Fuelled by architecture, design, liminal spaces, media, transit, Toronto, and an unhealthy number of podcasts. Also here for cats, coffee, music, and queer stuff. *Opinions are unfortunately my own* 🌈 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇮🇹
Jason Paris
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Adorable young kestrels surprised by a butterfly.
Did you know a young Neil Young once lived next door to the mansion at 88 Isabella Street? While trying to break into the iconic 1960s Yorkville folk scene, he drew inspiration from the neighborhood—later immortalizing the street in his classic song “Ambulance Blues.” #TorontoHistory (2/3)
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I just wish the 'C' and 'N' on the CN Tower were connected on the white-board, but otherwise? Flawless execution! boxd.it/eGC27f
Today, the historic mansion lives on as Foy House: a vibrant sanctuary, studio, and gallery space. It has transformed from a relic of the past into a thriving hub for independent Toronto artists to create, collaborate, and showcase their work. #TorontoArt (3/3)
Nestled in Toronto’s Church-Wellesley Village, the historic Foy-Smith House is an 1888 late-Victorian survivor. Designed by Langley and Burke in the Queen Anne Revival style, this gorgeous mansion evolved from a high-society home into a legendary stop for local ghost tours and séances. #TOD26 (1/3)
Not mentioned, but the fact that we may be building QQE to the same slow standards *should* be an issue in this fall's election. urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/06... #TOpoli
PULL QUOTE: "If density was allowed in more of Toronto, the pressure to develop main streets for new housing would be far less. That’s not Doug Ford’s meddling, that’s Toronto city council doing what the loudest voters and residents groups wanted."
Disinformation is real — especially when groups like ABC rely rhetoric, not facts. This article cuts through a lot of the misinformation around the University Avenue bike lanes and deserves to be shared widely and often. #BikeTO spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
PULL QUOTE: "A strong majority of Canadians feel that CBC/R-C's coverage of the Games fostered a shared sense of national identity and made them proud to be Canadian." cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/your-publ... #CBC #RadioCanada
Today, Suede announce Antidepressants: Expanded, a deluxe edition of their critically acclaimed tenth album. This arrives alongside the release of the brand new song ‘Emotionally Unavailable’ and the forthcoming book As One: Remaking Suede by Rodge Glass.
I just wish the 'C' and 'N' on the CN Tower were connected on the white-board, but otherwise? Flawless execution!
FastTrackTO proposes a bold 10-point plan to speed up Toronto's infamously and maddeningly slow streetcar network, to reduce travel times by as much as 40 per cent. To help accomplish this, UrbanToron...
A bar like Sneaky Dee's defines a social scene. Now, we could lose it
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Over the past year, I have written multiple times about how misinformation and selective framing continue shaping Toronto’s transportation debates. In previous Spacing op-eds including Pedaling Inaccu...
