{"id":7230,"date":"2010-06-05T08:00:16","date_gmt":"2010-06-05T13:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=7230"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:51:39","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:51:39","slug":"spacing-saturday-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/06\/05\/spacing-saturday-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing\u2019s blog         network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4056\/4647636023_a9b6568789.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><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><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-toronto.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Its election year in a city where  both traffic and transit  development are gridlocked and mayoral front  runner George Smitherman&#8217;s  release of his transportation platform this  week inspired critical  examination from both John Lorinc and Jonathan  Goldsbie. While Lorinc  focuses on the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/05\/31\/lorinc-furious-george-takes-the-subway\/\">political   motivations<\/a> for Smitherman&#8217;s plan, Goldsbie\u00a0 looks specifically at   the <a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/06\/01\/smitherman-to-curb-your-bike-lanes-enthusiasm\/\">cycling   initiatives<\/a> to see if they hold sway, or a merely paying lip   service.<\/p>\n<p>On a lighter note, the hording finally came down last  weekend on  renovations to the historic John Street Roundhouse near the  base of the  CN Tower. Spacing&#8217;s Nicole McIsaac<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/05\/28\/john-street-roundhouse-park-now-home-to-railway-heritage-museum\/\"> visited the new National Railway Heritage Centre<\/a> built into and   around the roundhouse and the public space surrounding it and profiles   some its exciting features, including restored steam locomotives,   historic buildings and a miniature railroad.<\/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>Katie McKay reports from Halifax  on the success of the May edition of the city&#8217;s Critical Mass Bike ride  which for the first time <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/06\/01\/critical-mass-took-the-bridge\/\">crossed  the MacDonald Bridge<\/a> over the harbour, closing a lane of traffic in  the process. The success of the event was not in obstructing motorists,  but in strengthening the breadth of the Halifax cycling community.<\/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><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>Speculating that Ottawa City council could be a very different place  following the next election, Vicky Smallman talks about the advantages  of both <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/06\/01\/new-blood-versus-same-old-faces-who-should-prevail\/\">incumbents  and fresh faces to a council<\/a>. While incumbents don&#8217;t face a  learning curve they can become too narrowly focused on certain issues or  particular interest groups as past civic officials in the city have  shown.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/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>Spacing contributer and McGill  School of Urban Planning researcher,  Jacob Larson introduces readers to  the issue of <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/06\/04\/making-the-link-is-the-marriage-of-cycling-with-transit-the-future-of-transportation\/\">integrating   cycling<\/a> into a broader new vision for transportation in North   America. Readers are invited to take a survey on multi-modal connections   in the Montreal Region.<\/p>\n<p>On the Lower Main, Alanah Heffez  showcases an interesting temporary  fix for the unsightliness of the  buildings awaiting revised  redevelopment plans involving a <a href=\"Corporation de d\u00e9veloppement urbain du Faubourg Saint-Laurent   and the Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles\">graffiti  bomb<\/a> by  thirty different artists organized by the <em>Corporation de   d\u00e9veloppement urbain du Faubourg Saint-Laurent<\/em> and the <em>Partenariat   du Quartier des spectacles.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by Nicole McIsaac<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing\u2019s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. 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