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Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing\u2019s blog network in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region.<\/p>\n

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As part of Spacing Votes<\/a> <\/em>Brian Gould looks at the media fixation on the Occupy movement at a recent mayoral debate and how coverage for this one issue comes at the expense of other issues such as transit funding.<\/p>\n

Eric Villagomez reports on the upcoming launch of Vancouver’s Interactive Building Permits Database<\/a> which will unlock and disseminate the story of many of the city’s historic buildings and sites.<\/p>\n

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As part of the continuing transformation of Toronto’s transit heart, Dylan Reid reports back on early plans for pedestrianization and an expanded public square in front of Union Station<\/a>, along with an update of other pedestrian news in the city.<\/p>\n

Sean Marshall brings a ghostly installment of the Lost Villages <\/em>series from the former Hamlet of Clairville<\/a> in Toronto’s far northwest corner. Obliterated by shifting transportation infrastructure, the hamlet’s few remaining elements lie abandoned or forgotten, isolated amongst industrial storage lots.<\/p>\n

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In his final report from abroad before returning to home to Canada, Clive Doucet takes a look at the remarkably well preserved city of Bath, England as a case study in the markedly different way that Europeans and North Americans regard the ‘UNESCO World Heritage Site<\/a>‘ designation.<\/p>\n

Dwight Williams continues his Street Names <\/em>feature, looking at sections of Ottawa streets named around the Riel Rebellions<\/a> and the favourite fictional characters<\/a> of the builders of the turn of the century Britannia Highlands neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

Chris Warden begins a look at Ottawa’s often neglected modernist architecture by examining the centennial era Library and Archives Canada Building<\/a>. Recent government policy changes threaten the public accessibility of the building and underscore the intricate relation between ‘town and crown.’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Spacing Readers in the Maritimes respond to a recent Favourite Friday <\/em>call out for stories about reader’s favourite pedestrian bridges<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jacob Larson raises the alarm bell on a growing disparity between funding allocations for highways versus public transit<\/a>. Despite a long standing trend of 10:1 spending, a recent funding push towards highways is dramatically tipping the balance in undesirable ways.<\/p>\n

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Following pressure from the Montreal Ouvert group, the City of Montreal has created a platform for open data<\/a> and begun releasing data sets to the public. As Allanah Heffez reports, the move is promising but will depend on following through with promises.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Photograph by: Christine Jackowski<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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