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Spacing@Spacing · Jul 17

With the city's RapidTO bus lane plan on life-support, the city and council need to find a better way to get complex policies out the door, writes @JohnLorinc spacing.ca/toronto/2025/0…

Spacing's tweet card. There’s a glaring irony about the city’s messily disintegrating priority bus lane plan, which landed at executive committee yesterday accompanied by a half-hearted compromise. Not only is this scheme...

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Spacing@Spacing · Jul 8

The TO the Loo! Toronto Toilet Design Challenge exhibition from the Toronto Public Space Committe reveals innovative solutions for Toronto. @carachellew.bsky.social and Car Martin discuss the new exhibition flush with public washroom ideas. spacing.ca/toronto/2025/0…

Spacing's tweet card. Modular toilets inspired by mushrooms? A place to go where you can also grab an espresso? Multicolour toilets that become landmarks in your neighbourhood? We recently asked designers and creative...

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Spacing@Spacing · Jul 8

Mayor Olivia Chow failed to deliver a crucial housing reform at city council yet is playing a dangerous game with Ottawa, writes senior editor @JohnLorinc. spacing.ca/toronto/2025/0… #TOpoli #ONpoli #CDNpoli #housingnow

Spacing's tweet card. In a sit-down Q&A with The Globe and Mail‘s editorial board published over the weekend, Mayor Olivia Chow swatted aside concerns about whether city council’s half-baked six-plex decision might...

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Spacing@Spacing · Jul 4

Want to go canoeing on an airport runway? Downsview's "Runway Rivers" interactive art installation highlights a lost history ahead of a new transformation - by Nathan Abraha. spacing.ca/toronto/2025/0…

Spacing's tweet card. At four years old, doodling with a crayon was how John Notten discovered his love for art. Today, at 62, the Toronto-based artist has never lost that element of joy in his work. It’s a quality...

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John Lorinc@JohnLorinc · Jun 26

#topoli @spacing gets [crappy] results. In apparent response to the dust-bowl mess at College Park (see my column here: spacing.ca/toronto/2024/0…), Parks Forestry & Rec has decided to, uh, solve the issue with artificial turf. toronto.ca/city-governmen…. Maybe there'll be mini-golf.

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Spacing@Spacing · Jun 26

Why are Toronto's hot dog carts disappearing? And why don't they sell more than just sausages? Craig Meerkamper digs into Toronto's street food restrictions and how they might just be opening up. spacing.ca/toronto/2025/0…

Spacing's tweet card. Toronto is internationally known for having a diverse palate, with culinary offerings ranging from the rigorously traditional to the cross-culturally experimental. Food remains Toronto’s most visible...

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Spacing@Spacing · Jun 24

Spacing's cycling columnist Sabat Ismail speaks with artist Krish Dineshkumar, whose installation "Derailing Dignity" explores and incorporates the experiences of the migrant gig workers who deliver food by bike #bikeTO spacing.ca/toronto/2025/0…

Spacing's tweet card. Spacing’s cycling columnist Sabat Ismail met with Krish Dineshkumar, creator of Derailing Dignity, which was exhibited during the 2025 Mayworks Festival from May 16th to 28th at Whippersnapper...

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Dylan Reid@dylan_reid · Jun 23

In an op-ed today, @LanrickBennett argues that MP Yvan Baker’s attack on the Bloor bike lanes ignores the facts. With charts! spacing.ca/toronto/2025/0…

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Spacing@Spacing · Jun 23

Drawing on examples from around the world, Zachary Spicer digs into what a smart city could look like in Toronto after the experience with Sidewalk Labs. spacing.ca/toronto/2025/0… #Toronto #ONpoli #TOpoli #CDNpoli #smartcities

Spacing's tweet card. As Canadian cities strive to navigate rapid urbanization, climate change, and digital disruption, “smart city” strategies have emerged as a popular, and tempting, framework for innovation and reform....

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Spacing@Spacing · Jun 20

Starting today, the City of Toronto will no longer charge fees for large community events in parks (less than 100 people) if they are free. Mayor Chow made the announcement last week at the Park People conference. @Ian_Darragh has the story. spacing.ca/toronto/2025/0…

Spacing's tweet card. Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow dropped in on the annual conference of Park People, a national non-profit that advocates for urban parks, to make a welcome announcement just days before the official start...

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Luke Galati@LukeGalati · Jun 12

A great read, written by @LanrickBennett on the importance of, “third spaces,” in @Spacing. Appreciate the shoutout. Give it a read spacing.ca/toronto/2025/0…

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Spacing@Spacing · Jun 12

Toronto’s youth deserve more than just a place to be, argues @LanrickBennett - they need "third spaces" where they can shape their own sociability and recreation. The City can help create those spaces. spacing.ca/toronto/2025/0…

Spacing's tweet card. There’s a new phrase floating around our house since March Break ended. My 15-year-old came home and declared, “I’ve outgrown summer camp.” He said it in that matter-of-fact way only teens can,...

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John Lorinc@JohnLorinc · Jun 10

#topoli #onpoli Today on @spacing: Brasilia's 'Bike Reporter' Afonso Ventania's campaign to make cycling safer in Brazil's congested capital, and what Toronto might learn from his upbeat activism. cc: @CycleToronto. spacing.ca/toronto/2025/0…

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Spacing@Spacing · Jun 10

What Brasilia’s “Bike Reporter” can teach Toronto cycling advocates and more ideas about how the city can defend its bike infrastructure from Ford's meddling. #ONpoli #TOpoli #bikeTO spacing.ca/toronto/2025/0…

Spacing's tweet card. As a young man, Afonso Ventania raced bikes competitively, but retired at 26 and decided to go into journalism. He spent several years covering sports and later national politics in Brasilia,...

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Spacing@Spacing · Jun 2

One more housing bill and no new homes — the Ford government continues to strip away Toronto's ability to plan for climate and affordability, writes Michel Nayrouz. spacing.ca/toronto/2025/0… #TOpoli #ONpoli #HousingNow @fordnation

Spacing's tweet card. How many bills does it take to build the homes Ontario says it needs? The recently re-elected Doug Ford government would have you believe it takes several, despite missing its own housing targets for...

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Spacing@Spacing · May 28

Want an alternative to a Hwy 401 tunnel? How about reliable GO bus service, writes @JohnLorinc. Highway 401 needs Bus Rapid Transit lanes and BRT-grade service sufficient to persuade drivers to leave their cars behind. spacing.ca/toronto/2025/0… #ONpoli #TOpoli #fordnation

Spacing's tweet card. Giant hairy-chested capital projects have an uncanny ability to commandeer public attention — the latest choice example, of course, is the Big Doug, about which there has and will be much commentary...

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PlacemakingX@PlacemakingX · May 27

The 2nd #GlobalPlacemakingSummit will reach capacity shortly. We've also opened up one-day registrations for June 11th. Program & registration: placemakingx.org/summit25 Thanks to @place_canada! #Placemaking #PlacemakingCanada

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Spacing@Spacing · May 23

The giant mural on the old Lever Bros. soap factory has been saved from demolition. Photographer Peter MacCallum has dug up the story behind the mural, and shares his photos of it in its original setting. spacing.ca/toronto/2025/0…

Spacing's tweet card. What has recently been dubbed the “Sunlight” mural hung on the facade of the spray-drying tower at the historic Lever Brothers* Don Valley plant for total of 36 years, including the 14 years between...

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Spacing@Spacing · May 20

A gondola or a bridge to the Island? Improving access to Toronto Island come to City Council this week, including an option that is more restrictive then it appears, writes @JohnLorinc. #ONpoli #TOpoli spacing.ca/toronto/2025/0…

Spacing's tweet card. There was a burst of side-taking last week after the ever-green topic of improving access to Toronto’s pre-eminent public space bobbed, again, to the political surface. The question: how to improve...

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Spacing@Spacing · May 15

As part of their plan to build the elevated GO line in Davenport, Metrolinx promised to build a a multi-use trail running under the tracks. But they haven't. Local organizations are hosting a fun parade on May 29 to bring attention to the issue. spacing.ca/toronto/2025/0…

Spacing's tweet card. Two dedicated community organizations, Friends of West Toronto Rail Path and Angry Locals, are coming together to host a vibrant and meaningful parade on May 29th, 2025 in Toronto’s Junction Triangle...

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