Opening Maple Leaf Gardens - Spacing Toronto
WEBOctober 27, 2023. Opening ceremony at Maple Leaf Gardens, November 12, 1931. City of Toronto Archives, Globe and Mail fonds, Fonds 1266, Item 25804. We often grumble about how long it takes for large urban construction projects to be completed. But there was little time to grouse when it came to Maple Leaf Gardens, which was built in five ...
Book Review: Soft City - Spacing National
WEBJan 28, 2020 · Author: David Sim (Island Press, 2019) Bringing the soft back to cities Cities are often caricatured as hard and harsh. Concrete, steel, loud noises, crowds and congestion, bright lights, fast speeds, isolated people. With the increasing focus on ‘smart cities’, we are in danger of adding another layer of technocracy to our cities, further addingContinue reading "Book Review: Soft City"
The Tranzac Club: “Toronto’s Living Room” - Spacing Toronto
WEBJun 9, 2021 · As Toronto begins the process or re-opening the economy for the summer, Spacing will occasionally look at businesses and venues that have either survived or been lost during the pandemic. There is a curious relic in the Annex. A squat building that — when we’re not in a pandemic — hosts music and theatre andContinue reading "The Tranzac Club: “Toronto’s Living Room”"
First Canadian Place: 40 years on top in Toronto
WEBMay 13, 2015 · First Canadian Place became the tallest office building in Toronto and Canada on January 13, 1975, when steelworker Gerry Deschamps bolted the first horizontal structural beam higher than the roof of Commerce Court. Though construction generally progressed as expected, there were hiccups. A $150,000 …
Tools to address the affordable housing crisis facing Canada
WEBMar 20, 2023 · The new housing need assessment tool allows calculation of affordable housing costs for every community in Canada. A table showing the affordable housing deficit by household size and income category in Canada, based on the 2016 census. Our data shows that most households in core housing need are very low-, low- and moderate-income households.
From the Vaults: Gottingen Street - Spacing Atlantic
WEBNov 12, 2010 · Countess Clans William’s group, relaxing by the tennis courts on the lawn east of Admiralty House, Gottingen Street, ca. 1885. “For many years, Gottingen Street remained a sparsely settled country lane, trailing north to Fort Needham and the nearby Governor’s North Farm. When military property prevented the extension of …
Anishnawbe Health finds a new home - Spacing Toronto
WEBJul 8, 2021 · On Indigenous People’s Day, June 21, Anishnawbe Health Toronto held its ground-breaking ceremony for the Indigenous Hub that will stand at Front and Cherry Street. The project is more than 20 years in the making, and will include an all-in-one location for Anishnawbe Health. The facility is scheduled to open next year. The hub willContinue reading "Anishnawbe Health finds a new home"
How Toronto built the CN Tower - Spacing Toronto
WEBJun 24, 2016 · The CN Tower under construction on the CN rail lands on August 18, 1973. Image: City of Toronto Archives. Construction on the CN Tower began on the site of a CN railway siding in February, 1973. Gone was the three-tower design unveiled in the 1960s, replaced by the one familiar today, and also gone was Canadian Pacific.
Ever wonder how a house gets an address number?
WEBMar 11, 2013 · In Calgary, you must pay $735 to the city for one address number change. If you are changing multiple addresses, the charge is a $735 base fee and then $86 per additional address. In Vancouver, like other cities, you must be the registered property owner to request a number change. The cost is $690. In …
The fall of Sir Henry Pellatt, king of Casa Loma - Spacing Toronto
WEBJun 24, 2015 · A carved marble fountain of child figures supporting a dolphin, a solid bronze buffalo head, and hundreds of champagne flutes, wine glasses, and ceramic dinnerware: almost everything in Casa Loma was up for grabs 91 years ago this week. The empire of the home’s former millionaire owner, Sir Henry Pellatt, was rapidly disintegrating. Heavily in debt to the bankContinue reading "The fall of ...