Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region.
Alanah Heffez reflects on lessons learned from attending a City consultation on communication with youth; that sometimes the City can forget communication is a two way street.
Who will save Saint-Sauvier Church? Christopher Dewolf reports on a troubling turn of events in the efforts to save historic Saint-Sauveur Church from demolition in order to make way for a new hospital mega-project.
Dwight Williams continues the Street Names series, this week looking into the stories behind Ottawa’s streets that bear that namesake of popular entertainers throughout the years.
Studying the City of Ottawa’s detailed instructions to pedestrians and cyclists at a new roundabout in Orleans provides an interesting opportunity to explore the issue of how roundabouts handle non-auto traffic.
Shawn Micallef reflects back on the lessons learned from his twitter based reincarnation of rebelmayor William Lyon MacKenzie who acted as a court jester, commenting on the angry nature of the past election.
As winter darkness drives up concerns about pedestrian safety, Matthew Blackett highlighted a great idea to make cross walks more ergonomic and safer at the same time.
Rachel Caroline reports on an encouraging new trend of public consultation in a city not noted for engagement in the development process. Around 100 people came out a discussion session this week about what to do with the grounds of the old Queen Elizabeth High School.
In response to the HRM by Design recommendations, the City of Halifax held public meetings this week to talk about changes to the downtown road pattern such as removing one way streets.
Photo by Diego Torres Silvestre