Remembering the Hoggs Hollow Disaster
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The Hoggs Hollow Disaster, which occurred on March 17, 1960, killed five Italian immigrant workers: Pasquale Allegrezza, Giovanni ..read more
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Black History Month: Jack White and the Bloor Viaduct strike action
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Almost lost in Toronto’s vault of Black history is a case of racial discrimination in the spring of 1964 that nearly prevented the ..read more
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Take me back to Happiness: an art show about Hanlan’s Point beach
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What: Take me back to Happiness: paintings of Hanlan’s Point art show by Zach Rosen When: March 9-14 Opening Reception March 10 ..read more
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S101 Series: Introduction and Call
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If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times: cities are complex. But that doesn’t mean they need to be complicated ..read more
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LORINC: Can the Ontario Science Centre save Ontario Place?
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Here’s a strange little detail about the 20-car pile-up that is the Ontario Place redevelopment scheme: Shortly before ..read more
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Book Review: Ron Thom Architect – The Life of a Creative Modernist
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Author: Adele Weder (Greystone Publishing, 2022) Drawing on extensive archival research and over one hundred interviews, this ..read more
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As is: Photographs of Ontario Place, 2021- 2022
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In advance of Spacing’s upcoming issue focused on Ontario Place, we are sharing some of photographer Steven Evans’s images ..read more
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How activists saved Toronto’s streetcars 50 years ago this month
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While Toronto had the largest streetcar fleet in North America in the late 1960s, TTC planners and management were focused on ..read more
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Beaches historical sight: East of Silver Birch
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Toronto historian Richard White has recently completed an original new history of the Beaches neighbourhood that should be out and ..read more
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The Blue Cabin: A Dream of Home in Uncertain Times
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Amidst widespread housing instability, many feel that we may never again be able to dream of a home to call our own. There’s a deep ..read more
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