Media
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One for Toronto: Barcelona 1908
There are probably only two kinds of viewers for this video; the ones who think it’s one of the most enchanting pieces of film they’ve ever...
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Video: City removes heads from parking meters; exposes bikes to theft
Editor’s note: this first appeared in author Charles Akben-Marchand’s own Images of Centretown blog. The last couple weeks, the City of Ottawa...
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Watch NFB: Highrise/Out My Window, a 360° interactive documentary about vertical living
Editor: Spacing is pleased to announce we’re resuming our partnership with the National Film Board of Canada to showcase films and interactive...
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Tower demolition done right
The internet was abuzz this week with the video from Ohio of a 275′ smokestack demolished with dynamite; it fell the wrong way, scaring a family...
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Centretown’s great divide – the reprise
We ran this video back in June not long after we learned of the City’s plans to widen the already dangerous Bronson Avenue ever further. What do we...
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Bronson road diet – the video
The struggle to put Bronson Avenue on a road diet instead of rebuilding it with wider car lanes is ramping up, with a community meeting scheduled for this...
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“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...
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Guerrilla takeover planned for today
. Anytime after 3.00 this afternoon, the War Memorial, Parliament Hill and the Byword Market are the locations likely to be infiltrated by a band of...
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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...
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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.
By Evan Thornton -
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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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...
By Spacing