Features
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Hintonburg Hub: Will the City do the right thing?
About 150 people came to the Hintonburg Community centre on April 4 to hear about plans for the “Hintonburg Hub.” The Hub, still in the conceptual stage...
By Jay Baltz -
DOUCET: Cities can’t survive on coffee and donut politics
It’s easy to understand why Mr. Harper is so enamoured with the coffee and donut franchise. They are everywhere from fishing villages on Cape Breton...
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Spacing Saturday: South Beach, Citizen Advisory and Reclaiming Streets
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. The Dome of the Library...
By Marcus Bowman -
Queen Street: making the mediocre even worse
The loss of amenity is noticeable when an attractive bit of the pedestrian realm or sidewalk is adversely affected by adjacent developments. The contrast...
By Eric Darwin -
World Wide Wednesday: Budget woes, skating highs
Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
Ottawa domes: the lost, the obvious, and the forgotten
[flickrslideshow acct_name=”58115594@N04″ id=”72157626262492153″] A few months back, I came across a beautiful photograph from the...
By Mike Steinhauer -
Spacing Saturday: Jeff Rubin, Noir Novels and Homelessness
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Gregory McCormick continues...
By Marcus Bowman -
World Wide Wednesday: WiFi, Modern Maps and Spring Colours
Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
Photo of the day: Canadian Museum of Nature
photo by Justin Van Leeuwen
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The urban argument for coalition government
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Spacing Saturday: Pedestrian Bridges, Pedestrian Tunnels and Roadside Marquees
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Devin Alfaro examines bold and...
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Watch NFB: Radiant City
Editor: Spacing is pleased to continue our partnership with the National Film Board of Canada to showcase films and interactive projects from their online...
By Julie Matlin