Each Tuesday, Spacing Montreal will share some posts from our sister blog, Spacing Toronto. We hope it will fuel constructive dialogue on the urban issues faced by both cities. Toronto's sewers: love them or... ignore them According to Shawn Micallef, our extensive and mysterious sewer system just doesn't get enough credit. Admittedly, we only seem to pay attention to them when something down there goes wrong. Read his case for taking a closer look at what lies below. New Toronto Public Realm Office Toronto's new Public Realm Office is up and running. Part of the Transportation Services Division, ...

Each Tuesday, Spacing Montreal will share some posts from our sister blog, Spacing Toronto. We hope it will fuel constructive dialogue on the urban issues faced by both cities. Top transportation articles Dylan Reid has posted links to some of the most relevant public space articles of 2008, ranging from Japanese demotorization to pedlock. Ontario Travelogue from 1942 Shawn Micallef provides a link to a video clip from days past, which presents a view of Toronto before highrise offices and the CN Tower came to define it. Losing a sense of place Dylan Reid questions the sense ...

Photo by Sean Marshall Each Tuesday, Spacing Montreal will share some posts from our sister blog, Spacing Toronto. We hope it will fuel constructive dialogue on the urban issues faced by both cities. 2008 success story: the TTC In the spirit of New Year's reflections, Sean Marshall gives evidence for the unexpected fact that TTC improvements have been one of Toronto's greatest success stories of 2008. GO Transit’s new bike shelters GO Transit's highly trafficked Brampton station is undergoing substantial remodeling. Sean Marshall looks at one example of this change: glass-enclosed bike shelters for commuters who need ...

Photo by Sean Marshall Each Tuesday, Spacing Montreal will share some posts from our sister blog, Spacing Toronto. We hope it will fuel constructive dialogue on the urban issues faced by both cities. Road Trip: Morgantown, West Virginia En route to Pittsburgh Sean Marshall decided to visit the world's only operating personal rapid transit system. Here he recounts this and other Morgantown discoveries. Toronto’s Distillery District — History by the Lake Shawn Micallef draws light to a review of a new book by Toronto archivist and historian Sally Gibson. In "Toronto Distillery District - History by the Lake," Gibson ...

Photo by Shawn Micallef Each Tuesday, Spacing Montreal will share some posts from our sister blog, Spacing Toronto. We hope it will fuel constructive dialogue on the urban issues faced by both cities. Kingwell vs. Florida Both Richard Florida and Mark Kingwell have a lot to say about Toronto, and use very different analytical methods to do so. In this post Dylan Reid compares the methods and writings of these two thinkers. TTC launches vehicle arrival program The days of seemingly endless waits for the bus are almost over. Yesterday the Toronto Transit Commision launched a new vehicle ...