Why Toronto can't afford to cheap out on this one hopeful slice of the city. By Shawn Micallef 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ thestar.com/opinion/contri… via @torontostar

It's good that they got rid of the spaghetti junction at Six Points, but to walk from the future Etobicoke civic center to Kipling subway you need to cross *eight lanes* of traffic on Dundas West at Kipling.

We're proud that our 20th anniversary issue is nominated for Best Editorial Package at the National National Magazine Awards. Congrats to fellow nominees and our editors / contributors for their work on this excellent issue. #TOpoli

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#topoli #onpoli @spacing's 20th anniversary issue was nominated for a 2023 National Magazine Award. If you don't have one and want to catch yourself up on all our urbanism coverage, here's our subscription page -- a year's issues for just $26. spacingstore.ca/products/newsu…

We're proud that our 20th anniversary issue is nominated for Best Editorial Package at the National National Magazine Awards. Congrats to fellow nominees and our editors / contributors for their work on this excellent issue. #TOpoli

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We can't wait to celebrate the updated edition of Stroll on May 22nd at the iconic Lula Lounge! There will be an optional dinner at 6pm and the event will start at 7pm with Shawn Micallef 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ in conversation with journalist Edward Keenan. 🎉
RSVP here: eventbrite.ca/e/launch-for-t… 💙

A recent renovation of his local Starbucks that discourages spending time there has Craig Meerkamper pondering the loss of spaces to hang out between home and workplace. spacing.ca/toronto/2024/0…

Don’t miss our latest Spacing Radio podcast episode. Terrible trash cans and Russian library hackers featuring Cara Chellew and John Lorinc: spacing.ca/toronto/2024/0…

On the latest Spacing Radio, we talk about our special investigation into the cyberattack on Toronto Public Library. And, to preview our latest “What a Mess” issue, we talk busted trash cans and missing bus shelters: spacing.ca/toronto/2024/0…

New Spacing Radio! I talk to John Lorinc about his investigation into the cyberattack on the Toronto Public Library. And I talk to Cara Chellew about the need for new, better, publicly-owned street furniture like garbage bins, bus shelters, and benches: spacing.ca/toronto/2024/0…

A recent renovation of his local Starbucks that discourages spending time there has Craig Meerkamper pondering the loss of spaces to hang out between home and workplace. spacing.ca/toronto/2024/0…

At a time when Ontario Place has been put off limits, the City's new approach to making beaches using boulders is not an improvement, says Steve Mann spacing.ca/toronto/2024/0…

#topoli Stay tuned for the forthcoming issue of @spacing to understand how & why the city realized it had to fix the garbage garbage cans. Also, a look at the failures of the Astral deal.

At a time when Ontario Place has been put off limits, the City's new approach to making beaches is not an improvement, writes Steve Mann.

spacing.ca/toronto/2024/0… #TOpoli Waterfront Toronto

Calls for the sacking of the chief from elected officials have begun.

The next apologies should be from Doug Ford, John Tory and the Toronto Police Association, all of whom convicted him with their statements when he was released on bail.

Toronto Police officers appear to have lied on the stand to try and get a man wrongly convicted of murder.

Feels like we have to talk about it now.

#topoli Today on Spacing: In the aftermath of the rejection of minor variances on an excellent gentle density project at 91 Barton, we need to ask whether it’s time to cancel the Committee of Adjustment. spacing.ca/toronto/2024/0…