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When terror strikes urban geographies of hope
Guest post by Paul Cohen, a professor in the Department of History at the University of Toronto and an occasional contributor to Spacing. I first learned that something was terribly wrong in Paris...
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How to have better conversations about Paris
This article was co-written with Beyhan Farhadi Immediately following the Paris attacks a deep divide emerged. On one side, there were messages of solidarity, hashtag mobilization, and temporary...
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Spacing’s Guide to Toronto Events: Nov. 22-28
MONDAY Overcoming Barriers and Facilitating Brownfield Redevelopment in the GTHA Where: Peter Bronfman Learning Centre, 7th Floor (Map) When: 4:00-6:00pm What: Seminar from Prof. Chris De Sousa,...
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LORINC: Have Toronto police learned anything at all about de-escalation?
The shouting about Paris and the ugly political aftermath has made it difficult to hear almost everything else that’s taking place in our world, including issues and incidents that would otherwise be...
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Special Edition of Fife & Drum: all the new urban things at Fort York
A special edition of Fife and Drum, the newsletter produced by the Friends of Fort York, was just released to capture the incredible amount of urban action that has been announced in the last week set...
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How the TTC lost and found its subway style
Not many people could have known that behind the advertising billboards on the platform of College station was something no-one had seen for more than three decades. Last week, workers upgrading the...
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SPACING FILMS: Meet Me At The Store
SPACING FILMS presents: Meet Me At The Store “Meet Me At The Store” is a love letter to Toronto. Follow three Torontonians in a search for something personal they need from their city. PRODUCED BY:...
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Spacing’s Guide to Toronto Events: Nov. 29 – Dec. 5
MONDAY Dine and Discourse: Who’s Policing the Police? Where: Ryerson Student Campus Centre (Map) When: Noon-2:00pm What: Lunch discussion with former board of the Toronto Police Services Board, Dr....
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Book Review – 100 Diagrams That Changed the World
It all begins with a diagram. In architecture, it is the grand design of the floor plan; in mathematics, it is the graphic representation of an algebraic or geometric relationship; in physics,...
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12 DAYS OF SPACING: For the Cyclist
The Spacing Store is just over a year old now and we’re heading in to our second Holiday season. We’ve picked out some of our favourite items to highlight over the next twelve days to help you plan...
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Stroller etiquette
Spacing is crowd-sourcing opinions from our readers on stroller etiquette for buses, streetcars, and the subway. Please tell us where you think parents and caregivers should place strollers during...
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12 DAYS OF SPACING: Neighbourhood Love
The Spacing Store is just over a year old now and we’re heading in to our second Holiday season. We’ve picked out some of our favourite items to highlight over the next twelve days to help you plan...
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12 DAYS OF SPACING: For the Historian
The Spacing Store is just over a year old now and we’re heading in to our second Holiday season. We’ve picked out some of our favourite items to highlight over the next twelve days to help you plan...
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BURALE: Taking the ambiguity out of police carding
On October 28th, Community Safety Minister Yasir Naqvi released a draft regulation to standardize police street checks in order “to ensure that those interactions are conducted without bias or...
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LORINC: Revenue Tools — The Force Awakens?
Notwithstanding his conversion this week on the toll road to Damascus, Mayor John Tory’s looming financial problems were abundantly visible to anyone who spent more than a few minutes tallying up his...
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How about food bikes?
This spring, I was fortunate to be able to spend a few days in Paris. The city is in the midst of trying to reclaim the banks of the Seine river as public space (rather than abandoned industrial or...
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12 DAYS OF SPACING: For Him
The Spacing Store is just over a year old now and we’re heading in to our second Holiday season. We’ve picked out some of our favourite items to highlight over the next twelve days to help you plan...
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Book Review – The Disaster Profiteers
Author: John C. Mutter (St. Martin’s Press, 2015) The Disaster Profiteers: How Natural Disasters Make the Rich Richer and the Poor Even Poorer is an analysis of what makes a natural disaster a...
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Remembering the ill-fated CN Turbo train
On December 10, 1968, a sleek new locomotive glided out from the sooty train shed at Toronto’s Union Station. Streamlined and silver with a bright red nosecone, the $2-million CN Turbo train looked...
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12 DAYS OF SPACING: For the House
The Spacing Store is just over a year old now and we’re heading in to our second Holiday season. We’ve picked out some of our favourite items to highlight over the next twelve days to help you plan...
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