{"id":7540,"date":"2010-07-10T16:51:38","date_gmt":"2010-07-10T21:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=7540"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:51:38","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:51:38","slug":"spacing-saturday-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/07\/10\/spacing-saturday-25\/","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\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4135\/4748530196_08a8f31ca3_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"401\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/images\/feature-graphics\/feature-spacingsaturday-600.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/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>Recalling the beloved phenomenon of the &#8220;take someth&#8217;n, leave  someth&#8217;n&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/07\/06\/good-will-on-our-streets-the-art-of-swap\/\">Swap  Boxes<\/a> that began appearing across Ottawa a few years ago, Spacing  interviews the creator of the guerrilla art project to discover the  inspirations and motivations behind the unique and inspiring idea.<\/p>\n<p>Nine years into what was supposed to be a test project of light rail  in Ottawa, Spacing&#8217;s Evan Thornton looks at the role the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/07\/10\/has-the-o-train-made-its-mark\/\">O-Train <\/a>has come to play both in the practical functioning and collective  imagination of the city. As the service begins a five week hiatus for  maintenance, Thornton wonders what will become the new norm for the  route&#8217;s 10,000 daily riders.<\/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>Veronica Simmonds profiles a fascinating public space art project  taking place this month in the Halifax Common. <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/07\/03\/events-guide-an-experience-for-one-person-in-a-public-space\/\">T<\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/07\/03\/events-guide-an-experience-for-one-person-in-a-public-space\/\">he  Common: For as Long as You Have So Far<\/a> <\/em>takes its participants  on a personal journey through the natural history of the area using a  fictional story about one&#8217;s ancestors and future decedents.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Bedard reports from Halifax on the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/07\/03\/events-guide-an-experience-for-one-person-in-a-public-space\/\">troubles  facing a proposal<\/a> to build new infrastructure for active  transportation on a short stretch of Herring Cove Road. As usual, the  opposition is coming from local businesses who view the plan as  potentially harmful to their business.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/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>While the year 2010 hasn&#8217;t left us with the moon bases we were once    promised, at least we are finally starting to make progress on Jetson&#8217;s    style Personal Rapid Transit. Adrian Lightstone continues the <em>Ideas    For Toronto<\/em> series by looking at <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/07\/06\/ideas-for-toronto-personal-rapid-transit\/\">a  PRT   pilot project<\/a> which is about to begin in Stockholm, Sweden  and   points to how the transit mode could become an efficient and  feasible   feeder for higher orders of transit. It all begs the question  of where this   could work in Canadian cities.<\/p>\n<p>As Toronto moves forward from the G20 summit, tempers and emotions    are cooling enough so that practical questions can move to the    forefront. In his weekly column, John Lorinc creates a list of <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/07\/05\/lorinc-10-questions-a-g20-inquiry-should-address\/\">1o    questions a G20 inquiry should address<\/a>. With his characteristic    pragmatism, Lorinc focuses on issues of how the police policy was    established, who was behind it, and what grounds it was established.<\/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>Despite being a wonderfully  vibrant and lively area at all times of  day, Downtown Montreal is a  place lacking in the sense of community  amongst its residents found in  many other parts of the city. Devin  Alfaro reports on the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/07\/10\/building-community-in-downtown-montreal\/\">Quartier   en mouvement street festival<\/a>, a coordinated effort to change the   change the situation by hosting a block party on a closed off street   during select days in July.<\/p>\n<p>Results are now being posted for the  Montreal Top Spots Survey which  asked Spacing readers about their  favourite things in Montreal. 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