Walking
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VIDEO: The Social Life of Small Places
William Whyte got it right: the legendary urbanist created the film “The Social Life of Small Places” that has become one of the best learning...
By Matthew Blackett -
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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FAVOURITE FRIDAY: What is your favourite pedestrian bridge?
Across the Spacing urban blog network each week we’re asking our readers in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Otttawa, and the Atlantic cities to let us...
By Spacing -
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 city’s core. In...
By Matt Neville -
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 -
Events Guide: Zombie Walk for the Environment
HALIFAX – Has ecocide caused something you love to become a zombie? Join Ecology Action Centre (EAC) and make a statement about the environment on...
By Crystal Melville -
Walk This Way, Talk This Way
What is Swag? Walking. HALIFAX – Haligonians enjoyed a quick respite from the seemingly endless deluge this past weekend while participating in the...
By Katie McKay -
Events Guide: Jane’s Walk Halifax
HALIFAX – Today and tomorrow ( May 7 and 8), Haligonians will take to the streets for a series of free urban neighbourhood tours that inspire...
By Crystal Melville -
Call for Support: Anchorless Archive Zinemobile
HALIFAX – Mobile txts are not an uncommon form of communication these days as people pull their smart phone devices out of their pockets to answer...
By Crystal Melville -
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 Garden Road, the...
By Matt Neville -
Events Guide: Public Information Session – YMCA/CBC Development
HALIFAX – On May 3, 2010, The Coasts’ Tim Bousquet wrote an article titled Proposed YMCA/CBC development will break HRM By Design height...
By Crystal Melville -
The Clyde Street NSLC “Pirate”
HALIFAX – Halifax is small enough that you learn the names and faces of the homeless and impoverished folks who have taken to panhandling or busking...
By Lauren Oostveen