1.0Spacing Nationalhttps://spacing.ca/nationalClaire Nelischerhttps://spacing.ca/national/author/clairenelischer/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="OZpOzCbWtf"><a href="https://spacing.ca/national/2014/07/16/infrastructure-way-life-lessons-atlanta-beltline/">Infrastructure and our way of life: lessons from the Atlanta BeltLine</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://spacing.ca/national/2014/07/16/infrastructure-way-life-lessons-atlanta-beltline/embed/#?secret=OZpOzCbWtf" width="600" height="338" title="“Infrastructure and our way of life: lessons from the Atlanta BeltLine” — Spacing National" data-secret="OZpOzCbWtf" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://spacing.ca/national/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/BeltLine.jpg600397  Ryan Gravel, a senior urban designer with Perkins+Will who has helped to lead the design of the Atlanta BeltLine, spoke at an event hosted by the Centre for City Ecology and Toronto Park People this week. Ryan shared the beginnings of the Atlanta BeltLine — how his year abroad in Paris inspired him to develop a proposalContinue reading