{"id":8589,"date":"2010-11-06T05:52:31","date_gmt":"2010-11-06T10:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=8589"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:51:35","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:51:35","slug":"spacing-saturday-blaming-pedestrians-arthur-erickson-and-happy-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/11\/06\/spacing-saturday-blaming-pedestrians-arthur-erickson-and-happy-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing Saturday: Blaming Pedestrians, Arthur Erickson and Happy City"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing\u2019s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4131\/4961109842_433aeed6e1_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"440\" \/><\/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><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>Peter Raaymakers reports on how the attempts to implement a U-Pass for University of Ottawa students has turned into a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/11\/02\/ignorance-about-u-pass-is-stoking-the-controversy\/\">divisive and controversial issue<\/a> and how this is largely an issue of misinformation.<\/p>\n<p>The 1980&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/11\/04\/what-you-build-relates-to-people-arthur-ericksons-addition-to-the-bank-of-canada\/\">Bank of Canada extension<\/a> remains today one of the most successful public building in Ottawa. Evan Thornton looks back at Architect Arthur Erickson&#8217;s thinking behind the design.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"sa\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-atlantic.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Steve Bedard reports from Halifax on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/11\/03\/crosstown-connector-to-public-consultation\/\">crosstown connector <\/a>bike route initiative which has gained approval to move on to the stage of public consultation<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Harvey reports on the latest initiative of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/11\/04\/productive-happy-dialogue-from-a-happy-city\/\">Happy City <\/a>organization in St John&#8217;s, a unique event in which participants were invited to say whatever they thought was important to the city.<\/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\" title=\"st\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-toronto.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a post that generated almost a hundred and twenty comments, Spacing attempted to make sense of election results through transit riding, non-driver Rick McGinnis who explains\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/11\/02\/why-i-voted-for-rob-ford-a-transit-riding-toronto-loving-non-driver-explains-his-vote\/\">why he chose for Rob Ford<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Mutrie continues the\u00a0Street Stories\u00a0with a look at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/11\/04\/street-stories-jameson-avenue\/\">Jameson Ave<\/a> that profiles the history of a street that has been called a landing strip for immigrants into the city.<\/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 reports on the disturbing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/11\/05\/campaign-advertises-pedestrian-deaths\/\">new public ad campaign<\/a> in the Montreal Metro which highlights the dangers pedestrian face in Quebec. 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