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LORINC: Trudeau and Canada’s next urban agenda
If I had to pinpoint a moment when this exhausting election made an important but subtle shift – the place where the ocean liner’s captain turns the rudder ever so slightly – I’d scroll back to August...
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Book Review: A Line in the Andes/Una Linea En Los Andes
Editor: Felipe Correa & Ramiro Almeida (Applied Research + Design Publishing, 2013) “What country is that?” is a common question I get as people stare blankly at the yellow, blue and red soccer...
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Bautista’s bat flip and the making of history in Toronto
The very first legendary home run ever hit in Toronto was hit in 1887. More than a century before Joe Carter’s famous World Series walk-off at the SkyDome, Cannonball Crane hit a homer into the sky...
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Spacing’s Guide to Toronto Events: Oct. 18-24
SUNDAY Bike Tour of Tommy Thompson Park Where: Tommy Thompson Park (Leslie and Unwin) When: 10:00am-noon What: Learn about the history of the park and explore its wilderness Cost: Pay What You Can...
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Balancing vibrancy and accessibility: new rules for sidewalk patios
In the current issue of Spacing, I mention sidewalk patios as an example of the dual role of sidewalks, as both a place and a corridor. Patios can have a big impact in creating a sense of place for a...
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Creative Spaces Partnership Exchange
What: Creative Spaces Partnership Exchange When: Monday, November 2 Where: Toronto Centre For The Arts, 5040 Yonge St (Yonge and Sheppard) Cost: This is a free event; register here This Creative...
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Spacing’s Guide to Toronto Events: Oct. 25-Oct 31
SUNDAY Pedestrian Sundays in Kensington Market Where: Kensington Market (Map) When: Noon-7:00pm What: The monthly event celebrating car-free streets: music, street theatre and more. Cost: Free Link:...
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Message to Trudeau: Voters spoke loud and clear for cities
A month before the election, Calgary’s hugely popular mayor Naheed Nenshi told a reporter: “Whoever gets transit right, whoever figures out how to improve the quality of life for people who live in...
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Critical Elements to Make Pedestrian Streets Work
We currently dedicate an excessive amount of street public space for the movement and storage of automobiles. We can bring dignity to our streets where people live, work and play by reclaiming it for...
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The killing of Aune Newell
She was found beneath a coat hidden under dogwood and sweet clover. Toronto parks department employee Harry Lemon saw her shoe first, carelessly discarded near the shore of Long Pond on Centre Island...
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Event: Re-Imagining Urban Form and Policy Symposium, Call for Abstracts
Re-Imagining Urban Form and Policy in a Global Economy – The (Im)possibility of Design March 10-12, 2016 | University of British Columbia, Vancouver View the conference website This is a call for...
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On Brampton’s short-sighted Hurontario-Main LRT decision
Cross-posted from Marshall’s Musings, the author’s personal blog On late Tuesday night (actually, early Wednesday morning) Brampton City Council made disappointing and harmful decision by voting...
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Spacing’s Guide to Toronto Events: Nov. 1-6
SUNDAY Roads, Citizen Science and The War on Science Where: Northrop Frye Hall (Map) When: 2:30pm What: An illustrated lecture from ROM biologist Dave Ireland on the relationship between road design...
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LORINC: Spend Brampton LRT money on Queen’s Quay East
When Brampton council voted last week to kill a rapid transit line that would not have cost the city an, um, red cent, one thought sprang immediately to my mind: Hey Metrolinx, give us the dough!...
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Urban forestry and the greening of Canadian cities
Call it the second wave of urban greening: hot on the heels of urban farming, urban forestry is emerging as the new frontier of sustainable urban planning and land use. Canada’s urban forest exists in...
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Overhaul or demolish 24 Sussex?
Much has recently been discussed about the restoration or demolition and replacement of 24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa. Like many old buildings, this house has asbestos, leaky windows, and a terrifying...
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Enter our draw to go on Lower Bay Station photo tour
WHAT: Photo tour of Lower Bay Station WHEN: Monday, Nov. 16, 2015 WHERE: Lower Bay Station COST: Free DEADLINE FOR DRAW: Wed. Nov. 11 For the first time in our history, Spacing did not host a party for...
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Spacing’s Guide to Toronto Events: Nov. 8-14
TUESDAY Cosmo Gardens as Urbanism Where: 230 College St, Rm. 103 (Map) When: 6:30-8:00pm What: A Kohn Shnier Architects lecture from Andre Jaque, Cost: Free Link: Event Website King of Kensington...
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LORINC: How to invest with Crosstown’s found money
Hold on, hold on, hold on. Let’s just rewind a bit, past Wednesday’s Trudeau-palooza, to that interesting little moment last Tuesday when Ontario’s transportation minister Steven Del Duca dropped a...
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The cold war siren system Toronto never used
At Dundas West and Shaw, near Trinity-Bellwoods Park, there’s a conspicuous piece of Canada’s Cold War history. On top of a 15-metre pole sits a massive electric air raid siren. Disconnected long ago,...
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