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A new mayor, a new agenda
HALIFAX – With the news that after 12 years in office Halifax Mayor Peter Kelly won’t seek re-election this October, HRM has a chance to inject some...
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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 -
Making Space for Our Sacred Cows
“Machine Space, or territory devoted primarily to the use of machines, shall be so designated when machines have priority over people in the use of...
By Josh Lepawsky -
Events Guide: Imagine
HALIFAX – In 2005, Halifax’s north end collective consciousness came together to sprout Imagine Bloomfield in an effort to renew and preserve...
By Crystal Melville -
Loving parking lots in Portland
Portland, Oregon gets a lot of credit as cities go. “The city that works” really does work, as I found out when I visited last weekend. An early North...
By Jake Schabas -
[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 region. See my first...
By Matt Neville -
San Francisco’s plan to deal with parking
SFpark Overview from SFpark on Vimeo. I know I’m stating the obvious when I say this: parking a vehicle downtown, in Halifax or any city, can be a...
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World Wide Wednesday: The US edition (plus parking)
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...
By Hilary Best -
Tell a Better Downtown Story
HALIFAX – The Downtown Halifax Business Commission (DHBC) recently launched a promotional campaign to “tell a better story” about your...
By Rachel Caroline Derrah -
Time to give Citadel Hill a facelift
HALIFAX – Last week, WebUrbanist published a neat article on old star-shaped fortresses still kicking around in the US, Europe and Asia. It struck...
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AWARDS: The best and worst bike parking in HRM
HALIFAX – In early January, Spacing Atlantic teamed up with the Halifax Cycling Coalition and launched a poll of the best and worst bike parking...
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Halifax’s winter parking ban woes
HALIFAX – If you happened to be one of the many unlucky car owners who left their cars parked on your neighbourhood street on the night of December...
By Abad Khan