{"id":4304,"date":"2010-04-24T13:31:44","date_gmt":"2010-04-24T16:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingatlantic.ca\/?p=4304"},"modified":"2013-01-21T04:53:18","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:53:18","slug":"spacing-saturday-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/04\/24\/spacing-saturday-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across  Spacing\u2019s blog    network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic  region.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/178\/444970833_e9fda97727.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"348\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"spacing  saturday\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/images\/feature-graphics\/feature-spacingsaturday-500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"spacing ottawa\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-ottawa.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hoping that someday people will   give directions such as <a href=\",     https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/04\/22\/turn-left-at-the-teapot-corporate-sculpture-in-ottawa\/\">\u201cturn   left at the tea pot,\u201d<\/a> Jeremie Deschene discusses the role of  public  art in downtown Ottawa and elsewhere by taking a look at some of  the  pieces recently added to the public collection and what they  reveal  about just how much art enhances the urban environment.<\/p>\n<p>As  part  of ongoing civic election coverage Nick Farnhall challenges  candidates  to break from the traditional aversion to election time  policy talk. <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/04\/19\/idea-shy-mayors-race-playing-for-time-or-putting-us-to-sleep\/\">Lamenting   the lack of engagement occurring at a prime stage for fermenting ideas<\/a>,   Farnhill discusses how candidates could better engage voters to  develop  their platforms.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"spacing montreal\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-montreal.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/04\/21\/tremblay-and-bergeron-unveil-alternative-turcot-interchange-project\/\">The   saga of how to replace to the Turcott interchange<\/a> got even more   interesting this week as Devin Alfaro explains in a piece profiling the   City of Montreal\u2019s counter proposal to that proposed by the Provincial   Ministry of Transportation. The City proposal involves a circular   design, similar to one found in Shanghai, and dedicated bus lanes.   Importantly the City\u2019s proposal would actually take up less land, and   prevent the proposed expropriation of demolishing of an existing   neighbourhood.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-toronto.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sean Micalleff explored the   timely topic of the weather in his psychogeography column this week.   Quoting Leanord Cohen\u2019s famous lines about<a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/wire\/2010\/04\/20\/obscenity-on-the-streets-spring-days-in-toronto\/\"> the obscenity of Spring <\/a>as bare skin is revealed and the collective   celebration of our winter survival, Micalleff discusses how attitudes   this Spring reflect a maturing awareness about public space in Toronto,   as a place where the revival of Spring truly plays out.<\/p>\n<p>The   question of how to bring effective public transit to the suburbs is as   interesting as it is important. Spacing\u2019s Sean Marshall travelled to his   hometown of Brampton this week in a post<a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/wire\/2010\/04\/17\/building-a-transit-suburb\/\"> highlighting some of the public transit changes that are coming to the   city<\/a>. The city\u2019s new Zum high order bus service and the   Hurontario\/Main St LRT project are profiled and discussed.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"spacing atlantic\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-atlantic.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In Halifax, Jake Schabas looks at    what<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/04\/19\/putting-the-gate-in-quingate\/\"> a bottlenecked pedestrian\/cyclist passage says about the city\u2019s    transportation priorities.<\/a> The bottleneck, which chokes an important    passageway between the north and south parts of the city is causes    merely by a chain link fence.<\/p>\n<p>While many Atlantic Canadian cities    have traditionally lacked the density to spawn infill housing   projects,  <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/04\/22\/wright-ave-infill-housing-at-its-best\/\">Halifax\u2019s    Wright Ave is an example of how effective dense infill housing can be    at plugging holes in the urban fabric<\/a> with attractive and  efficient   spaces.<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/wire\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing\u2019s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. 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