By Evan Thornton

“What you build relates to people” – Arthur Erickson’s addition to the Bank of Canada

The architect Arthur Erickson died in 2009. Two years before his death, he gave an interview – excerpted in the video above – where he spoke...

Transit culture at last! O-Train inspires monster dog

The Hintonburger on Wellington Street West has a penchant for using otherwise under-appreciated local references in its marketing. There is the way its...

#iwantamayorwho isn’t afraid to join the fray

Would big government be better for Ottawa?

Editor’s note: Spacing Ottawa  reader Adam Bentley send this to us in the form of a letter to the editor.  Discussion around reducing the size of...

Urban Forum fall series announced

This was just sent to us by the organizers of the excellent Urban Forum series: Trees and Suburban Houses: Roots and Foundations – the underground...

The day they blew the south side up

Spacing Ottawa was launched a year after this demolition took place, so we couldn’t link to this video when it was first uploaded — but we...

Run, don’t walk – 28 seconds in Cairo

Thanks to our friends at the Regina Urban Ecology blog for spotting this one. Language warning for the commentary.

The bridge that isn’t

Walking the west: self-guided heritage tour of Hintonburg

Mapping Ottawa’s cycling hazards – an interview with Alex deVries

This past week the City launched a “Cycling Safety Evaluation Project”.  A major component of the project is an online survey that asks...

Making the grade for bikes: how much separation is enough?

The other day I came across this odd length of one-way street in Hintonburg.  It’s a short block joining Armstrong to Wellington Street West but it...

Photowalking the city: Five questions for Justin Van Leeuwen