{"id":10510,"date":"2011-09-21T12:04:38","date_gmt":"2011-09-21T15:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingatlantic.ca\/?p=10510"},"modified":"2013-01-21T04:58:37","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:58:37","slug":"world-wide-wednesday-shovel-ready-transit-garden-museum-advocacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/09\/21\/world-wide-wednesday-shovel-ready-transit-garden-museum-advocacy\/","title":{"rendered":"World Wide Wednesday: Shovel ready, transit garden, museum advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-22669\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/?attachment_id=22669\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"cta-1\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/cta-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-22322\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/?attachment_id=22322\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"feature-world-wednesday1\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/feature-world-wednesday1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world  dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout  for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban  experiences and issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/images\/line-grey-1pixel-600wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infrastructurist.com\/2011\/09\/20\/the-shovel-ready-series-what-is-%E2%80%98shovel-ready%E2%80%99-and-why-does-it-matter\/\" target=\"_self\">Infrastructurist<\/a> asks: &#8220;what is shovel ready and why does it matter?&#8221; In a classic case  of \u00a0buzzword overuse, \u00a0&#8220;shovel ready&#8221; projects have lost meaning for the  public and politicians looking for instant job creation from  infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 On <a href=\"http:\/\/places.designobserver.com\/feature\/the-art-of-advocacy-moma-as-design-laboratory\/29638\/\" target=\"_self\">Design Observer<\/a>,  MoMA&#8217;s Chief Curator of Architecture and Design, Barry Bergdoll,  explores the advocacy and laboratory functions of museums. He writes:  &#8220;we have an important opportunity to foster new research and fresh  thinking &#8230; about the collaborative prospects for architects and  landscape designers, and about the fact that design can be a forum for  imagining new solutions rather than a means of decorating solutions  found by others.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A Chicago transit rail car has been turned  into a mobile public garden. The native garden car will have regular  service around Chicago for a month, pending financial support. (<a href=\"http:\/\/thisiscolossal.com\/2011\/09\/cta-rail-car-converted-into-mobile-garden\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+colossal+%28Colossal%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" target=\"_self\">Colossal<\/a>)<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u2022  Greenspace Scotland has mapped the entirety of Scotland&#8217;s urban  greenspace &#8211; creating the first ever greenspace map on this scale. Data  collected suggests that Scotland has 1,112 sq km of urban green space.  The NGO hopes that the collected data will serve as a baseline to track  Scotland&#8217;s progress in maintaining urban greenspace (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-scotland-14898280\" target=\"_self\">BBC<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>\u2022<a href=\"http:\/\/bikeportland.org\/2011\/09\/19\/another-unauthorized-road-sign-this-time-in-vancouver-59236?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BikePortland+%28BikePortland.org%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" target=\"_self\"> BikePortland.org<\/a> reports on the growing trend of unauthorized road signs chastising  cyclists for bad behaviour in Portland. &#8220;Bikes required to stop&#8221;,  &#8220;vehicles only&#8221; and &#8220;bikes need to share the road&#8221; are a few of the DIY  signs that have been removed by city officials.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image from <a href=\"http:\/\/thisiscolossal.com\/2011\/09\/cta-rail-car-converted-into-mobile-garden\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+colossal+%28Colossal%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" target=\"_self\">Colossal<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Do you have a World Wide Wednesday worthy article you&#8217;d like to share? 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