{"id":5330,"date":"2010-01-02T17:06:49","date_gmt":"2010-01-02T22:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=5330"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:51:44","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:51:44","slug":"spacing-saturday-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/01\/02\/spacing-saturday-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"closed theater\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/uploads\/atlantic\/orleans.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"387\" \/><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><em>Spacing Saturday is a new feature that highlights posts from across Spacing&#8217;s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Spacing Saturday replaces the weekly features Montreal Monday and Toronto Tuesday.<\/em><\/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>\u2022 The decision by Empire Movies to <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2009\/12\/31\/orleans-town-centre-cinema-a-possible-future\/\" target=\"_self\">close Ottawa&#8217;s Orleans town centre movie theatre<\/a>, an Ottawa mainstay for nearly 20 years, leaves the future of the 6-screen building in doubt. <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/author\/dwightwilliams\/\" target=\"_self\">Dwight Williams<\/a> examines the possibility of transforming the now defunct theatre into a repertory cinema so it can continue to serve as an entertainment destination for the Orleans area.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A city plan <a href=\" https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2009\/12\/29\/transit-tunnel-is-no-turkey\/\" target=\"_self\">to transform transit in downtown Ottawa<\/a> calls for the construction of a costly underground tunnel. The price tag attached to the tunnel has many critics calling for a switch to above ground mass transit. But Spacing Ottawa&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/author\/ericdarwin\/\" target=\"_self\">Eric Darwin<\/a> argues that, in the long-run, the tunnel is the most efficient and cost-effective method of ensuring smooth transit through the city.<\/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>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2009\/12\/29\/dalhousies-master-plan-a-mixed-bag\/\" target=\"_self\">Dalhousie&#8217;s campus master plan<\/a> which, if implemented, would &#8220;have a big impact not only on Dal students but the wider community&#8221; has generated limited public and media debate. With the goal of generating more discussion <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/author\/jakeschabas\/\" target=\"_self\">Jake Schabas <\/a>examines the changes to the built-form and to campus life that would result from the plan&#8217;s implementation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2009\/12\/30\/halifax-movie-theatre\/\" target=\"_self\">Historic photographs<\/a> of Halifax&#8217;s movie theatres from the Nova Scotia Archives offers a glimpse into\u00a0 city life and entertainment centers from over 50 years ago.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-toronto.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/wire\/2009\/12\/27\/york-university-busway-below-the-radar\/\" target=\"_self\">The York University busway<\/a>, &#8220;the GTA&#8217;s first major bus-only road&#8221; opened on November 20th to ease congestion in the area surrounding Toronto&#8217;s York University campus. <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/wire\/author\/sean\/\" target=\"_self\">Sean Marshall<\/a> provides insight into how this new project is working.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/wire\/2009\/12\/29\/gtas-lost-villages-agincourt\/\" target=\"_self\">The history of\u00a0 Agincourt<\/a>&#8211;once a small village in its own right, now a barely recognizable part of the Greater Toronto Area&#8211;is a case study of how urban sprawl can swallow and alter surrounding villages and hamlets.<\/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>\u2022\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/author\/alanah\/\" target=\"_self\">Alanah Heffez<\/a> examines Montreal&#8217;s various encounters <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/12\/29\/mont-royal-aves-first-flirtation-with-pedestrianization\/\" target=\"_self\">with pedestrian only streets<\/a> and the opportunities and challenges they bring. Her account begins in the Summer of 1970 when the city opened its first pedestrian mall on Mount Royal Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/12\/27\/mile-end-in-1840\/\">A look through <em>The Gazette&#8217;<\/em>s archives<\/a> gives us a glimpse into life in the city&#8217;s Mile End neighbourhood in the 1840s.<\/p>\n<p><em>photo of Orleans Cinema from Spacing Ottawa<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spacing Saturday is a new feature that highlights posts from across Spacing&#8217;s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. 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