{"id":14111,"date":"2012-04-14T14:06:48","date_gmt":"2012-04-14T18:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=14111"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:51:16","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:51:16","slug":"spacing-saturday-vague-terrane-the-missing-middle-and-place-darmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2012\/04\/14\/spacing-saturday-vague-terrane-the-missing-middle-and-place-darmes\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing Saturday: Vague Terrane, the Missing Middle and Place d&#8217;Armes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing\u2019s blog network in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5090\/5291491538_f7634ca986_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"ss\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/images\/feature-graphics\/feature-spacingsaturday-600.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/?attachment_id=21274\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21274\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-vancouver.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As the<em>\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/04\/09\/the-vague-terrain-of-art-in-the-generic-city\/\">Vague\u00a0Terrain<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>exhibit closed at the Surrey Art Gallery,\u00a0Don Schuetze noticed the strange coincidence that another exhibit opened at the new downtown library in Surrey&#8217;s emerging center; a fitting basis for a discussion of the relationship between city and suburbs.<\/p>\n<p>Gordon Price uses his\u00a0<em>Price Points\u00a0<\/em>feature to show a surprisingly traditional looking easter home in the heart of Vancouver&#8217;s West End. A further look at the building reveals a lot about the issue the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/04\/09\/price-points-an-easter-house\/\">missing middle<\/a>\u00a0in Canadian residential construction.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"so\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-ottawa.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Drained for the spring, a contemporary view down the final leg of the Rideau Canal reveals how much space has been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2012\/04\/13\/canal-rideau-around-1920-versus-2012\/\">opened up<\/a>\u00a0along the waterway since the 1920&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Alexandre Laquerre compares post card images of Ottawa&#8217;s evolving\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2012\/04\/11\/musee-canadien-de-la-nature-canadian-museum-of-nature\/\">museum scene<\/a>\u00a0at the Canadian Museum of Nature.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"st\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-toronto.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As talk of Ford&#8217;s subway notion subsides, transit advocates are turning their attention to a badly needed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/04\/09\/should-it-be-called-the-downtown-relief-subway-line\/\">downtown relief line<\/a>. But in light of urban\/suburban divide and conquer politics, the search is on for a better name for the proposed line. Spacing put the question to readers and\u00a0received over a hundred ideas.<\/p>\n<p>With the\u00a0<em>Hot Docs\u00a0<\/em>film festival set to get underway, Jacqueline Whyte Appelby starts a look at some the screenings which may of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/04\/11\/hot-docs-2012-what-to-see\/\">particular interest<\/a>\u00a0to Spacing readers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"sm\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-montreal.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alanah Heffez assesses the redesign of the historic\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2012\/04\/12\/is-the-place-darmes-redesign-a-success\/\">Place d&#8217;Armes<\/a>, which has been central to Montreal for over 300 years. 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