History
Toronto
In 1966, Toronto’s St. Lawrence Hall was in terrible shape. The venerable old neoclassical building at the southwest corner of King and Jarvis... Read More
How do books on Toronto stack up?On top of my publisher and creative director duties with Spacing magazine, I also look after the book section in the Spacing Store... Read More
EVENT: Inclusive Cities—Lessons Learned from Habitat III, December 14thDate: Wednesday, December 14th, 5:30-8:30pm Location: Dudoc Vancouver #100-1445 W Georgia St Unceded Musqueam, Squamish and... Read More
Do “Slow Down” lawn signs actually work?“Slow Down, Kids at Play” lawn signs proliferated in Toronto in the last couple of years as part of a private campaign in... Read More
WWW: New urban food innovations from around the worldAlternatives to urban food waste How cities are implementing creative solutions to reduce and reuse the excessive quantity of food... Read More
VIDEO: Vancouver’s Multi-Modal Success StoryStreetsfilms was lucky to be at the ProWalk ProBike ProPlace 2016 this Summer where we got to hang with many of the smartest folks in... Read More
Book Review From The Stacks – The Skytrain Explorer: Heritage Walks From Every StationAuthor: John Atkin (Steller Press Ltd., 2005) Everything is walking distance if you have the time. -Steven Wright, Comedian and Actor... Read More
Housing Central 2016 – Inspiring Talks on Affordable HousingOn Nov 21 to 23, the Housing Central Conference—the biggest affordable housing conference in western Canada—took place at the Sheraton... Read More
Event: Granville Island 2040, Dec. 3rdOn Saturday, December 3rd, 2016, from 10:30 am – 4:30 pm, the public is invited to the Revue Stage (east side of the Public Market) on... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 006 – PopCanCrit: Meet the CriticThis October, some of the foremost authorities in Canadian architecture criticism convened in Ottawa for PopCanCrit, to discuss the... Read More
Book Review From the Stacks – More Mobile: Portable Architecture for TodayEditor: Jennifer Siegal (Princeton Architectural Press, 2008) More Mobile is the little book that roared. About the size of a stack of... Read More
Bringing the Chinese Canadian Archive into view 
Book Review – Research Methods for Architecture 
EVENT – The Human Scale: Film Screening and Discussion at the Rio, Nov. 8th 
Hamilton: The benefits of living on the outskirts of cool 
Book Review: The City That Never Was 
Bikes and Belonging: helping Toronto feel like home