Features
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World Wide Wednesday: Decline, Manufacturing and Low Cost Place Making
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 -
WALKSPACE: We can do better than a self-effacing bridge
The City is conducting studies for the placement of a ped-cyclist bridge over the Rideau River connecting Somerset E to Donald Street. I think this will...
By Eric Darwin -
Spacing Saturday: Transit Stations, Rail Crossings and Suburban Subsidy
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. The current Bayview Station in...
By Marcus Bowman -
The landscape that will never pay for itself
It’s hard to find anything in the world that I find more tiresome than listening to an ‘expert’ explain how the suburbs can be more sustainable if they...
By Clive Doucet -
Bayview Station should be a landmark
Jay Baltz is a Hintonburg resident and member of the Hintonburg Community Association board, who has served on numerous advisory committees for City of...
By Jay Baltz -
World Wide Wednesday: Mines, Parking Lots and Truth Windows
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 -
Spacing Saturday: Green Roofs, Greenbelts and Whistler
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Whistler Village from the...
By Marcus Bowman -
Photo of the Day: Looking Up
… at the Canadian Museum of Civilization. photo by Justin Van Leeuwen
By Spacing -
WALKSPACE: Sidewalk location matters
Sidewalks are installed by the City as an afterthought. They are simply glued to the side of the curb on the assumption that if the road geometry is good...
By Eric Darwin -
World Wide Wednesday: All opposed?
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 -
CLIVE DOUCET: Sprawl-free with no commute – the Whistler advantage
It seems like you’ve landed in paradise when you arrive in Whistler. The road winds along a coastline of staggering beauty with mountain peaks draped like...
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Spacing Saturday: Grafitti Removal, Autoroute 25 and Pecha Kucha
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Devin Alfaro looks...
By Marcus Bowman