Spreading the warmth - Spacing Toronto In the free conservatory at Allan Gardens park in downtown Toronto, the glass houses hold warm air, vibrant plant life, moving water, and a quiet that feels unusual in the downtown core. After I spent...

A plan to expand the conservatory in Allan Gardens will enhance this place of greenery, calm, and respite, writes Alex Kharabian spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

My "Toronto Flaneur" column is about experiencing soccer events via Toronto neighbourhoods. My first: 2002 when living in Koreatown & S Korea got into the finals. Parade at dawn to Yonge St.

(Did you know I've been writing a flaneur column towards omg 20 years now at the back of every Spacing?)

NEW ISSUE: Soccer City - Spacing Toronto The tens of thousands of soccer fans who will descend on Toronto in June for the six World Cup games our city is hosting may not think of Toronto as a soccer city. Even many Torontonians likely don’t ...

New issue! Editor @dylanreid.bsky.social introduces our soccer issue (#74), ahead Toronto hosting World Cup games, and argues that Toronto has been and is much more of a soccer city than many might think. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

The stairs on Athletic Ave. that used to go down to Ulster Stadium, the home of Ulster United FC. Read all about it in Nancy Dutra's piece in the new soccer issue of @spacing.bsky.social , now at the Spacing Store and soon in mailboxes and fine bookstores.

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 094, The Landlords - Spacing Toronto We’ve covered a lot of research about housing with out special series The Overhead. But on the main feed, we’re bringing you two perspectives on renting in the city. Tony Irwin is President of the Fed...

Don’t miss our latest episode, all about landlords and rent strikes. Two perspectives, one great episode: spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

How did FIFA's free Fan Fest suddenly become a ticketed event? - Spacing Toronto Given the recent deluge of BS from local FIFA organizers, I wonder if Mayor Olivia Chow realizes she’s strayed into the middle of a political minefield masquerading as a soccer pitch. Thanks to the ci...

How did FIFA’s free Fan Fest suddenly become a ticketed event?

Senior editor @johnlorinc.bsky.social digs into the latest cash-grab. #TOpoli #ONpoli #WorldCup26

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OP-ED: "On Your Left" Isn’t the Problem - Spacing Toronto Under Ontario’s Highway Traffic Act, people riding bikes are required to have a few basic pieces of safety equipment: a properly fitted helmet, a white front light, a red rear light, and a bell or hor...

OP-ED: “On Your Left” Isn’t the Problem. @lanrickbennett.bsky.social says that how you pass is more important than how you signal you're passing spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 094, The Landlords - Spacing Toronto We’ve covered a lot of research about housing with out special series The Overhead. But on the main feed, we’re bringing you two perspectives on renting in the city. Tony Irwin is President of the Fed...

On the new @spacingradio.bsky.social, we have two very different perspectives on landlords. We speak to the Federation of Renral Housing Providers of Ontario representing landlords, and the York South-Weston Tenants Union who have successfully led rent strikes in Toronto: spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 094, The Landlords - Spacing Toronto We’ve covered a lot of research about housing with out special series The Overhead. But on the main feed, we’re bringing you two perspectives on renting in the city. Tony Irwin is President of the Fed...

On the new @spacingradio.bsky.social we bring you two perspectives on landlords. First, we speak to Tony Irwin, CEO of the Federation of Rental Housing Providers of Ontario, and we follow up with Bruno Dobrusin of the York South-Weston Tenants Union: spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 094, The Landlords - Spacing Toronto We’ve covered a lot of research about housing with out special series The Overhead. But on the main feed, we’re bringing you two perspectives on renting in the city. Tony Irwin is President of the Fed...

New episode! We bring you two very different perspectives on rentals: one from the group representing landlords in Ontario, and the other organizing rent strikes across the city. Listen here: spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 094, The Landlords - Spacing Toronto We’ve covered a lot of research about housing with out special series The Overhead. But on the main feed, we’re bringing you two perspectives on renting in the city. Tony Irwin is President of the Fed...

On the new @spacingradio.bsky.social, we have two very different perspectives on landlords. We speak to the Federation of Renral Housing Providers of Ontario representing landlords, and the York South-Weston Tenants Union who have successfully led rent strikes in Toronto: spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

Amazing article in @spacing.bsky.social magazine on food delivery workers in Toronto. Thank you for the interview!

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@bridgdivides.bsky.social

Reading and readers On reading Dickens again after decades, fake readers, and a sporty new Spacing.

Hitching rings were the bike ring-and-posts of the 19th century! My latest newsletter, also on reading Dickens again after decades, a sporty upcoming issue of @spacing.bsky.social, fake readers, and some great urbanism discussions.

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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 93, Everything Eglinton - Spacing Toronto To compliment the latest Eglinton-themed issue of Spacing Magazine, we begin with a celebration. Our regular transit commentators Toronto Star columnist and City Hall Watcher publisher Matt Elliott an...

ICYMI: here’s the new @spacingradio.bsky.social episode. We talk about the Crosstown LRT with @graphicmatt.com and Tricia Wood, and @drcherylt.bsky.social tells us about the reimagining of Scarborough’s Golden Mile: spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 93, Everything Eglinton - Spacing Toronto To compliment the latest Eglinton-themed issue of Spacing Magazine, we begin with a celebration. Our regular transit commentators Toronto Star columnist and City Hall Watcher publisher Matt Elliott an...

On the latest @spacingradio.bsky.social podcast, we’re celebrating Eglinton, in connection with our latest magazine issue, and with the (mostly) successful, long awaited debut of the Crosstown LRT: spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 93, Everything Eglinton - Spacing Toronto To compliment the latest Eglinton-themed issue of Spacing Magazine, we begin with a celebration. Our regular transit commentators Toronto Star columnist and City Hall Watcher publisher Matt Elliott an...

We have a brand new episode for you, tied in with the release of our Eglinton issue of the magazine. We have our transit panel back to give a review of the Crosstown LRT. Then we talk about Scarborough’s Golden Mile neighbourhood and how it’s remade itself: spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 93, Everything Eglinton - Spacing Toronto To compliment the latest Eglinton-themed issue of Spacing Magazine, we begin with a celebration. Our regular transit commentators Toronto Star columnist and City Hall Watcher publisher Matt Elliott an...

On the latest @spacingradio.bsky.social podcast, we’re celebrating Eglinton, in connection with our latest magazine issue, and with the (mostly) successful, long awaited debut of the Crosstown LRT: spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

Winter soccer - Spacing Toronto In the leadup to Toronto hosting World Cup games in June 2026, we will be publishing stories about soccer in Toronto, culminating with our upcoming Spring issue that focuses on how the game plays out ...

On winter afternoons, when outdoor fields are empty and piles of snow are all we can see outside, an indoor team in Scarborough keeps soccer alive for spectators. Alex Kharabian profiles Toronto's semi-pro indoor soccer team to open our pre-World Cup soccer coverage. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

The politics of Island Airport during election year, Part II - Spacing Toronto From where I sit, Doug Ford’s triumphalist yodelling this week about the Toronto Islands airport sounds much less like an expansion plan than a political wedge, inserted directly — and in a highly tac...

The politics of Island Airport during election year: Ford wants to expropriate the island airport during the mayoral election season — but does the province have the legal right to take it over? @johnlorinc.bsky.social explores the topic on Spacing.ca
#TOpoli #ONpoli

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Adjusting the Committee of Adjustment - Spacing Toronto Blair Scorgie is a Toronto-based Registered Professional Planner and Urban Designer. He is the Managing Principal of Scorgie Planning, and a Sessional Lecturer at Toronto Metropolitan University. Toro...

Urban planner Blair Scorgie argues that the Committee of Adjustment needs some serious adjusting. #TOpoli #ONpoli

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In praise of ugly park trash bins - Spacing Toronto As Astral’s wretched street furniture deal limps towards its inevitable conclusion, Toronto’s litter bins are back in the news, although they’ve been living rent free in our urban consciousness for ye...

We never thought these words would appear in Spacing: In praise of the ugly waste bins in Toronto's parks. Read John Lorinc's column today. @johnlorinc.bsky.social #TOpoli

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Toronto’s mayor wants to finally fix this foul-smelling city eyesore. It’s unclear how much it will cost Mayor Olivia Chow is proposing the city take back control of its sidewalk trash receptacles after two decades of privatization.

This is good news - @spacing.bsky.social has long advocated that the City should have direct control over street furniture. It's not clear why the City would only take over garbage bins and not other street furniture too, however. www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...

The Overhead: Rent Control and Rent Hikes - Spacing National THIS EPISODE: Rent Control and Rent Hikes In Ontario, we have rent control on buildings occupied before November 15, 2018. That means the landlords for these buildings can only raise rents for current...

On the latest in our housing podcast The Overhead, we look into the legal loopholes Ontario landlords use to hike up rents, pressure existing tenants out, or even evict them. How Ontario legislation fails renters on @spacingradio.bsky.social: spacing.ca/national/202...

The Overhead: Rent Control and Rent Hikes Podcast Episode · Spacing Radio · February 27 · 59m

Great @spacingradio.bsky.social episode on strengthening rent controls.

NHAs' Drs. August & Mah explore:
- The loopholes allowing more & more units to go unregulated
- The📈use & abuse of AGIs by large landlords
- The power of organized tenants to stop rent hikes

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The Overhead: Rent Control and Rent Hikes - Spacing National THIS EPISODE: Rent Control and Rent Hikes In Ontario, we have rent control on buildings occupied before November 15, 2018. That means the landlords for these buildings can only raise rents for current...

We have a new episode of The Overhead for you on the @spacingradio.bsky.social feed. Are Ontario landlords using legal loopholes to jack up rents and even push out existing tenants? We get into it: spacing.ca/national/202... @bshnode.bsky.social

The Overhead: Rent Control and Rent Hikes - Spacing National THIS EPISODE: Rent Control and Rent Hikes In Ontario, we have rent control on buildings occupied before November 15, 2018. That means the landlords for these buildings can only raise rents for current...

New episode of our special housing series The Overhead. We look at how Ontario landlords are using loopholes in legislation to raise rents, pressure existing tenants out, or even evicting them: spacing.ca/national/202...

The Overhead: Rent Control and Rent Hikes - Spacing National THIS EPISODE: Rent Control and Rent Hikes In Ontario, we have rent control on buildings occupied before November 15, 2018. That means the landlords for these buildings can only raise rents for current...

On the latest in our housing podcast The Overhead, we look into the legal loopholes Ontario landlords use to hike up rents, pressure existing tenants out, or even evict them. How Ontario legislation fails renters on @spacingradio.bsky.social: spacing.ca/national/202...

At the beginning of April, Marci Stepak will walk to every one of the Toronto Public Library's 100 branches over the course of a few days, to honour her mother and raise money for the Toronto Public www.beingmarci.ca

Did you know that the City is conducting a survey about the future of street furniture in Toronto? The current contract expires in the summer of 2027 and a new vendor & furniture will be picked. Take the survey to have your voice heard. #TOpoli

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LORINC: When the police neither serve or protect - Spacing Toronto Following last week’s revelations about “Project South” — a far-ranging probe into police corruption that netted indictments against seven Toronto cops, one retired officer and three other suspensions...

Why has Queen's Park tried to remedy Toronto's police problem by ordering a probe of every police service in Ontario? asks @johnlorinc.bsky.social spacing.ca/toronto/2026...