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I recently found myself wandering Commercial Drive, reading between its pulsing cafés and restaurants. An empty storefront.

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I’m old enough to remember when Brad Bradford’s pungent symbol of Toronto’s urban decay was the apparently misnamed Sankofa ...

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“I rediscovered Ontario Place during the pandemic and started going there a lot with my friends,” said Weinstein. “I became a bit obsessed with how it retained its magic through the decades even ...

When the University of Toronto’s John P. Robarts Research Library, located at St. George and Harbord streets, opened its doors in 1973, it was the largest academic library building in the world, ...

The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is more than just a means to a destination, it is also a shared space where passengers from all walks of life come onto trains and buses together. Poems in Passage ...

On July 2023, refugees from Africa, newly arrived in Canada seeking asylum and protection, camped and slept on the sidewalk in front of the City of Toronto’s Shelter Referral Centre on Peter Street.

This story is published in conjunction with Spacing issue 70 (Spring 2025), “Civic Memories,” whose cover section focuses on Toronto collectors and collections. Amidst war stories and gloomy weather ...