{"id":9236,"date":"2011-02-05T05:46:41","date_gmt":"2011-02-05T10:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=9236"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:51:32","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:51:32","slug":"spacing-saturday-infill-satellites-and-confabulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2011\/02\/05\/spacing-saturday-infill-satellites-and-confabulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing Saturday: Infill, Satellites and Confabulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<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:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2172\/2407030202_7bd91d4ab1_z.jpg?zz=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"410\" \/><\/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>The City of Ottawa is currently in the process of reviewing of how to handle\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2011\/01\/31\/the-art-of-architecture-filling-you-in-on-infill\/\">infill developmen<\/a>t in established neighbourhoods, a process that brings up the question of just what it means to protect the character of a neighbourhood.<\/p>\n<p>Spacing contributor and Ottawa planner Alan Miguelez speaks to the infill question from the City&#8217;s perspective by taking readers through the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2011\/02\/01\/the-infill-wars-a-case-study-from-old-ottawa-south\/\">behind the scenes<\/a> process of reviewing an infill proposal.<\/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>Lauren Oostveen presents the history of the Halifax Public Garden accompanied by incredible historic photography throughout the garden&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>After noticing a decline in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/01\/31\/events-guide-halifax-winter-cycling-survey\/\">winter cycling<\/a> in recent years a planning student at Dalhousie University is launching a survey intended to more fully understand the barriers that winter cyclists face.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/02\/03\/from-the-vaults-the-public-gardens\/  \"><\/a><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>The\u00a0Headspace\u00a0series this week interviewed rookie councillor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/02\/02\/headspace-mary-margaret-mcmahon\/\">Mary-Margaret McMahon<\/a> who describes herself as an fiscally responsible environmentalist, firmly in between polarized political discourse.<\/p>\n<p>This week marked the first\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/02\/03\/spacing-satellite-take-me-out-to-the-ball-game\/\">Spacing Satellite <\/a>feature, challenging readers to identify arial photography of 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>In the winter of 1872 Montreal experienced an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2011\/02\/03\/1872-sorry-out-of-wood\/\">energy crisis<\/a> when rivers, used for shipping wood into the city, froze early. 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