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A Highway Waiting to Happen
A thick white stripe across the Eastern side of Laval marks the embryo of autoroute 25. It’s come quite a way since Spring 2009. After 3 years of...
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A Rob Ford in Montreal?
One of the most notable events in urban Canada last year was the election of Rob Ford as mayor of Toronto. Progressives across the country cringed as they...
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Spacing Saturday: The Don Valley, Urban Camping and Versailles
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Urbanist, former councilor and...
By Marcus Bowman -
Space Ooze in the 21st century
So this is embarrassing but it must be admitted: I am only just now reading The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs. And sure enough...
By Alanah Heffez -
Camping en Ville?
After contemplating the paucity of campfires in the city last week, I was excited to come home to news of the possibility of developing urban campsites...
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Spacing Ottawa adds Clive Doucet as columnist
OTTAWA — Long-time City Councillor and recent mayoral candidate Clive Doucet has joined Spacing’s city blog network as Urban Policy columnist for...
By Matthew Blackett -
World Wide Wednesday: Growth, colour-coded buses and library revival
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 -
Walk the region!
Nearly a century has passed since Benton MacKaye wrote The New Exploration: A Philosophy of Regional Planning, in which he called upon urban planners of...
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Playing with Fire
The 17-year old girl stared in fascination at the flames. “I’ve never seen a fire like this before,” she told me. This was last week...
By Alanah Heffez -
Spacing Saturday: Studentification, Trash Entrepreneurs and Black History Month
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. In the wake of a highly...
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Nuit Blanche 2011 in Griffintown
Image: Nuit Blanche 2010 at the New City Gas Co complex by Tristan Brand. Forget backroom deals with developers and dull city council meetings — the...
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Photo du Jour: “Station Longueuil, terminus, merci d’avoir voyagé avec la STM”
(a continuation of yesterday’s tour of Montreal by Dash-8).
By Alanah Heffez
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered