Monthly Archives: September 2011
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Halifax’s Macdonald Bridge – a cycling headache
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is cross-posted from the Halifax Media Co-op by Rocky Lis. Check out the original here. HALIFAX – A multi-million...
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World Wide Wednesday: Road ecology and city night moves
Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
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How MESH is changing cities
EDITOR’S NOTE: Long-time supporter of Spacing, Robert Ouellette, wants residents of Canadian cities to take part in his new project called MESH...
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Atlantic Canada’s Densest Neighbourhoods – North End Halifax
EDITOR’S NOTE: Based on feedback from an earlier post on urban density, Spacing Atlantic will feature one of the top five dense residential...
By Sean Gillis -
Watch NFB: God’s Lake Narrows
Editor: Spacing is pleased to continue our partnership with the National Film Board of Canada to showcase films and interactive projects from their online...
By Julie Matlin -
Hipsters Are Changing Our World
CHARLOTTETOWN – Like them or not, Hipsters are changing North America. The Maritimes has seen glimpses of this fad but nothing like what is...
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World Wide Wednesday: Shovel ready, transit garden, museum advocacy
Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
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Main Street and the Department of Cars
SAINT JOHN – We are now a few months into the City of Saint John’s experiment with bike lanes on Main Street in the city’s North End and, from all...
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Atlantic Canada’s Densest Neighbourhoods – Saint John
EDITOR’S NOTE: Based on feedback from an earlier post on urban density, Spacing Atlantic will feature one of the top five dense residential...
By Sean Gillis -
Spacing Saturday: Toronto Portlands, Quartier des Spectacles and Collecting Scraps
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Gordon...
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HRM Council take heed – Bayers Road expansion criticized
HALIFAX – “In HRM, we have a traffic problem. We need to get people out of their cars,” one HRM resident succinctly surmised at the public meeting...
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Park(ing) Day!
Today, Friday, September 16th, is PARK(ing) Day! In cities around the globe, artists, activists and citizens will transform metered parking spaces into...
By Hilary Best