{"id":9558,"date":"2011-03-05T04:17:42","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T09:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=9558"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:51:30","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:51:30","slug":"spacing-saturday-the-don-valley-urban-camping-and-versailles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2011\/03\/05\/spacing-saturday-the-don-valley-urban-camping-and-versailles\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing Saturday: The Don Valley, Urban Camping and Versailles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<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:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/65\/212942730_d9b90dbbf6_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" \/><\/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>Urbanist, former councilor and recent mayoral candidate Clive Doucet made his <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2011\/03\/03\/versailles-redux\/\">inaugural post<\/a> on Spacing this week comparing current government policies to the  Treaty of Versailles in that they fail to deal with serious issues and  ensure future problems.<\/p>\n<p>Lamenting the state of\u00a0curbside\u00a0potholes which cause <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2011\/03\/01\/bent-rims-and-soaked-pedestrians-is-there-a-better-way-to-drain-our-streets\/\">havoc for cyclists<\/a> around this time of year, Evan Thornton asks why cities don&#8217;t use  center drainage collection to better clear roads and sidewalks.<\/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\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Spacing profiles the project for <em>Music in New Spaces<\/em> which aims to expand music to new audiences and its upcoming string of <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/03\/03\/events-guide-lets-tango-on-the-12-track\/\">performances<\/a> in the quasi-public space of VIA Rail stations across the maritimes.<\/p>\n<p>Emma Feltes makes an appeal to those who could lead <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/03\/01\/lead-a-janes-walk\/\">Jane&#8217;s Walks<\/a> around Halifax this May.<\/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>With government privatization making news across North America, John  Lorinc looks at the Ford Administration&#8217;s move to bring in outside <a href=\"http:\/\/http\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2011\/02\/28\/lorinc-the-brothers-ford-and-their-trojan-horse\/\">budget consultants<\/a> and speculates about their potential role in an outsourcing process.<\/p>\n<p>Jessica Lemieux reflects on a walk through the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/03\/01\/walking-in-the-don-valley-ravine\/\">Don Valley<\/a> and uses a German friend&#8217;s confusion about the definition of a ravine  to reflect on sense of place and urban conservation in evolving  settings.<!--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>Why  don&#8217;t we go camping in the city? 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