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Events Guide: Switch Halifax – Open Street Sundays
HALIFAX – So what’s Switch? Inspired by Bogotá, Colombia’s Ciclovia, Switch is a regular event that encourages people to enjoy their city by...
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Responding to Town Square
HALIFAX – The process by which Rank Inc.’s new business super-complex, Nova Centre, was approved by HRM Council has lacked significant public input...
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A tale of two cities: Moncton Vélos vs. Halifax Bicycles
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was previously published in Spacing Magazine’s fall issue. HALIFAX — Both Moncton and Halifax have their...
By Abad Khan -
Saint John – a tale of two projects
This feature first appeared in the Summer 2011 National Issue of Spacing Magazine. SAINT JOHN – Saint John, like many other cities its size, has...
By Abad Khan -
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 -
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...
By Morgan Lanigan -
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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Is the city a sketchbook? JJ Steeves tackles our ideas about graffiti
HALIFAX – Councillor Linda Mosher’s recent comparison of street art to vandalism and graffiti has brought a variety of reactions. One of the most...
By Katie Toth -
Events Guide: Public meeting on proposed Bayers Road expansion
Editor’s Note: From the desk of District 14 Councillor Jennifer Watts. Read her op-ed piece in the Chronicle-Herald here. WHAT: Bayers Road Widening...
By Abad Khan -
Transit can be a more moving experience than road widening
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is kindly cross-posted from the Halifax Media Co-op. Check out the original here. Also, Spacing Atlantic has created a...
By Jim Guild -
Guerilla Urban Design on Agricola
HALIFAX – This summer across the country, the idea that vegetables can and should be grown in the city continues to gain momentum. Urban agriculture...
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Events Guide: Up for Review – Saint John’s Draft Municipal Plan
SAINT JOHN – In early 2010, the City launched PlanSJ to develop a new Municipal Plan to guide development over the next 25 years. We’ve been...
By Abad Khan