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LORINC: The Subway in the Room
Almost a year ago, the Toronto Star’s Jennifer Pagliaro published a story detailing, with her trademark meticulousness, how then chief planner and now mayoral candidate Jennifer Keesmaat had gone to...
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LORINC: Mammoliti is perfect example of why Toronto needs term limits
On the day after Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives passed a law stomping all over local democracy in Toronto, it’s worth pointing out a few key facts about the governance of this city. The first...
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Marcus Garvey’s place in Toronto’s history
For the past several years, 355 College Street has been home to Thymeless Bar, a reggae nightspot situated just steps from Kensington Market. What many people forget or don’t know is that for 57 years...
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LORINC: Uploading subway system a disaster-in-waiting
It can’t be said too often, or too loudly: Premier Doug Ford’s pledge to upload the subway system will become the Brexit of Toronto politics: a promise balanced on the most dubious of mandates, barely...
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LORINC: What about those mandate letters, Premier Ford?
Given the thin broth that was the Tories’ election platform, it’s hardly surprising that Premier Doug Ford’s first month in office has had the feeling of a twister zigging and zagging violently across...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 027, Healthy Buildings, Healthy Planet
We’re gearing up for the October 11th Green Building Festival! We talk to celebrated architect Vivian Manasc about what makes a truly “green” building. WSP’s senior facade specialist Scott Armstrong...
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LORINC: What does ‘effective representation’ look like at city hall?
Sometimes, good things happen for all the wrong reasons, and the hearing for the various challenges to the Tories’ bill to slash the size of Toronto council — held Friday in a packed courtroom at 361...
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Doug Ford’s snitch line and the cost of silence
There are certain events that simply demand a response, because to remain politely silent or inactive is to court great peril. The decision by Ontario premier Doug Ford’s government to establish a...
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TAXED OUT: Gallery exhibits examines tax impact on Toronto’s main streets
WHAT: TAXED OUT gallery exhibit WHEN: Opening night — Sept. 12th, WHERE: Urbanspace Gallery, 401 Richmond Street W, ground floor RSVP: Click through to Eventbrite to let us know if you’re coming...
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LORINC: The notwithstanding chaos of Doug Ford
Pardon my language, but what a fucking mess. Over the weekend, I was trying to develop a column examining why this municipal race – the seventh I’ve covered as an urban affairs writer – has, to borrow...
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Book Review: Smith House II
The design of a house is for me a resolution between the needs of a family and the demands of a site. The relationship between building and site should be so intimate and inter-dependent that a...
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LORINC: What would Jane Jacobs do in these trying times?
My favorite item of clothing is a black t-shirt emblazoned with a trenchant question: “What Would Jane Jacobs Do?” I have an entirely forgettable wardrobe. This t-shirt, however, is fascinating for...
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Why I’m making a book about the Galleria Mall
Shari Kasman is a long-time contributor to Spacing. We will be selling her book in the Spacing Store when it’s published this fall. Support her Kickstarter campaign to get the book printed Galleria...
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Adam Beck’s monumental “Little Worries”
If you’ve found yourself in downtown Toronto recently, you may have noticed a change to the Adam Beck Memorial, at Queen and University. Constructed in 1934 to commemorate Sir Adam Beck— the man...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 028, Toronto Election: The People vs. Doug Ford
Toronto’s election was thrown into chaos this summer by a surprise announcement from Premier Doug Ford. What’s at stake, who are the stakeholders, and where do we stand as a city? We break from format,...
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LORINC: Debating on the fringe
All of a sudden, Toronto’s spectral mayoral race has turned into a fringe festival. Seemingly out of the blue (though not actually), candidates Sarah Climenhaga, a community activist, and Saron...
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PODCAST: Election Panel with John Lorinc and Jennifer Pagliaro
As Toronto gets ready to vote, we’ll be bringing you regular panel discussions with journalists and experts who will help you wade through what is maybe the most confusing race in the city’s history....
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3 impactful reasons to walk to school
This guest post from Armi de Francia, School Travel Planning Facilitator at Green Communities Canada, marks the beginning of October, International Walk To School Month (“Walktober”). Walking to school...
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LORINC: Keesmaat latest candidate to dream of a Gardiner-free future
If the City of Toronto has an evergreen municipal election issue — besides our ritualistic self-flagellation about transit — it has got to be the fate of the Gardiner Expressway. By my count, the...
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“Fair” evasion: public transit must make space for everyone
Editor’s note: Spacing is pleased to introduce you to our new urban affairs columnist, Patricia Burke Wood. Tricia is a geography professor at York University and a co-founder of its City Institute....
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