July 2005 Newsletter ~ click here

• IN THE FIELD ~ Book Launch & Presentation ~ July 29
•"INFO PILLARS" ~ City Hall Dictionary
• DOWNTOWN DE-FENCE PROJECT ~ Photos online, volunteers needed!
• SPACING WIRE & SPACING PHOTOBLOG
• QUEEN STREET ALLEYS ~ Check out the largest gallery in Toronto
• THE GUERILLA GARDENERS ~ It's a wrap ~ photos online
• MONSTER MEETING ~ The Ad-bins are here
• WATER YOUR TREES ~ A plea from our arborist
• WEBSITE OF THE MONTH ~ Commercial Alert
...and more
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June 2005 Newsletter ~ click here

• YEAR OF CREATIVITY? ~ Time to Walk the Walk
• DO IT YOURSELF! ~ Transit Shelter Contest!
• DOWNTOWN DE-FENCE PROJECT ~ The First Fence is Down!
• THE GUERILLA GARDENERS ~ Pride Planting
• BILLS AGAINST BILLBOARDS ~ a polite plea for support
• TAKE THE LANE ~ TPSC Ad Campaign Launched
• ROYAL YORK BIKELANE ~ Royal Mess
• STYLE IN PROGRESS ~ Largest Graffiti Event in Canada
• WALK HERE ~ Community Green Walking System
• DELETE! ~ Artists Cover Vienna Signage to Debate Excess Ads
• WEBSITE OF THE MONTH ~ Billboard Liberation Front
...and more

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May 2005 Newsletter ~ click here

• TTC TV ~ Commissioners vote on Wednesday May 11
• REMINDER: City Council votes this month on anti-poster bylaw.
• THE GUERILLA GARDENERS ~ First planting on May 15
• TORONTO THE GOOD ~ A fundraiser for Spacing magazine and [murmer]
• HEY NIKE! ~ Counter-campaign
• THE BETTER WAY ~ Call for submissions
• PUBLIC FORUM: Waiting for Toronto: What makes a clean and beautiful city?
• NOW Magazine: "Art or eyesore?"
...and more

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April 2005 Newsletter ~ click here

• NEWS ITEM ~ Cars, Trucks Protest Against Pedestrians
• PARIS ~ Car-Free in Seven Years.
• CBN POSTER PROJECT 2005 ~ Women and Cycling
• JOHN BARBER ~ Our Response to his March 16th Column
• CYCLEMEDIA ~ No Thanks
• NOW MAGAZINE: "And They Wanna Ban Postering?"
• WEBSITE OF THE MONTH - Wooster Collective
...and more

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March 2005 Newsletter ~ click here

• ACTION ITEM: Stop the anti-postering bylaw!
• PUBLICity: A gallery exhibit of Toronto's public spaces
• TOOKER ~ One Year Later ~ Community gathering & ritual
• CROSSING CANADA ~ Moosejaw Public Space Committee?
• DUNDAS SQUARE GENERAL MANAGER ~ Looking for a new career?
• WELCOME TO OUR LIVING ROOM ~ photos online
• WEBSITE OF THE MONTH - I love you!
...and more

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January 2005 Newsletter ~ click here

• ACTION ITEM: Stop the TV advertising on Toronto Subways!
• SPACING FILM NIGHT - Public Space Invaders, January 18
• TPSC BENEFIT CONCERT - "Welcome to our Living Room" with Sarah Harmer
• ROADSWORTH - Montreal street artist arrested and charged.
• SUBWAY BUTTONS - Got yours?
• ANTI-POSTERING BYLAW - It's Back!! ~ Here's an update.
• WEBSITE OF THE MONTH - SCRUB: Society to Reduce Urban Blight
...and more

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Late Fall 2004 Newsletter ~ click here

• MONSTER GARBAGE CANS ~ Pilot project preparing for take-off
• SPACING: ISSUE #3 ~ Work & Play Issue - Release Party on Dec 9
• CYCLE & RECYCLE CALENDAR 2005 ~ Buy one today!
• TV-B-GONE - Turn off TVs, anywhere!!
• BIKE RACKS COMING TO TTC BUSES? ~ It's about time.
• SAVE A GREENSPACE ON THE DANFORTH
• NOW MAGAZINE ~ BEST OF TORONTO ~ thank you!
...and more

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Late Summer 2004 Newsletter ~ click here

• MONSTER AD-BINS ~ September Update
• SAVE OUR TREES ~ www.saveourtrees.ca
• RECLAIM THE STREETS! September 17th!
• [murmur] ~ In the Annex
• JEFF FEST ~ Public Square Permit Denied
• ST. CLAIR ~ Support Designated TTC Lanes
• CALLING ON THE FEDS ~ With amplified response!
• BIKE ROOTS ~ New cycling food delivery project!
• OFFICERS ON TRIAL FOR VIOLENT ASSAULT
• PROJECT TORONTO: Art Exhibit
...and more

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July 2004 Newsletter ~ click here

• UPDATE: Attack of the Monster Garbage Cans!
• CYCLISTS TAKE CITY TO COURT - And win!
• SPACING ~ Subscriptions now available!!
• CLAY AND PAPER THEATRE - Presents "Lilith"
• PUBLIC SPACE LINK OF THE MONTH ~ P.S. Kensington
...and more

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Late Spring 2004 Newsletter ~ click here

• SPACING #2 ~ THE PEDESTRIAN ISSUE ~ Launch party: June 17
• PEDALS & PAINT - A TPSC Bike Week Event ~ TOMORROW!!
• PEDESTRIAN SUNDAYS IN KENSINGTON ~ Starts July 4th
• ARC'S 9th ANNUAL PARKING METER PARTY ~ Wednesday June 2nd
• ARC's 2nd ANNUAL REPORT CARD
• FIRST ANNUAL CAR FREE CARAVAN ~ Sunday May 30
• ELECTION LINKS ~ Vote!
• ST. CLAIR STREETCAR RIGHT-OF-WAY ~ Extended Public Meetings
• PUBLIC SPACE LINK OF THE MONTH ~ "Laneing"
• VOLUNTEERS ~ Get Involved with the TPSC
...and more

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Early Spring 2004 Newsletter ~ click here

• ST. CLAIR STREETCAR - Designated lanes coming soon?
• RING + POST - Order Your Bike Rack from the City Today!
• THE EVEN BETTER WAY - Four New Subway Lines on the Way?
• PUBLIC TRANSIT FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD - Online Petition
• TOOKER - The loss of a friend and activist
• TOOKER IN VIDEO - April 26
• CLASS AND THE CAR-FREE CITY - April 24th Forum
• UBB - URBAN BEAUTIFICATION BRIGADE - on CBC!
• ALLEY JAUNT : Artists & Garages Wanted
• CAR-FREE KENSINGTON - This Summer!
• FRONTANDCENTRE - Stop the Front St. Extension
• VOTE FOR A CHANGE.ca - New Website
...and more

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Jan 2004 Newsletter ~ click here

• Dundas Square - Here's Your Big Chance!!
• Spacing Magazine - update
• Racial Profiling Report
• ARC Meeting - January 20th
• Council Seeks Input on 2004 Budget
...and more

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Autumn 2003 Newsletter ~ click here

• Annual General Meeting - November 15th
• SPACING - A magazine launch party - December 4th
• Trampoline Hall with David Miller & Jane Jacobs - TONIGHT!
• Who deserves your vote? Tips for the November 10th election
...and more

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July 2003 Newsletter ~ click here

• Two New ARC Reports - first annual report card on toronto cycling
• Free Transit on Smog Days - online petition
• Dundas Square Opposition on BRAVO
• Car Free Day Forums - July 8 & 9
• Variance Victories
...and more

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Spring 2003 Newsletter ~ click here

• Reclaim The Square
• Seed Money - A fundraiser for the Toronto Public Space Committee.
• Guerrilla Gardening - Springing into action May 25
• Anti-Postering Bylaw Update
...and more

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November 2002 Newsletter ~ click here
• Toronto's Transit in Crisis! (RALLY TONIGHT!)
• NYC Fines Microsoft for Sidewalk Ads
• Island Airport Expansion - Council Votes in November
• Eco-Bunk - Environmental Bullshit Awards
• Buy Nothing Day - November 29th
...and more

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October 2002 Newsletter ~ click here

1) Art Attack! - Thursday October 17th
2) Help Name Our Magazine! - Vote Today!
3) Public Forum on Anti-Postering Bylaw
4) Media Democracy Day - October 18th
5) Night of Dread - October 26th
6) Next Meeting - October 27th - New Location
...and more

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September 2002 Newsletter ~ click here

1) City Announces Public Forum on Anti-Postering Bylaw- October 9th
2) Car Free Movie Night - Free Night at the Bloor Cinema!
3) Art Attack! - October 17th
4) Car Free Day - September 22nd
5) Help Name Our Magazine!
6) Official Plan Meeting - September 24th
7) Next Meeting - September 29th - New location
...and more

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August 2002 Newsletter ~ click here

1) Outdoor TV - More Screens Added
2) Trailer Park! - "You Don't Need a Car to Move Stuff!"
3) Reclaim the Streets! - August 30th
4) Thanks for Riding Your Bike - Poster Campaign
5) Magazine Meeting - August 22nd
6) Idle Free Day - August 21st
7) Next Meeting - August 25th
8) Calendar - Other Meetings, Events
...and more

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July 2002 Newsletter ~ click here

1) Open Your Street! - Car Free Day 2002
2) Road Works - Public space art exhibit
3) Presto Chango! - Nike Counter Concert
4) Video Surveillance - Lawsuit in B.C.
5) Car Free Forum - "for people who breathe"
6) Poster update - Strike delays poster ban
7) ARC in the Star!
8) Toronto Environmental Alliance AGM
9) Next Meeting
...and more

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June 2002 Newsletter ~ click here

1) Smog Day? Free TTC!
2) Guerilla Gardening - Every sunday
3) Is This Canada? - Political protest illegal in Calgary's public spaces.
4) Trailer Park - An outdoor festival of bike trailers!
5) Poster Campaign Update - City agrees to host forum
6) Suburban Field Trip - Poster campaign goes north
7) Poster Campaign Planning Meeting - Saturday June 15th
8) Poster Campaign Info Booth - Queen St West on Saturday
9) Fight Billboards - New Variance Vexation webpage
10) People's Summit - Toronto, June 24
11) Next Meeting - Sunday June 30th
...and more

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May 2002 Newsletter ~ click here

• Post No Bills - Art Exhibit
• Bike Week - June 1 to 9
• Right to Poster - Benefit Cabaret - May 18th
• Join the Toronto Cycling Committee
• Visual Funk
• Bicycle Lobby Group
• Website of the Month: NeutraTech
• Next meeting - Sunday May 19
...and more

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April 2002 Newsletter ~ click here

• www.publicspace.ca - We're online!
• Anti-postering bylaw update
• Order your own "Post & Ring"!
• Downtown De-Fence Project
• Sign up for monthly cycling newsletter from the City of Toronto
• City-wide pesticide hearings
• Transportation activist killed...in a traffic accident
• Public Meeting: Do we need more parking in Parkdale?
...and more

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March 2002 Newsletter ~ click here

• Variance Vexation - Why There are so Many Billboards
• Proposed By-Law Severely Restricts Postering in Toronto - Meetings on Sunday & Monday
• Guerilla Gardening - 'Tis the Season
• Billboard Tax Initiative - Revenue Goes to Public Art!
• City Budget - The Numbers are in: Cops are Tops, Environment Last.
• Your Home, Our City - City Archives Exhibit
• Hydro Corridors for Sale? - Future Transit Lines in Jeopardy
• TTC Fares going up - We Could Learn From Montreal
...and more

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February 2002 Newsletter ~ click here

• Don Valley Get its Television
• Cyclists & Rocket Riders Spread the Love on Valentines Day
• Surveillance Cameras - Opposed by Privacy Commissioner
• Teddy Bear Rights Upheld - Weapons charge dropped
• TPAC - Toronto Police Accountability Coalition
...and more

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January 2002 Newsletter ~ click here

• Come to our first public planning meeting
• Televisions in Taxis
• Toronto Budget - Make your voice heard
• Street Hockey - Still legal
• Citizens Ban SUVs in Brooklyn
• Critical Mass - 10 Year Anniversary Book
...and more

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November 2001 Newsletter ~ click here

• DVP Expansion - We Won the Final Vote!
•"Toronto Cranks" - New T.O. Cycling Website
• Outdoor Advertising - The Gradual Erosion of Toronto's Public Space
• Man Arrested for Helping Cyclists
• The Police Helicopters are Back!
• Culturejam - TV Documentary
• New Benches Prevent the Homeless From Sleeping

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July 2001 Newsletter ~ click here

• Ads in parks - We lost this one.
• Sylvia Sardine
...and more

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April 2001 Newsletter ~ click here

• City to vote on placing ads in Toronto parks
• City releases report: REDUCING CAR DEPENDENCE
...and more

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Febraury 2001 Newsletter ~ click here

• Don Valley TV - Successful campaign!
• TV Board at OCAD
• Students jailed for not watching TV