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Spacing Saturday: Toronto Portlands, Quartier des Spectacles and Collecting Scraps
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Gordon...
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Corruption, Cartels and Crumbling Infrastructure
Images all Flickr Creative Commons, courtesy of MPD01605, lestudio1, mechanikat & theseoduke With allegations of corruption and collusion in the...
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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 -
Pourquoi ce n’est pas chic de cadenasser son vélo à un arbre.
Un cycliste, qui peut pédaler la moitié de la ville pour se rendre à un lieu, devient parfois paresseux lorsqu’il est question de stationner son vélo...
By Alexandre Campeau-Vallée -
World Wide Wednesday: Safe Cities, LA Bike Lanes, Park(ing) Day
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 -
Montréal Lit: Montreal’s Gothic Roots
Photo by Cynnerz Spacing Montreal is pleased to present this bi-weekly column exploring Montreal’s literary landscape, written by Gregory McCormick...
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Between design and day-to-day in the QDS
After the construction crews pack up, after the fanfare of the grand opening, after the grass takes root and the dust settles, only then begins a quieter...
By Alanah Heffez -
Stip-tease QDS: what is your vision of the city’s core?
Every public space is imagined and experienced differently by different users, but heart of downtown Montreal – the area recently dubbed the...
By Alanah Heffez -
World Wide Wednesday: Open source planning, test cities, Change by Us
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 -
Montage du jour : L’hôpital Sainte-Justine, intersection des rues St-Denis et Bellechasse
Vers 1930-2011 Source : Ville de Montréal, BM42, SY, SS1, P1411
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Montage du jour : Intersection des rues Rosemont et Chabot
1924-2011 Source : Musée McCord, VIEW-21129
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Taking Responsibility for the Quartier des spectacles Bike Path Debacle
Paul Arcand, the radio show host, often characterizes Montreal as the city-where-no-one-ever-takes-responsibility. Yet, there are instances where the...
By Joel Thibert
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered