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LORINC: Be very wary of Canada’s Trump-lite politicians
What kinds of thoughts, I wonder, were skittering through the minds of Conservative leadership hopefuls Kellie Leitch and Kevin O’Leary when they tuned in to the astonishing scenes of protest from...
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Book Review: Where Are the Women Architects?
Author: Despina Stratigakos (Princeton University Press, 2016) The title says it all. In this poignant, frank, and succinct volume, University at Buffalo State University of New York associate...
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WWW: Rethinking affordable housing
Floating shipping containers as affordable housing A Copenhagen design firm has created new affordable housing units out of refurbished shipping containers that float, tethered to a dock in the inner...
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The truth and post-truth about Pride and Black Lives Matter Toronto
Guest post by Mariana Valverde and Akwasi Owusu-Bempah Toronto’s police force has long been known for its sophisticated, expensive PR machine. It is thus not surprising that in the wake of the January...
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Parks as natural places for engagement across difference
Ahead of Park People’s first national city parks conference in Calgary this coming March 2017, Park People’s Jake Tobin Garrett caught up with keynote speaker Jay Pitter, an author, placemaker, senior...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 008, Booming!
In this episode, we talk about the changing face of the city, about what we preserve, and what gets left behind. We talk to Kaitlin Wainwright, director of programming for Heritage Toronto. We talk to...
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LORINC: Wynne’s U-turn on road tolls dangerous for Tory
Since the news of the Liberals’ reversal on road tolls for the Gardiner and the Don Valley Parkway began to leak last Thursday evening, Premier Kathleen Wynne has rightly been the subject of much...
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Book Review – People Cities: The Life and Legacy of Jan Gehl
Written by Annie Matan & Peter Newman, (Island Press, 2016) Over the last 50 years, Jan Gehl has changed the way we think about architecture and city planning, helping cities reclaim their public...
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WWW: Rethinking and redesigning every day consumerist objects
France to ban disposable cutlery by 2020 In an effort to reduce the production and consumption of unnecessary disposable goods, France is enacting a ban on disposable plastic cutlery, angering the...
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LIVE TAPING! Spacing Radio City Stories
WHAT: An evening of live storytelling WHEN: February 15, at 8pm (doors 7:30pm) WHERE: The Garrison, 1197 Dundas St. West. (Major intersection Ossington/Dundas) COST: $10 admission includes free copy of...
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WWW: Cycling and the city — the bold, the bad, and the beautiful
Innovative new ideas for bicycle parking As cycling becomes an increasingly popular mode of urban transportation cities are experiencing a serious shortage of bicycle parking spaces. To combat this...
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LORINC: What the 2016 Canadian census tells us
For those of you who aren’t transfixed by the sight of our youthful prime minister walking the plank today in Washington, here are some thoughts about what last week’s 2016 census numbers should be...
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Building community through the use of public space in the sharing economy
What happens when fare collectors start to become wise to over-turnstile Bunz trade activity occurring at Ossington subway station? The station’s central location made it a popular site for trades but...
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WWW: Designing the just and accessible city
Examining the gendered nature of public transit Recognizing the tremendous impact that traditional gender roles have on how individuals use transit, cities are taking steps to redesign public spaces...
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Campaign to name new school after Jean Earle Geeson: teacher, artist,...
Last year Spacing published an audit report that found 292 Toronto parks were named after men, with just 82 after women. Coupled with streets, monuments and public buildings named after men, there’s...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 009, Winter Cities
In this episode, we make the most of the winter months. Janice Lukes is a Winnipeg city councillor, and cycling advocate, who tells us about plans to expand the cycling network in that city. Susan...
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Book Review – Vertical: The City from Satellites to Bunkers
We popularly tend to think of cities horizontally—as entities that blanket the terrain. This perception has been fostered by the bird’s-eye-view-of-the-world bias we’ve been bombarded with to over the...
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WWW: Changing various urban spaces to better serve residents and businesses
How a rural town rebuilt its main street economy from the bottom up With small towns falling on tough economic times, one Mississippi town successfully rebuilt its main street into a thriving...
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LORINC: The Scarborough subway extension’s escape hatches
When I look at the latest staff report outlining, ahem, progress on the Scarborough subway extension (SSE), I see a document absolutely packed with off-ramps, escape hatches, emergency brakes, and...
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The lost streets of South Parkdale
No Toronto neighbourhood paid for the Gardiner Expressway quite like Parkdale. Before construction of the lakefront highway in 1958, the land south of Springhurst Avenue and the rail tracks was just...
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