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Calling all innovative designers and thinkers. Help us design the public washroom of the future! ✨ Win cash prizes and have your design featured in @spacing.bsky.social 💥 Sign up is open now! Visit publicspace.ca/competition for more details #TOtheLoo #DesignCompetition #PublicSpace

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Our current issue features a profile of wildlife photographer Patricia Homonylo's work with the FLAP program that works to save birds from collisions with buildings. Homonylo will be speaking about her work at the @romtoronto.bsky.social on March 23 as part of a panel, www.rom.on.ca/whats-on/eve...

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If you enjoyed what I got to write in @spacing.bsky.social regarding TRBOT’s ‘Breaking Gridlock’ spacing.ca/toronto/2025... please take the time to dive into @shawnmicallef.bsky.social complete take down below.

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Canadian hockey fans: we made a 12x18 poster print celebrating McDavid's winning goal at the 4 Nations Face-Off. Selling it through the @spacingstore.bsky.social. Please feel free to share! spacingstore.ca/collections/... design by: @matthewblackett.bsky.social #hockey #canada #mcdavid

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Don’t miss the latest in our special housing series: The Overhead. This episode: are evocations because of, or a cause of poverty? spacing.ca/national/202...

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We have a new episode of The Overhead for you! How do evictions change from province to province? Are evictions caused by poverty, or do they cause poverty? All that and more: spacing.ca/national/202... @bshnode.bsky.social

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"(#HighSpeedRail) between Ontario and Quebec should become Canada’s next nation-building project, especially at a time when we need to think more about east and west than north and south." @JohnLorinc.bsky.social @spacing.bsky.social spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

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What can we learn about eviction policy by comparing provinces and municipalities? Be the first to hear from experts Alexandra Flynn and @davidwachsmuth.bsky.social on the challenges of tracking evictions in our latest episode of the Overhead with @spacingradio.bsky.social. https://buff.ly/3D78t0W

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We have a new episode of our special housing series The Overhead up on the @spacingradio.bsky.social feed. All about eviction research across Canada. And some of the findings may surprise you: spacing.ca/national/202... @bshnode.bsky.social

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We have a new episode of our housing series The Overhead, in partnership with @bshnode.bsky.social over on the @spacingradio.bsky.social feed. We’re looking at eviction data across the country: spacing.ca/national/202...

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Thank you to @graphicmatt.com for the shout-out to @lanrickbennett.bsky.social t's op-ed about the TRBOT "Congestion" report in his newsletter (this issue free to read). toronto.cityhallwatcher.com/p/whatever-h...

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How accessible is public art? Artmap / AccessArt shares the first of four sets of videos providing guidance for art accessibility, starting with creating more mind-friendly spaces, e.g. is it free, or a restive space. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

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"(High Speed Rail) between #Ontario + #Quebec should become Canada’s next nation-building project, esp. at a time when we need to think more about east + west than north and south." Great read: @johnlorinc.bsky.social 's post on the Alto project in @spacing.bsky.social spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

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The Toronto Board of Trade's Breaking Gridlock report only"doubles down on car-first policies that make our streets less efficient, less equitable, and less livable." Cycling activist @lanrickbennett.bsky.social fixes for traffic congestion in @spacing.bsky.social spacing.ca/toronto/2025... #canurb

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If you don't see it at your local magazine rack, ask about @spacing.bsky.social ! The local grocery store or pharmacy may not have much choice, but ask them to ask their distributor anyway.

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@spacing.bsky.social issue on #Toronto's iconic #Yonge Street is on newsstands. Also featured is Patricia Homonylo who documents the death toll of #birds colliding with skyscrapers. She won a Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award and her #photo is at @romtoronto.bsky.social until May 4, 2025.

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"The Toronto Region Board of Trade’s Breaking Gridlock report offers more of the same outdated thinking that got us into this mess in the first place." @lanrickbennett.bsky.social dissects a retrograde report and offers better alternatives. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

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The Canadian government unveiled its latest plan for high-speed rail between Toronto & Quebec City this week, complete with a high-powered consortium that will build and operate the service, writes John Lorinc [ @johnlorinc.bsky.social ]. spacing.ca/toronto/2025... #TOpoli #CDNpoli #ONpoli

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Appreciate @spacing.bsky.social once again providing the stage for conversations like this. It’s time to redefine the SUV. A truly Sustainable Urban Vehicle should move people efficiently, safely, and sustainably. That’s the SUV of the future. #BikeTO #TOpoli #ONpoli spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

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On the new episode, @emmamci.bsky.social helps us sort through all the highway promises we’ve heard during the snap Ontario election. And @bkives.bsky.social walks us through the latest chapter in the saga of Winnipeg’s Portage & Main intersection: spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

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It was recently revealed that in Ontario you're not allowed to take a child as a passenger on an e-bike - for example, to cycle them to school. @lanrickbennett.bsky.social explains just how misguided that is. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

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On the latest @spacingradio.bsky.social podcast episode, we talk about Ontario Election highway promises, and follow up on one of the great Winnipeg urban issues: Portage & Main: spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

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This Black History Month feels different, that's how I start this one. We think we're living in the "worst of times" when what we lack is perspective. This post is dedicated to Black people who performed on stage but have been forgotten, or they went out at night and were refused service. 🙏🏾💪🏾

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For Black History Month 2025, Dr Cheryl Thompson delves into the history of segregated nightclubs in Toronto. If you’ve never heard about nightclub segregation, it started locally in the 1930s and continued through the 1960s and 1970s. spacing.ca/toronto/2025... #TOpoli #ONpoli #blackhistorymonth

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Thanks @spacing.bsky.social for publishing my "2025 State of the Bike Lane" article! It discusses last year's bike lane progress, record bike share usage, challenges related to Bill 212, and the need to #VoteFordOut in 17 days! #BikeTO #TOpoli #ONpoli #VisionZero

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Toronto State of the Bike Lanes, 2025: @rzaichkowski.bsky.social shares his annual report on the progress (or lack thereof) towards achieving Toronto's bike plan spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

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It's a great looking issue...and I may have contributed a historical timeline of Yonge Street to it... #torontohistory

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It was my pleasure to be able to contribute to this issue of the Spacing with an article about Yonge North, the Persian businesses/cultural district and the future of TehranTO! Pick up a copy and read about this fascinating street!! Mine is in the mail!

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The new issue of @spacing.bsky.social on sale at Book City Danforth. At many other fine bookstores too. Pick up a copy today for a fascinating exploration of Yonge Street, and many other interesting features.

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As we debate the role of natural gas in heating our homes and workplaces, photographer Peter MacCallum digs into the industrial history of gas distribution in Toronto, as revealed in archival photos. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

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The provincial parties are tripping over themselves to pledge transit funding, but somehow manage to miss the lowest hanging fruit, writes @johnlorinc.bsky.social spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

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We have a new episode of our housing special series The Overhead on the @spacingradio.bsky.social feed! We talk about reducing evictions: spacing.ca/national/202...

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New issue! Forever Yonge - Issue 69 takes a look at the spine that defines Toronto. Read @dylanreid.bsky.social's editor's introduction to our exploration of this iconic street spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

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🎧 Our latest Overhead episode is out! In anticipation of our upcoming Filling the Gaps: Toronto report, BSH researchers Alina McKay and Sean Grisdale share insightful findings on renter (in)security during the Covid-19 pandemic. Thanks to @spacing.bsky.social for making this possible!

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We’re back with another special housing episode of The Overhead, in partnership with @bshnode.bsky.social. This episode is all about evictions and the need for better security of tenure for renters: spacing.ca/national/202...

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City councillor @ausmalik.bsky.social argues that Waterfront Toronto shows what can be accomplished when governments work together spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

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We introduce our upcoming issue focused on Yonge Street with this memoir by journalist Brigitte Pellerin. To a new arrival from Montreal in 1998, the vista up Yonge Street seemed endless, and so did the opportunities. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

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Last year we published a map showing the disparity in free outdoor skating rinks between different parts of Toronto (Scarborough was especially lacking). Good to see the City is taking active measures to address this disparity. (Via @graphicmatt.com newsletter).

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Have a look at a selection of Steven Evans's stunning photographs of the varied aspects of Toronto's waterfront. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

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From last year's "Noise" issue, a great piece from @bobgeorgiouto.bsky.social about the history of attempts to control noise in Toronto.

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Really enjoying the fact that this piece I wrote pushing back on the myths and misinformation about cycling in the city is getting traction here in Toronto but also across North America. Appreciate having @activetowns.bsky.social amplify my work. h/t @spacing.bsky.social @uoft.bsky.social #BikeTO

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A exhibition at Waterloo architecture collects memories and mementos of Toronto's Chinatown, along with scale models of restaurants, to reimagine community heritage through storytelling. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

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On the new @spacingradio.bsky.social, our Senior Editor @johnlorinc.bsky.social and Civic Action CEO Leslie Woo discuss Justin Trudeau’s legacy in Toronto and other Canadian cities, and how to make an annual city budget when the world is about to change dramatically: spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

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On the new @spacingradio.bsky.social, our Senior Editor @johnlorinc.bsky.social and Civic Action CEO Leslie Woo discuss Justin Trudeau’s legacy in Toronto and other Canadian cities, and how to make an annual city budget when the world is about to change dramatically: spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

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Making some additional noise about #BikeTO, the power of misinformation & dismissing actual people from the conversation. Appreciate the stage & space given by @spacing.bsky.social h/t @glynbowerman.bsky.social @dylanreid.bsky.social @mbonsma.bsky.social @uoft.bsky.social spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

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Taking another look at who’s using bike lanes: @lanrickbennett.bsky.social dispels some of the notions used in a recent media column to dismiss the value of cycling infrastructure spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

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