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Read part 2 of cycling columnist Sabat Ismail's interview with the creators of the "Journey Lines" zine that gives space to unheard cycling voices #bikeTO spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
Zine gives space to unheard cycling voices (part 2) - Spacing Toronto
Read part 1 of this conversation. Sabat Ismail (SI) met with Rachel Wang, Sylver Sterling, and Jess Nachman, creators and editors of the Journey Lines zine, to discuss the zine and its launch. The zin...
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NEW ISSUE: Summer reading. Issue 75 is dedicated to providing delightful reading material for your moments of summer leisure spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
NEW ISSUE: Summer reading - Spacing Toronto
Summer is the season to pause, to take a break, to refresh body and mind. It’s generally understood that not as much will get done (with the exception of construction), that people may be absent in th...
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#topoli New from me on @spacing.bsky.social: Against the ominous backdrop of @bradbradford’s fear-mongering & the ‘tough on crime’ messaging from Ford & Carney, the island airport victory showcases the power of positive thinking in an election year. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
The power of positive thinking, Toronto's version - Spacing Toronto
I can’t remember a moment when split-screen politics was quite as pronounced as it is right now. Consider: On Friday, the federal Liberals put Doug Ford’s ridiculous island airport expansion nightmare...
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"Seeing teenagers seeking shade under storefront signs in the perimeters of parking lots triggered a deeply rooted nostalgia, a universal language of the Canadian suburb." spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
Ridgeway Plaza marks Mississauga’s evolution - Spacing Toronto
The way spaces are designed influences how people socialize, build community, and go about their day-to-day lives, directly impacting how they commute, shop, and eat. That influence can manifest in un...
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Cycling columnist Sabat Ismail talks to the creators of the cycling zine "Journey Lines", which gives space to unheard cycling voices #bikeTO spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
Zine gives space to unheard cycling voices (part 1) - Spacing Toronto
Sabat Ismail (SI) met with Rachel Wang, Sylver Sterling, and Jess Nachman, creators and editors of the Journey Lines zine, to discuss the zine and its launch. The zine explores the art, experiences, a...
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"People can turn anywhere into a third space, no matter its intended purpose." Kaede Ashizawa spent a day at Mississauga's Ridgeway Plaza observing and talking to people about what the popular destination reveals about the city's evolution. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
Ridgeway Plaza marks Mississauga’s evolution - Spacing Toronto
The way spaces are designed influences how people socialize, build community, and go about their day-to-day lives, directly impacting how they commute, shop, and eat. That influence can manifest in un...
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An open letter about jets at Toronto’s Island Airport: Veteran planners Ron Soskolne & Howard Cohen on why the proposed expansion will reverse decades of urban rejuvenation on the waterfront spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
An open letter about jets at Toronto's Island Airport - Spacing Toronto
We are City Planners who have spent many years involved in the planning of Toronto’s downtown waterfront. We have also recently chosen to live there. We hope the Government of Canada will reject the G...
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On Saturday (July 11), Heritage Toronto will be unveiling the plaques foreshadowed in this Spacing article by Chris Bateman last year. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
Marking Lake Ontario’s lost shoreline - Spacing Toronto
This article is published in conjunction with Spacing issue 71, which focuses on Toronto’s waterfront. The issue will be available shortly at the Spacing Store and other fine bookstores, and in subscr...
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Interesting project from @uoftcities.bsky.social for people to map their conception of their neighbourhood as compared to the official definition carte.utoronto.ca/neighbourhoo...
Map Your Toronto Neighbourhood
Map your neighbourhood's boundaries and contribute to a community-sourced picture of Toronto.
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Toronto becomes RogersTown: Why the consolidation and integration of Toronto's sports teams, venues, and media platforms feels so incredibly wrong - by @johnlorinc.bsky.social spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
LORINC: Toronto becomes RogersTown - Spacing Toronto
Amazingly and shockingly, after years of public hand-wringing in Canada about the inflationary consequences of over-concentrated sectors (banking, airlines, groceries, telecom), Rogers has scored a ho...
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Looking forward to seeing this doc. I'm a big fan of sitting outside, watching life go by and having friends and neighbours stop to chat. Or strangers even. I would do this regularly when I lived in TO, it's a great way of getting to know the locals. Still do so nowadays, enjoying #porchLife in #yyj
Spacing@spacing.bsky.social · last mo."A part of the overall concept is to try to capture that essence of summertime in Toronto." Kaede Ashizawa talks to filmmaker Perry Walker about his project to talk to people who spend time on their front porches and balconies looking out on the street. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
"A part of the overall concept is to try to capture that essence of summertime in Toronto." Kaede Ashizawa talks to filmmaker Perry Walker about his project to talk to people who spend time on their front porches and balconies looking out on the street. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
Porch Perspectives - Spacing Toronto
This story is published in conjunction with Spacing’s upcoming “summer reading” issue, which will be available on bookstore shelves shortly. I approach an unfamiliar neighbourhood a little east of the...
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Toronto’s street furniture contract is the single largest opportunity to improve the city’s urban design. The garbage bins, shelters and benches will touch every neighbourhood and last for a generation. Press your Council candidates to make this an election priority.
Spacing@spacing.bsky.social · last mo.With the contract for Toronto's inadequate street furniture coming up for renewal, it's essential to demand a higher standard for the future, argues Jessie Ye on behalf of @torontopublicspace.bsky.social spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
With the contract for Toronto's inadequate street furniture coming up for renewal, it's essential to demand a higher standard for the future, argues Jessie Ye on behalf of @torontopublicspace.bsky.social spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
OP-ED: The value of street furniture in Toronto - Spacing Toronto
This op-ed has been written on behalf of the Toronto Public Space Committee (TPSC). Over the course of this World Cup, Toronto is welcoming 300,000 fans across the six matches we’re hosting. Fans and ...
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With the announcement of plan to renovate and transform the Prime Minister's residence at 24 Sussex Drive, worth revisiting Scott Weir's analysis of the building, its history, and its potential (from 2015) spacing.ca/national/201...
Overhaul or demolish 24 Sussex? - Spacing National
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 ele...
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"The photos Goss took for the Roadways series demonstrate his ability to animate an image from edge to edge, often by choreographing random street traffic to balance the composition."
Spacing@spacing.bsky.social · last mo.In the first half of the 20th century, the City of Toronto had official "City Photographers." Peter MacCallum explores the techniques they, in particular the renowned Arthur Goss, used to capture the city through the "roadways" series in the Toronto archives. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
At Harbourfront, an example of the kind of soccer mini-pitch that Craig Cal wrote about in the current issue of @spacing.bsky.social
In the first half of the 20th century, the City of Toronto had official "City Photographers." Peter MacCallum explores the techniques they, in particular the renowned Arthur Goss, used to capture the city through the "roadways" series in the Toronto archives. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
The photographic techniques of Toronto's City Photographers - Spacing Toronto
In May 2026, as part of the Contact Photography Festival, the City of Toronto Archives opened a new didactic exhibition entitled “Subseries 58: Department of Public Works Roadway photographs.” For thi...
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Spacing's current soccer issue at Queen Books. Grab it while you can (and while soccer fever is high)! Our summer issue will be coming out in a few weeks.
Guess what has popped up in our top 10 most visited stories this week! As it does at this time every year. @shawnmicallef.bsky.social on the perhaps misnamed Tree of Heaven spacing.ca/toronto/2012...
What's that smell, Toronto? It's the Tree of Heaven, the Ailanthus Altissima, or, uh, the other name... - Spacing Toronto
It’s that annual time in June when the city becomes a fertile, fecund, festering flood of steamy spoors, stamens and swampy olfactory inducing elements so thick and organic it seems like we’re living ...
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#topoli New from me on @spacing.bsky.social: spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
Howard Moscoe and the limits of municipal power - Spacing Toronto
At this week’s City Council meeting, Mayor Olivia Chow will move a motion to develop a plan for commemorating the veteran North York city councillor Howard Moscoe, who died in late May at the age of 8...
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Graduate student Jessie Ye shares the findings of her report on the dangers to cyclists created by poorly managed construction zones. #BikeTO spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
Bike Lane Closed - Spacing Toronto
As the World Cup rolls into town, Toronto is bracing for a centre-stage summer welcoming thousands of fans, players, and staff arriving to enjoy the festivals, the food, the patios, and to endure the ...
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Great piece from @spacing.bsky.social. I also love that the workers are identified by name in the photo captions. It's a rare touch, but an important one—it helps ensure the people who built these industries aren't lost to history. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
The rise and fall of National Rubber - Spacing Toronto
In February, 2026 a friend who lives in the Junction emailed me to report that demolition had begun at the site of the former National Rubber factory on Cawthra Avenue. Having already produced an exte...
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The first World Cup game ever held in Toronto is about to kick off! The first of 6 games to be played in the city. Check out Spacing's soccer issue for where to go to sample food from each of the nations that will be playing in Toronto (including Canada) - on newsstands now.
The former National Rubber plant in the Junction was demolished earlier this year. Photographer Peter MacCallum traces its rise and fall over the decades, and celebrates the workers who made the plant run. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
The rise and fall of National Rubber - Spacing Toronto
In February, 2026 a friend who lives in the Junction emailed me to report that demolition had begun at the site of the former National Rubber factory on Cawthra Avenue. Having already produced an exte...
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About the University Avenue bike lanes, @lanrickbennett.bsky.social shows the evidence does not support the negative narrative some are peddling spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
The truth about the University Avenue bike lanes - Spacing Toronto
Over the past year, I have written multiple times about how misinformation and selective framing continue shaping Toronto’s transportation debates. In previous Spacing op-eds including Pedaling Inaccu...
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In @spacing.bsky.social's Waterfront issue last year, I wrote about what an embarrassment it was that the Amsterdam Bridge had been decrepit for years. Getting it fixed is at least one long-term benefit from hosting the World Cup. www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...
Toronto's historic Amsterdam Bridge to Harbourfront reopens in time for World Cup bump
Broken and boarded up no more, Toronto's Amsterdam Bridge is back — just in time for the World Cup.
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Tim Kocur of the Waterfront Business Improvement Area (BIA) has interesting ideas for the Rees Park project on a current waterfront parking lot, as a potential focus for events and gatherings. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
Rees Park: The rug that can really tie the post-FIFA waterfront together - Spacing Toronto
The waterfront as an east-west canvas for events and animation in Toronto will show its potential like never before during the upcoming FIFA World Cup. Not just the main stadium at Exhibition Place an...
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Essentially the same as what @spacing.bsky.social shared a few weeks ago via @iandarragh.bsky.social
Matt Elliott@graphicmatt.com · 2mo agoReport to next week’s Planning & Housing Committee includes an analysis of the province’s airport expansion plan, with the caveat that a lot of details are TBD. City is working off basis that runway would be extended westwards. Here’s how that would look. secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
Social prescribing connects people to non-medical sources of health and wellbeing: nature, arts, movement, community, each other. Kate Mulligan shares what the Bentway, the High Line, and Madrid Río taught her about health and belonging in public spaces spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
OP-ED: Invitation as Urban Policy - Spacing Toronto
This spring, at Bloomberg CityLab in Madrid, social prescribing reached the agenda of the world’s largest cities summit for the first time. It was a breakout session rather than a main-stage event, bu...
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