By Spacing
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Mayor of Ottawa delights American game show audience
In 1955, that is. The cranky old eugenicist may have been as racist as the day is long but Ottawa mayor Charlotte Whitton knew how to get a crowd on side...
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Should “greening” Lansdowne mean paving the Greenbelt?
The following letter was sent to us by Spacing Ottawa reader Jason Garlough, who is a member of City of Ottawa’s Forests and Greenspace Advisory...
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Photo farewell to Super Ex
Yesterday was the last day ever for the Super Ex, and Spacing Ottawa contributor Érinn Cunningham was there to capture some images for posterity. Click on...
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Vintage Ottawa
We came across this little gem recently on YouTube — it’s a 1940s newsreel-style trailer, produced for MGM studios, created to show American...
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Photo of the day: Late Train
photo by Érinn Cunningham
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Photo of the day: World of Maps
photo by Justin Van Leeuwen
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SUMMER SHORTS PODCAST: Riding “the Clockwork Orange”
LISTEN TO TODAY’S SPACING RADIO PODCAST Sometimes exploring a city means just shutting your eyes and listening. In this soundscape, Spacing producer...
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PODCAST: Listen to Spacing’s 5-part series on G20
It has been over three weeks since the G20 Summit left Toronto but the actions of protesters and police are still lingering. Spacing Radio‘s podcast...
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Vacant Lot wanted
“Hyperallergina” is an artist from Montréal who has obtained a small grant to work with a vacant lot in Ottawa to try to give it more visual...
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Good will on our streets: The Art of Swap
A few years ago little wooden boxes started appearing, nailed to telephone poles across Ottawa. Inscribed with the motto “Take something –...
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Revisiting the front porch
In many neighbourhoods in Ottawa, front porches seem like holdovers from another age. They are so rarely used, it’s almost as if residents are now...
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Headlines: The week in review
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