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OP-ED: Finding the benefit in Canada’s infrastructure bank
This week, Spacing is publishing three columns about the proposed $35 billion Canada Infrastructure Bank, which was proposed as part of the Liberal government’s omnibus budget bill and is currently...
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WATCH: Amazing archival videos of Toronto Pride 1988-1995
Between 1988 and 1995 (save for 1991 when he did not have a camera) Toronto editor and filmmaker James Leahy documented Toronto Pride, both the street life and parade. Over the last few years he...
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OP-ED: Will Canadian Infrastructure Bank lead to more privatization?
This week, Spacing is publishing three columns about the proposed $35 billion Canada Infrastructure Bank, which was proposed as part of the Liberal government’s omnibus budget bill and is currently...
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Pride and Policing: a comparative history of Toronto and New York
The decision to ban uniformed police from marching at this year’s Toronto Pride Parade has prompted an invitation from the Gay Officers Action League (GOAL) asking Toronto police to join the NYPD in...
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50 Objects that Define Toronto: Footprints under Toronto Bay
Spacing teamed up with FIBE TV1 last year to create a series based on our first book 50 Objects That Define Toronto. Once a week we will be posting a new segment from the series. This week’s object:...
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RELEASE PARTY! Join us in Trinity Bellwoods Park July 5th!
WHAT: Release party for our Parks Issue WHEN: Wednesday, July 5, 5:30pm-sunset (rain date is July 6) WHERE: Trinity Bellwoods Park (790 Queen St W) COST: free! RSVP: Let us know on Facebook if you’re...
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Book Review: Velotopia
Author: Steven Fleming (nai010 publishers, 2017) “No one would say Le Corbusier’s Plan Voisin did good for the world, but we can learn so much from his logical process. If Le Corbusier were alive now,...
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LORINC: Understanding how the TTC won North America’s top transit prize
When the TTC announced on Monday that it had won the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) award for outstanding achievement for 2017, many Toronto commuters and pundits had a kind of...
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LORINC: Waterfront announcement is a game-changer
Later this fall, Spacing will publish a small compendium of pivotal civic turning points in our collective history – “25 Days That Changed Toronto.” Yesterday was the 26th. The joint announcement by...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 013, Birthday
It’s the one-year anniversary of the relaunch! Last year, we took you to the celebration party for the approval of the Bloor bike lanes pilot. Now, we speak to Cycle Toronto Executive Director Jared...
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The story of the Toronto Island’s modern architecture
When the flood water on the Toronto Island eventually recedes it will reveal a damaged and possibly forever altered landscape. For the first time in recent memory, a large portion of the Island is...
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50 Objects that Define Toronto: James Gardens Projectile Points
Spacing teamed up with FIBE TV1 last year to create a series based on our first book 50 Objects That Define Toronto. Once a week we will be posting a new segment from the series. This week’s object:...
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Book Review: Glacier Skywalk
Written by Clea Sturgess, Trevor Boddy, and Jeremy Sturgess – Figure 1 Publishing (2017) The Glacier Skywalk construction process had to be carefully planned to be as efficient as possible on a fixed...
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Pam McConnell 1946-2017: A true public servant
In 1997, just months before the old City of Toronto was swallowed up into the chaos of amalgamation, Pam McConnell, who then represented an east-end downtown ward, cajoled council into approving St....
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READ: Summer 2017 edition of Toronto contemporary history journal Fife and Drum
The latest edition of Fife and Drum, the quarterly journal produced by the Friends of Fort York, was just released. Here’s some of what you’ll find inside. Fort York Guard 1967 Footsore for Canada More...
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50 Objects that Define Toronto: Alexandra Miniature Pipe
Spacing teamed up with FIBE TV1 last year to create a series based on our first book 50 Objects That Define Toronto. Once a week we will be posting a new segment from the series. This week’s object:...
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Mapping the flood vulnerability of the Toronto Islands
The recent inundation of the Toronto Islands has been a shocking reminder of their vulnerability. This spring saw the worst flooding in years due to some severe rainfall and above-average lake levels....
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Design for reconciliation: The Indigenous Place Making Council reclaims...
“When Rita Joe first come to the city, she told me … the cement made her feet hurt.” The last line of George Ryga’s landmark 1969 play The Ecstasy of Rita Joe touched on the physical, emotional, and...
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The cycle of independence
A fun fact to bring up at parties is that cycling helped get women the right to vote. Sort of. At the end of the 19th century, women had been demanding equity for decades, but the public sphere still...
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50 Objects that Define Toronto: Baby Point Moose Antler Comb
Spacing teamed up with FIBE TV1 last year to create a series based on our first book 50 Objects That Define Toronto. Once a week we will be posting a new segment from the series. This week’s object:...
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