC Ride Guide photo contest!

WHAT: Ride Guide Photo Contest WHO: The TTC and Spacing magazine DEADLINE: July 4th, 2013 (today!) LINK: The official contest page on TTC.ca Spacing is happy to announce a contest in partnership with...

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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday

TTC Subway signal failure: TTC installing new system for Yonge-Spadina line [Toronto Star] TTC fiasco a reminder of Toronto’s unpaid infrastructure bill: Hume [Toronto Star] Major TTC subway closures...

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Carleton Village

Urban Decay, Toronto / By Vik Pahwa Contribute your photos to Spacing’s Flickr pool The post Carleton Village appeared first on Spacing National.

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Sitting by the fire: artists redesign campsites

This group of artists might just make the old tuna can camper cool again. UrbanCampsite Amsterdam provides a fun redesign of classic concepts, built to make art and design interactive around the...

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Cycling Think & Do Tank: Women and Cycling in Toronto — A Snapshot

This post by Trudy Ledsham is part of Spacing‘s partnership with the Toronto Cycling Think and Do Tank at the University of Toronto. Find out more about the think tank, and the series, here. Last month...

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Ford Fest Scarborough — Revisiting Bendale circa 2004

Tonight is the Ford Brother’s Scarborough “Ford Fest” at Thomson Park in the Bendale neighbourhood. If the party is anything like the Ford Fest I attended in 2010 in Etobicoke (read about that one...

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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday

MAYOR ROB FORD Torontonians celebrate all things Rob Ford at massive barbecue [Globe & Mail] Among supporters, Ford is a rock star [Globe & Mail] Toronto mayor mingles with Ford Nation as...

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MOD TORONTO: Imperial Oil’s Parthenon of petroleum

To coincide with the cover section of Spacing’s summer 2013 issue, we bring you a series of posts by local architect Robert Moffatt that examine Modernist buildings in Toronto. Imperial Oil’s Ontario...

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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday

TORONTO STORM Storms stall TTC, GO as roads, tracks and stations flood [Toronto Star] Severe thunderstorms cause flooding, blackouts, havoc on roads around GTA [Toronto Star] Record rains cause heavy...

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Pedestrian countdown signals reduce collisions

Last Thursday, a car performed an astonishingly dangerous turn in front of traffic at Lake Shore Blvd. and Bay. It collided with another car, and they both spun out of control through the intersection...

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A bird’s-eye tour of Toronto in the early 1930s

The late 1920s and early 1930s were an important time in the building of Toronto. Many of the city’s most beautiful landmarks opened in those few years: everything from Maple Leaf Gardens to Union...

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Book Review: -arium: Weather and Architecture

Edited by Jürgen Mayer-Hermann & Neeraj Bhatia (Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2009) With its the everyday presence and seemingly predictable nature, weather often makes for an underwhelming topic of...

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Toronto Flood 2013: The revenge of Garrison Creek

It’s no coincidence that places like Christie Pits, Trinity Bellwoods Park, and the train bridge underpass at King and Atlantic streets were all affected by yesterday’s storm and flood; all three...

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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday

TORONTO STORM Toronto flooding: ‘Lost’ rivers reappear when nature takes charge [Toronto Star] Toronto flooding: Storm renews debate on aging infrastructure [Toronto Star] Toronto flooding released raw...

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Union Station

Monument to multiculturalism outside Union Station, Toronto / By BruceK Contribute your photos to Spacing’s Flickr pool The post Union Station appeared first on Spacing National.

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A new way of listening to Toronto

Cities have always inspired musicians. However, a Toronto-based OCADU student, Marc de Pape, has recently created an instrument called the Chime that collects data based on urban life using 18...

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CONCRETE TORONTO: Cultural amnesia about concrete architecture

Over the next several weeks, Spacing will be publishing a series of articles from Concrete Toronto: A Guidebook to Concrete Architecture from the Fifties to the Seventies (Coach House Books, 2007) as...

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