By Evan Thornton

Headlines: The week in review

——– CITY LIVING Gen Y trading suburban space for urban convenience (Ottawa Citizen) ——– ENVIRONMENT Moodie Drive...

Winnipeg: the long slow victory of the Exchange District

Intersection from Hell

Has the O-Train made its mark?

In the midst of the ongoing debate about the future of Light Rail Transit it Ottawa it can be easy to forget that we’ve now had LRT rolling through...

Lansdowne vote: dark day, or a new dawn?

In a 15-9 vote last night Ottawa City Council approved the Lansdowne Live partnership. While Spacing Ottawa took no position on the redevelopment — our...

Surface parking targeted in design plan for Centretown

They’re ugly when full, desolate when empty, and they promote unsustainable commuter practices. Unfortunately, surface parking lots disfigure the...

City plans to widen Centretown’s great divide

The always-excellent West Side Action is two parts into a 5-part series on Bronson Avenue. Bronson was designated as an arterial in the 1970s as part of...

“Green corridor” takes you car-free to Carleton Place; NCC the only bump in the road

Last Friday I had the opportunity to try out the commuter bus line offering return service to downtown Carleton Place that was launched earlier this...

Tripling the damage

It turns out it wasn’t just our imagination; Ottawa is experience a mini-boom in fires. According to Ottawa Fire Services, there were 98 fires...

The burning city

This year it seems a week can’t go by without another major fire in the news. The crowd-sourced echo chamber that is twitter no doubt adds to that...

Preview: Jane’s Walk this weekend

With 35 captivating neighbourhood-based walks on the program, this year’s edition of Jane’s Walk promises to be the most deliciously diverse...

The laneways of West Wellington

This week the Citizen’s David Reevely ran an excellent post on Ottawa’s  neglected laneway system, which has largely been allowed to disappear...