{"id":6036,"date":"2010-02-27T17:58:41","date_gmt":"2010-02-27T22:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=6036"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:51:43","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:51:43","slug":"spacing-saturday-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/02\/27\/spacing-saturday-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"africville\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2682\/4377457607_6408817417.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"433\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/images\/feature-graphics\/feature-spacingsaturday-500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Every Saturday, we highlight recent posts from across Spacing\u2019s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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\/2010\/02\/22\/representing-halifax-4-making-the-case-for-urban-renewal\/\" target=\"_self\">[Re]Presenting Halifax<\/a>, an ongoing series on Spacing Atlantic deconstructs<em> &#8220;historical and contemporary maps, diagrams and other interpretive readings of the Halifax region&#8221;<\/em> to see what they reveal about the city&#8217;s past, present and future<em>. <\/em>This week the Matt Neville takes on a 1957 report entitled <em>A Redevelopment Study of Halifax, <\/em>that called for sweeping slum clearance in the name of urban renewal and regeneration.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong>\u2022 The former community of Africville, may soon be receiving <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/02\/23\/africville-reparations-40-years-later\/\" target=\"_self\">three million in compensation<\/a> almost 40 years after community members were uprooted and their homes destroyed. Africville, settled on the shores of the Bedford Basin in the 1840s, served as home to a community of African-Nova Scotian families until, in the name of &#8220;urban renewal&#8221; the City of Halifax demolished it piece-by-piece in the 1960s.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Spacing Atlantic&#8217;s\u00a0Dustin Valen looks at how to design successful public infrastructure by <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/02\/23\/hrm-by-re-design-swimming-and-social-infrastructure\/\" target=\"_self\">examining an un-built proposal<\/a> by architect Oliver Dang for a Halifax aquatic center.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-ottawa.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 While Ottawa&#8217;s 2010 municipal election is still eight months away, early announcements of candidacy has led to growing interest in the campaign. This week, in <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/02\/22\/mayors-race-im-not-larry-isnt-going-to-cut-it\/\" target=\"_self\">Spacing Ottawa&#8217;s newly launched CityVote column<\/a>,\u00a0Vicky Smallman outlines what Ottawa voters can expect in the months to come.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Spacing Ottawa&#8217;s Evan Thornton looks at the enduring and vital <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/02\/25\/living-on-the-street-unfortunately-theres-a-map-for-that\/\" target=\"_self\">issue of homelessness on Canada&#8217;s city streets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><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 long-anticipated bike lane along Jarvis Street in Toronto has finally been given the go-ahead at City Hall. John Lornic looks at why mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi<a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/wire\/2010\/02\/22\/john-lorinc-jarvis-bike-lanes-an-election-wedge-issue\/\" target=\"_self\"> has decided to turn the proposal into a contentious election issue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 Spacing&#8217;s\u00a0Sean Marshall looks at <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/wire\/2010\/02\/22\/disco-road-the-land-that-metric-forgot\/\" target=\"_self\">Disco Road<\/a>&#8211;the road the city forgot. The a four-lane industrial road,\u00a0\u00a0 contains signs never converted to metric.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-montreal.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Daniel Rotsztain  looks at the organic and <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/02\/25\/natural-paths\/\" target=\"_self\">spontentous paths<\/a> Montrealers  create collectively as they negotiate snow in the city&#8217;s park and streets.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 For the past two years Spacing Montreal has been following the city&#8217;s controversial plans to revitalize the Lower Main. For those who need a review of the issues at stake, Spacing Montreal has helpfully <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/02\/19\/lower-main\/\" target=\"_self\">itemized all its  Lower  Main blog coverage <\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo from Spacing Atlantic<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every Saturday, we highlight recent posts from across Spacing\u2019s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. \u2022 [Re]Presenting Halifax, an ongoing series on Spacing Atlantic deconstructs &#8220;historical and contemporary maps, diagrams and other interpretive readings of the Halifax region&#8221; to see what they reveal about the city&#8217;s past, present and future. 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