{"id":299,"date":"2009-11-09T01:00:23","date_gmt":"2009-11-09T05:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/radio\/?p=299"},"modified":"2013-01-21T02:22:43","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T06:22:43","slug":"011-thinking-differently-about-public-spaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/2009\/11\/09\/011-thinking-differently-about-public-spaces\/","title":{"rendered":"011: Thinking differently about public spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6346\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-299-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/radio\/spacingradio-011.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/radio\/spacingradio-011.mp3\">http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/radio\/spacingradio-011.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/radio\/spacingradio-011.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/?powerpress_pinw=299-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/radio\/spacingradio-011.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"spacingradio-011.mp3\">Download<\/a> (11.3MB) <\/p><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/radio\/images\/spacing-radio011-new.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This episode of Spacing Radio challenges listeners to think about public spaces in a different light. The first place we want you to reconsider is under your feet and under the roads \u2013 the sewer system. Spacing Radio producer Mieke Anderson goes exploring underground in Montreal. At the 4 Days conference in Halifax, the Spacing Atlantic crew got to chat with John Thackara, the former director of the Netherlands Design Institute and a globe-trotting booster of social innovation. And we discuss a unique project in Vancouver that converts roundabouts and curbside boulevards into blooming gardens. The musical guest is the glorious Montreal band Malajube.<\/p>\n<h4>Links to stuff from Spacing Radio 011<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Under Montreal<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.undermontreal.com\/\">Web site<\/a> and Andrew Emond&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/author\/andrew\/\">posts on Spacing Montreal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>4 Days in Halifax<\/strong>: Conference <a href=\"http:\/\/4days.ca\/\">web site<\/a> and John Thackara&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thackara.com\/\">web site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Greenways Vancouver<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/vancouver.ca\/engsvcs\/streets\/greenstreets\/generalInformation.htm\">Green Streets<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/vancouver.ca\/engsvcs\/streets\/greenways\/guidelines.htm\">Blooming Boulevards<\/a> web pages<\/li>\n<li><strong>Malajube<\/strong>: Band&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.malajube.com\/\">web site<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/malajube\">mySpace page<\/a> and Wikipedia <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malajube\">profile<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.undermontreal.com\/\">Andrew Emond<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6348\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-299-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/radio\/spacingradio-011.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/radio\/spacingradio-011.mp3\">http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/radio\/spacingradio-011.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/radio\/spacingradio-011.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/?powerpress_pinw=299-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/radio\/spacingradio-011.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"spacingradio-011.mp3\">Download<\/a> (11.3MB) <\/p><p>http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/radio\/spacingradio-011.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (11.3MB) This episode of Spacing Radio challenges listeners to think about public spaces in a different light. 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