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Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

EXCLUSIVE: Inside the contract to rip out Toronto’s bike lanes Spacing has obtained the RFP for the Ford government's bike lane removal, and it looks even worse than thought. spacing.ca/toronto/2026... #toronto #bikes #torontobike @cycletoronto.bsky.social

EXCLUSIVE: Inside the contract to rip out Toronto's bike lanes - Spacing Toronto

After the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) shot down CycleTO’s legally innovative charter challenge that sought to stop Doug Ford’s attack on the city’s bike lanes, Queen’s Park wasted little time befor...

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Summer Reading issue of Spacing at Queen Books. Grab it while you can if you haven't yet - our new issue is coming out shortly.

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Spacing is very pleased to have our issue 70, "Civic Memories," nominated for a 2026 Toronto Heritage Award in the Public History category! www.heritagetoronto.org/programs/her...

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

On the latest episode of our housing series The Overhead, we talk about physical and systemic barriers people living with disabilities face in the Canadian housing market: spacing.ca/national/202...

The Overhead: Accessible Housing - Spacing National

THIS EPISODE: Accessible Housing In this episode, we talk about the physical and systemic barriers facing people living with a disability who are trying to access housing in Canada. University of Brit...

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Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

On the latest episode of The Overhead, our @spacingradio.bsky.social / @bshnode.bsky.social special series, we talk about the physical and systemic barriers to housing people living with disability face in Canada: spacing.ca/national/202...

The Overhead: Accessible Housing - Spacing National

THIS EPISODE: Accessible Housing In this episode, we talk about the physical and systemic barriers facing people living with a disability who are trying to access housing in Canada. University of Brit...

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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 18/09/2026

Welcome to the #TOphoto Feed! Photography of Toronto, Canada. Currently an open Feed: use hashtag #TOPhoto for your work to appear. 🦝 No AI 🦝 SFW, please 🦝 Use Alt text 📸 Let's see your best photos 📸 Tap the 3 dots at top-right to Like and Pin the Feed 📸 bsky.app/profile/flyi...

An early morning photo of the lyrical white and red Cherry Bridge on Cherry Street, from when Biidaasige Park was under construction. The dark blue water is still and an almost perfect reflection of the bridge can be seen. I am not a professional. iPhone 11 Pro.

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Nick manning the Spacing Store booth at the Mpact Transit + Community conference wrapping up today in Toronto

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

In his continuing series on on ways to approach and engage with the municipal election, Christopher Balkaran advises to look behind the framing of a candidate's platform to find the underlying assumptions spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

Election 2026: How to Read a Candidate’s Platform - Spacing Toronto

This article is part of a series by Christopher Balkaran on ways to approach and engage with the municipal election campaign. Political campaigns must compress complex problems into phrases we quickly...

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Revisiting this @spacing.bsky.social 09 piece. Glory days of early twitter & I was posting my travels in London, leaving descriptions & GPS maps (twitter as public notebook. still think that here, if more guarded). Friend in London got it in his head to see if he cld find me. And wrote he about it:

Twitter Stalking Shawn through London - Spacing Toronto

I spent five days last week wandering the streets and interiors of London, day and night (never before 11am though). In my essay in the spring/summer issue of Spacing I discussed this method of wander...

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

If we want to adapt to a changing climate, it is time to start throwing parties, write Natalie Brown and Kate Mulligan, because communities that are more connected are more resilient. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

OP-ED: Fighting global warming with joy - Spacing Toronto

This month, more than 1,000 people from across Canada are coming to Toronto to talk about climate adaptation. The timing is good. Toronto has just come through another summer of heat, flooding, and wi...

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John Lorinc @johnlorinc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#topoli Today on @spacing.bsky.social , a welcome break from the news cycle: Leora Bromberg on the rich intersection of Toronto’s laneways and the print shops that made their homes there. spacing.ca/toronto/2026... cc: @coachhousebooks.bsky.social

Intersections of print culture in Toronto's laneways - Spacing Toronto

The handprinted broadside below was one of my first and most memorable encounters with the works of Glenn Goluska (1947-2011), celebrated today as one of Canada’s most influential fine press printers....

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A glimpse into the artisanal printing press that was hidden in a laneway behind Major Street and some of its productions, including Margaret Atwood poetry collections. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

Intersections of print culture in Toronto's laneways - Spacing Toronto

The handprinted broadside below was one of my first and most memorable encounters with the works of Glenn Goluska (1947-2011), celebrated today as one of Canada’s most influential fine press printers....

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Railfan is an intimate and heartfelt documentary feature that follows a photographer as he makes a portrait series of autistic kids who love subways in New York City. The crowdfunding campaign launches Tuesday 4 pm at the Spacing Store - check it out! www.facebook.com/events/31375...

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Peter MacCallum discovered a trove of images of Yonge Street on a November evening, 1965, by press photographer Nick Loek, capturing the nightlife mix of neon glamour, vitality, and sleaze on this busy strip at the time. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

Yonge Street, Evening, November 6, 1965 - Spacing Toronto

A few of weeks ago, while searching the Toronto Telegram online archive for aerial photos of the historic industrial waterfront, I came across a remarkable series of about 40 images from 1965 by Teleg...

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John Lorinc @johnlorinc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today on @spacing.bsky.social: former Ontario cabinet minister Eleanor McMahon on the need to extricate bike lanes from Doug Ford’s culture war. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

Election 2026: Culture wars are warping cycling policy - Spacing Toronto

In 2014, I did something I never imagined I would do — especially after years spent as a political staffer watching campaigns from the inside. I put my name on a ballot. The invitation came from Kathl...

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

As part of our pre-election coverage, Christopher Balkaran looks at "How to Critically Listen to a Municipal Candidate" spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

How to Critically Listen to a Municipal Candidate - Spacing Toronto

This article begins a series by Christopher Balkaran on ways to approach and engage with the municipal election campaign. Growing up in Scarborough, I routinely watched mayoral debates frame transit t...

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A new video by Artmap highlights the importance of maintenance for the continued enjoyment of public art. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

VIDEO: Art of Maintenance - Spacing Toronto

In this walk, roll, and talk, Artmap visits two of their most-loved public art spaces, each commissioned 10 years apart: Diamond Jubilee Promenade (2015) and the Biidaasige (“bee-daw-si-geh”) Park (20...

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This seems like an apt time to re-up Daniel Rotsztain's classic piece "Lake Ontario Is a Sea" spacing.ca/toronto/2014...

Lake Ontario is a Sea - Spacing Toronto

A few weeks ago I biked over to The Guild park. Known for its collection of modern Toronto “ruins”, a bonus to visiting the park is its unobstructed view of Lake Ontario. Gazing from cliffs high above...

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Antoine @antoine101.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Transportation in Toronto can be hugely frustrating. In a @spacing.bsky.social op-ed, Kelly Rowe and I argue that some key changes in governance can help us move better. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

OP-ED: Can Toronto give itself a green light? - Spacing Toronto

This op-ed launches our pre-election discussions of key issues ahead of Toronto’s October 26 municipal election. Our election issue will be published later in September. On an icy day last December, M...

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Can Toronto give itself a green light? As we head into a municipal election, Antoine Belaieff and Kelly Rowe offer solutions to Toronto's movement problem spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

OP-ED: Can Toronto give itself a green light? - Spacing Toronto

This op-ed launches our pre-election discussions of key issues ahead of Toronto’s October 26 municipal election. Our election issue will be published later in September. On an icy day last December, M...

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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 22/08/2026

#CelebrateCanada - Spacing Magazine @spacing.bsky.social: whether you live in Toronto, or just love great design and writing, it's a must-read. The crew at Spacing set the bar high.

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Beneath Toronto’s roads and buildings lies another city, shaped by memory, relationships, routines, and care, writes Lisa Ditschun in advance of her exhibition on this theme at the Urbanspace Gallery. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

OP-ED: What Does Toronto Remember? - Spacing Toronto

Lisa Ditschun is an artist, urbanist, educator, and PhD candidate at Trent University whose ongoing research-creation project, Cities for Seven Generations, examines relationships to place, memory, an...

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Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Sharing a new @spacingradio.bsky.social episode like our 95th (!) below is one of my favourite things in the world. But I have something kind of serious to say, and I hope you’ll bear with me and maybe spread it around. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 95, Saving Toronto - Spacing Toronto

First: a little rant about Doug Ford’s island airport expansion plans, which have (at least for now) been grounded. Next, the book Saving Toronto: 10 City Builders Tell Us How is available now. It’s a...

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Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

New @spacingradio.bsky.social for ya! We talk to Ken Greenberg and Anne Golden about their new book “Saving Toronto: 10 City Builders Tell Us How.” We speak to @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social about cops vs. cyclists. And a rant about the island airport: spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 95, Saving Toronto - Spacing Toronto

First: a little rant about Doug Ford’s island airport expansion plans, which have (at least for now) been grounded. Next, the book Saving Toronto: 10 City Builders Tell Us How is available now. It’s a...

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Spacing Radio @spacingradio.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

New episode for you! We start with a rant about how Doug Ford is “fringe.” We speak to Anne Golden and Ken Greenberg about their new book “Saving Toronto: 10 City Builders Tell Us How.” And we talk to lawyer Dave Shellutt about cops vs. bikes. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 95, Saving Toronto - Spacing Toronto

First: a little rant about Doug Ford’s island airport expansion plans, which have (at least for now) been grounded. Next, the book Saving Toronto: 10 City Builders Tell Us How is available now. It’s a...

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

New @spacingradio.bsky.social for ya! We talk to Ken Greenberg and Anne Golden about their new book “Saving Toronto: 10 City Builders Tell Us How.” We speak to @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social about cops vs. cyclists. And a rant about the island airport: spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 95, Saving Toronto - Spacing Toronto

First: a little rant about Doug Ford’s island airport expansion plans, which have (at least for now) been grounded. Next, the book Saving Toronto: 10 City Builders Tell Us How is available now. It’s a...

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Spacing Radio @spacingradio.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

New episode for you! We talk about Doug Ford’s failed (for now) airport expansion. We speak to Anne Golden and Ken Greenberg about their book “Saving Toronto.” And @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social talks cops vs. cyclists. Check it: spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 95, Saving Toronto - Spacing Toronto

First: a little rant about Doug Ford’s island airport expansion plans, which have (at least for now) been grounded. Next, the book Saving Toronto: 10 City Builders Tell Us How is available now. It’s a...

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I'm glad we / @spacing.bsky.social published that Op Ed. Nice to have people on the record. spacing.ca/toronto/2020...

BRADFORD OP-ED: Bike lanes are the path to main street recovery on the Danforth and across the city - Spacing Toronto

Toronto has approved the installation of 40 kilometres of cycling infrastructure across the city, including a significant portion along Danforth Avenue, in the community I represent as city councillor...

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Jake Tobin @jaketobin.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Got to do the cover of the summer reading issue of @spacing.bsky.social which is out now. Go grab a copy and read it in your favourite park.

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

When photographer Peter MacCallum saw news stories about a fire at Scarborough's Liberty Plaza, he realized he'd taken photos of that very space beforehand. He shares his images and insights. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

Exploring Liberty Plaza - Spacing Toronto

On the morning of July 22, CBC Radio news reported on a suspicious fire that had occurred overnight at a commercial plaza near Eglinton Avenue East and Kennedy Road. Later that day, I viewed cable new...

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Dylan Reid @dylanreid.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

There's a more eloquent article by Jamie Sharpless making this very point in the new issue of @spacing.bsky.social

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

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...

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

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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John Lorinc @johnlorinc.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

#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...

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

"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...

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

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...

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

"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...

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

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...

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

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...

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

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...

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Map Your Toronto Neighbourhood

Map your neighbourhood's boundaries and contribute to a community-sourced picture of Toronto.

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

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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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 06/07/2026

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 · 06/07/2026

"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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Paul Kulig @paulkuligto.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

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 · 03/07/2026

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 ...

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

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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Archie 🇨🇦 @junkycosmonaut.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

"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."

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Dylan Reid @dylanreid.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

At Harbourfront, an example of the kind of soccer mini-pitch that Craig Cal wrote about in the current issue of @spacing.bsky.social

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

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...

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

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.