On June 3rd, 1971, Premier Bill Davis cancelled the Spadina Expressway and said: "If we are building a transportation system to serve the automobile, the Spadina Expressway would be a good place to start. But if we are building a transportation system to serve people, the Spadina Expressway is a good place to stop." Join us for some stories and a few speeches on Friday June 2nd, 2006 from 5:00-7:30pm on the south lawn of the Spadina Museum, an architectural gem that would have been destroyed by the expressway's construction.

Speakers:
• Hosted by Matthew Blackett, Spacing publisher
• Adam Vaughan of CityTV, son of journalist and Stop Spadina activist Colin Vaughan.
• David & Nadine Nowlan of Stop Spadina and authors of The Bad Trip.
• Bobbi Speck, Stop Spadina founder

ABOUT HUMANITAS FESTIVAL
May 26 to June 25, 2006
The Humanitas Festival is an energetic, kinetic series of events, forums, exhibitions, stories, performances and debate that illustrate and animate how Toronto’s creative energy is deeply rooted in its history and diversity. Under themes of gathering place, global village and city soul, Humanitas strives to curate our future through ideas and passionate debate about how not only to build cities, but how to develop citizens.

The festival kicks off with Toronto Culture’s Doors Open Toronto on May 27 & 28 highlighting Toronto’s stories though its built architecture. Humanitas continues through June 25 exploring the social and cultural architecture of Toronto –– the architecture of the space between people. Don’t miss the Humanitas Festival Launch and 7th Annual Doors Open Toronto Kick-Off event on May 26, 6 pm at the Cooler By The Lake Tent located on Toronto’s historic front porch - the waterfront - at the foot of Yonge Street.

ABOUT SPACING
Since the magazine's launch in late 2003, Spacing has quickly become an integral voice in the ongoing discussion around the joys, obstacles and politics of Toronto's public realm. From the gutters to the garbage cans to the giant skyscrapers, the magazine examines urban details from a fresh perspective. Spacing draws on the talents of a core group of the city's best young writers and visual artists. Each issue explores a different theme or topic that effects Toronto's public realm. Contributors include Christopher Hume (Toronto Star), John Lorinc (Globe and Mail), Sheila Heti (author of The Middle Stories and Ticknor), Jim Munroe (Canada's premier DIY author and Annex resident), Shawn Micallef (murmur project and Eye Weekly columnist), Ed Keenen (Eye Weekly City editor), Mike Smith (NOW magazine City Hall reporter), and almost all of the city's top photobloggers.

Spacing was recently nominated for a 2006 National Magazine Award in the "Best Editorial Package" category and a 2006 Canadian National Newsstand Award for "Best Newsstand Issue, Small Magazine." In December 2004, Spacing was nominated for "Best New Title" in Utne magazine’s Independent Press Awards. In January 2005, Spacing's second issue was awarded "Best Single Issue Design" by Applied Arts magazine, and the National Post has called the success of Spacing's line of Toronto subway buttons the "civic pride fashion statement of the year". The button collection has garnered the magazine numerous interntational design awards. The Spacing Wire was voted the city's best blog in 2005 by Eye Weekly readers.