{"id":8697,"date":"2010-11-13T06:05:48","date_gmt":"2010-11-13T11:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=8697"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:51:34","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:51:34","slug":"spacing-saturday-green-frosting-road-widening-and-peep-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/11\/13\/spacing-saturday-green-frosting-road-widening-and-peep-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing Saturday: Green Frosting, Road Widening and Peep Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<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\/4105\/4996504836_1bf204f14c_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/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>Concerned groups are rallying against plans to widen Bronson Ave through the Centretown neighbourhood as the issue continues to ramp up. Evan Thornton this week posted both a look at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/11\/08\/great-divide-the-reprise\/\">current dangerous situation<\/a> on the street as well as a profile of a prominent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/11\/08\/bronson-road-diet-the-video\/\">online petition<\/a> against expansion plans.<\/p>\n<p>Kathryn Hunt reports on the added dangers of<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/11\/09\/rush-hour\/\"> November cycling<\/a> as well some of the regular hazards that don&#8217;t yet seem to be flying away.<\/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>Emma Feltes reports on the exciting plans for the<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/11\/08\/new-central-library-amps-up-public-consultation-in-halifax\/\"> Halifax Central Library <\/a>and on the progressive public consultation process that was used in its planning.<\/p>\n<p>Lauren Oostven continues the\u00a0Front the Vaults\u00a0series by exploring the archived history of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/11\/12\/from-the-vaults-gottingen-street\/\">Gottingen Street<\/a> and its historic ties to Halifax&#8217;s German community. \u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/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>Launching the new\u00a0Head Space\u00a0column this week, Luca De Franco interviews\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/11\/12\/head-space-christina-zeidler-yimby-festival-organizer\/\">Christina Zeidler<\/a>, head organizer of the YIMBY Festival which aims to promote cooperation between politicians, developers and community groups.<\/p>\n<p>Fred Sztabinksy reflects on what is perhaps the most common\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/11\/08\/peep-show\/\">peep show on the streets of Toronto<\/a>: portholes along the sidewalk that allow views of construction sites. Sztabinsky considers why developers include these windows and why we love them so much.<\/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>Jacob Larson\u00a0analyzes\u00a0the Quebec government&#8217;s second attempt at a proposal to rebuild the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/11\/09\/losing-sight-of-the-highway-for-the-green-understanding-the-new-turcot-plan\/\">Turcot Interchange<\/a>. Larson attempts to cut through the &#8216;green frosting&#8217; to comment on the facts of what could be built.<\/p>\n<p>Alanah Heffez takes a look at what is probably the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/11\/07\/the-oldest-house-in-griffintown\/\">oldest house<\/a> in the historic neighbourhood of Griffintown. Turns out, the house is so old that reveals the mysterious existence\u00a0of another neighbourhood which once existed at the site.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by: Martin Ujlaki<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing\u2019s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Concerned groups are rallying against plans to widen Bronson Ave through the Centretown neighbourhood as the issue continues to ramp up. 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