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PODCAST: Election Panel with Matthew Blackett and Shawn Micallef
As Toronto gets ready to vote, we’ll be bringing you regular panel discussions with journalists and experts who will help you wade through what is maybe the most confusing race in the city’s history....
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ELECTION: What we didn’t talk about
An old aphorism about elections attributed to former Canadian prime minister Kim Campbell is that the campaign trail is no place for thoughtful debate over serious issues. Did Toronto election 2018...
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The complicated history of Canadian blackface
In 1841, travelling American circuses came to Toronto for the first time and blackface came with them. According to University of Toronto theatre professor Stephen Johnson and historian Karolyn Smardz...
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How do we improve cities without causing displacement? Discussion from the...
As demand for urban living continues to increase, how do we make our cities better without triggering displacement of low and middle-income people who already live there? That was one of the constant...
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EVENT: No Place To Go — A public talk about public washrooms with Lezlie Lowe
WHAT: No Place To Go: A public talk about public washrooms WHERE: at the Spacing Store: 401 Richmond St W. WHEN: Sunday, Nov. 4, 2pm-4pm RSVP: Let us if you’re coming on the Facebook event page Coach...
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Where do people go to find quiet in a city?
Sitting on my second floor balcony – a laneway and a row of houses separating me from Dufferin Street – I often find myself yearning for the sound of silence. In the summer, I daydream about sitting...
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We need to talk about cars
When we plan for our transportation future, whether we’re talking at the municipal, regional or provincial level, there’s an elephant in the room. Even the most serious plans avoid it. If we take...
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EVENT: Launch of “50 Toronto Hidden Gems” book and Spacing Store anniversary
WHAT: Launch of “50 Toronto Hidden Gems & Curiosities” and Spacing Store 4th anniversary WHEN: Monday, November 19, 2018 / 7pm-9pm WHERE: Spacing Store, 401 Richmond St W COST: event is free, book...
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Remembrance Day in Toronto
East York Civic Centre – Memorial Gardens Date: Sunday, November 11 Location: East York Civic Centre, Memorial Gardens, 850 Coxwell Ave. Time: 10:45 a.m. See the East York ceremony programme...
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Remembrance Day: Parsing Toronto’s memorial landscaping
For most of the 20th century, public memorials in Toronto were restricted to the commemoration of fallen soldiers, as well as select figures and events. The 21st century memorial landscape is more...
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Ward councils for Toronto?
In the wake of Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s mid-election decree shrinking Toronto City Council from a planned 47 councillors to just 25, there has been some discussion about how such a small council...
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Three ways the King Street Pilot creates more livable communities
As the Toronto Transit Commission’s King Street Pilot hits the one-year mark, its fate is uncertain. Data shows an 11% increase in public transit ridership and a 13% per cent decrease in cars in the...
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EVENT: Spacing Store 4th anniversary (Hidden Gems book launch postponed)
WHAT: Spacing Store 4th anniversary WHEN: Monday, November 19, 2018 / 7pm-9pm WHERE: Spacing Store, 401 Richmond St W COST: event is free RSVP: Let us know if you’re coming, via Facebook event listing...
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REID: Heritage beyond a building’s walls
Hidden in the Distillery District, behind the unremarkable door of 36 Distillery Lane, is a staircase-museum. The simple stairway, necessary as an emergency exit, is decorated with industrial...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 029, What Now
In this episode, we talk to street nurse Cathy Crowe about the challenges facing street-involved Torontonians, as we dive into another winter. Architect and urbanist Brent Bellamy helps us make sense...
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REID: Why ranked ballots are good for the city but not the country
In this year’s Ontario municipal elections, London was the first city to elect its leaders through ranked ballots, while referendums in Kingston and Cambridge both came out in favour of using ranked...
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If you think Toronto’s transit is overly politicized, you’re right.
It’s designed to be that way. We need to change that. A common criticism of transit decision-making in Toronto is that it is overly politicized. Former TTC CEO Andy Byford famously told the Empire...
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LORINC: Throwing out the baby with the harbour water?
The long-awaited auditor general’s report on Waterfront Toronto (WT), released yesterday, is really two evaluations for the price of one. Part of the 61-page document takes aim at WT’s contentious...
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The Bloor Street Viaduct
As the City celebrates the centennial of Toronto’s most recognizable pieces of infrastructure with the unveiling of a historical plaque, Spacing looks back at the anti-climatic opening day of the...
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Guest Op-ed: Building a Waterfront City in Toronto
OP-ED: By City Councillor Joe Cressy Revitalizing our waterfront is the largest and longest-lasting project that we will leave for future generations of Torontonians. Together, under the leadership of...
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