Matt is a regular contributor to Spacing Atlantic. His series [Re]Presenting Halifax explores the city through historic and contemporary maps and plans and, through them, questions real and imagined relationships between spatial and social urban conditions.

Bikes

The Great Disconnect: Another Bike Lane to Nowhere?

HALIFAX – On September 19, 2011, traffic patterns in Downtown Halifax were altered in an attempt to ease congestion in the... Read More

New HRM Alliance Talks Sprawl

HALIFAX – The Ecology Action Center’s Jen Powley has been busy since she presented the idea of an HRM greenbelt at... Read More

Halifax YMCA’s Plan for the Future: Private Capital for Public Infrastructure

HALIFAX – The CBC and YMCA buildings occupy a prominent corner in Halifax – a stone’s throw from the bustling Spring... Read More

[Re]Presenting Halifax: Vacan[t]c[it]y

The [Re]Presenting Halifax series revisits historical and contemporary maps, diagrams and other interpretive readings of the Halifax... Read More

[Re]Presenting Halifax #8: Public Lands as Connective Tissue or Cancer?

The [Re]Presenting Halifax series revisits historical and contemporary maps, diagrams and other interpretive readings of the Halifax... Read More

[Re]Presenting Halifax #7: Tissue Samples

The [Re]Presenting Halifax series revisits historical and contemporary maps, diagrams and other interpretive readings of the Halifax... Read More

[Re]Presenting Halifax #6: Waterfront [Re]Visions Part 2

The [Re]Presenting Halifax series revisits historical and contemporary maps, diagrams and other interpretive readings of the Halifax... Read More

History

[Re]Presenting Halifax #5: Waterfront [Re]Visions

The [Re]Presenting Halifax series revisits historical and contemporary maps, diagrams and other interpretive readings of the Halifax... Read More