Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region.
At the corner of Mulder Ave and Scully Way (no joke), Dwight Williams takes a look at the history of Ottawa streets named after fictional characters; a practice which has occurred sporadically since 1899.
On the municipal election beat Vicky Smallman frames the large number of incumbents bowing out of this year’s election as an unique opportunity to increase gender parity in municipal politics.
Cedric Sam revisits the history of the Plaza Swatow site in Montreal’s Quartier Chinois as the building was announced and built between 2007 and 2009. (article in French)
Emile Thomas debates whether or not to renew his membership in Montreal’s Bixi bike sharing program and uses the opportunity to reflect on Bixi’s merits. (article in French)
Andrew Walsh and Mieke Anderson present another Spacing Radio summer short this week featuring Gentrification: The Game! by artist collective Atmosphere Industries.
If you haven’t seen Alden Cudanin’s strike Before & After photos of the city yet, this weeks work: A 72 Year Crossing at Yonge and Bloor is definitely a great place to start.
As part of a continuing look at unbuilt projects across Halifax Dustin Valen profiles and examines Thomas Evans recent thesis proposal Meta-Library: A Public Platform for Information Exchange.
Katie McKay profiles the Making Tracks locomotive related art project that took place this week at the Halifax Via Rail station.
Photo by Vanessa Hum