@chrisbateman

Toronto writer with bylines @citylab, @globeandmail, @spacing, @tvo, and others. Doer of plaques for @heritagetoronto. Opinions: own.

 Toronto, Ontario
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Joined December 2007
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I have some stuff in this greatest hits collection!
Spacing@Spacing7 Nov 2023
Replying to @Spacing @emilymayrose
2. The launch of "The Big Book of Spacing", a 248-page full-colour book that compiles the best content from 20 years of our magazine.
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Spacing@Spacing7 Nov 2023
Drum roll, please.... OUR 20th ANNIVERSARY PARTY! spacing.ca/toronto/2023/11/0… #TOpoli #ONpoli #toronto

Spacing's 20th anniversary party! - Spacing Toronto

WHAT: Spacing’s 20th anniversary party / mag & book launch / exhibition opening WHEN: Saturday, December 2, 2023 • 7-11pm WHERE: UrbanSpace Gallery & Spacing Store, 401 Richmond Street West SPREAD...

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Exiting daylight saving time like
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.@heritagetoronto unveiled a plaque for Charlie Chong Farm, one of the first veg farms in the city that supplied restos and Chinatowns, despite having to operate during Canada's Head Tax and Chinese Exclusion Act. I spoke with the grandson on the legacy. thestar.com/news/gta/2023/07…

This farm introduced Toronto to gai lan and bok choy 70 years ago. Four generations on and the...

Charlie Chong Farm was one of the first farms in Toronto to grow Chinese produce, supplying Chinatown, as well as small-town restaurants across the province.

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Have a whale of a time this summer :(
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Housing idea! Let’s resurrect this speculative concept for apartments built right into the Scarborough Bluffs
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I just cast my first ballot in Canada. Very easy, very quick. Advance voting runs June 8-13 🗳️ toronto.ca/city-government/e…
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Cautious Optimism Needed Today By W. E. Maybee Weekly Building Reporter, May 2, 1931
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Fri, March 22nd, 7pm. The Utopian Research Society presents an eclectic evening with the Philosophers Cafe Rainbow Farm. 1991. TPL, Alan and Thomas Suddon Collection
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The Capitalist Corporate Mind Machine, proceeds to the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre, March 5th-10th, 8pm 1991. TPL, Alan and Thomas Suddon Collection
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Catalogue typography was wild in 1890
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Council butts heads, picks Beavis
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Crazy David for Mayor 1971. TPL, Alan and Thomas Suddon Collection, TPL
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In 1960 a shopping mall was planned for the same site over the Davisville yard. First iteration was designed by Peter Dickinson. It wasn't a popular idea with the neighbours then...
Alex Bozikovic@alexbozikovic12 Jan 2023
Once again, Toronto is exploring a “signature park” while decking over a rail yard. Interesting. But I’ll bet it would be vastly cheaper and quicker to expropriate a nearby block of houses and tear it down.
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Is there a name for the dreadful vibey art style in this Labbatt Blue ad from the 70s? Also weirdly missing from this Toronto scene is the CN Tower, which very much existed at the time, though maybe unfinished (First Canadian Place in the middle was built at about the same time)
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Some lovely 1970s futurism in this classic Toronto sign, now sadly gone (along with the ability to open windows on the streetcar)
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The TTC’s Greenwood electrical substation has a (possibly unique?) variant on the classic Toronto subway font with a crossed W. Sign looks like it’s been around since the line opened in the 60s
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The substation looks more like Futura than the typical TTC font, except that W
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Here it is again (maybe) on another city-owned building but in a heavier weight. The G looks almost circular
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