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News Roundup, January 19
News headlines in and around Ottawa this week: Reevely: Councillor demands protection for Experimental Farm from politicians’ snap decisions David...
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30 Years, Reflected — a poetic commentary
In the summer of 1985, my parents bought me my first place ticket. That ticket brought me out of the prairies, from Regina to Ottawa. I’d just graduated...
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UrbSanity: 7 bicentennial ideas for the NCC
As buzz grows about our sesquicentennial in 2017, the National Capital Commission wants us to place our sites on the bicentennial. In December the NCC...
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News Roundup, January 12
Headlines in and around Ottawa this week: Sink or swim: What to do about the dilapidated pool at 24 Sussex (Bill Curry, The Globe and Mail, 2016.01.06...
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UrbSanity: Market Local
Historically markets have played an important role in cities and were often the heartbeat of the community. For many people they were, and continue to be...
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Sound-tracking the city
Sitting on the bus. Walking down the street. Running along the canal. Waiting in traffic. We spend a lot of time moving (or not moving) through the...
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UrbSanity: Streetside spots—new tactics for public space
Last month, the NCC Capital Urbanism Lab hosted a talk with Mike Lydon, co-author of “Tactical Urbanism: Short-term action for longterm change”. The talk...
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UrbSanity: Embracing Change
Change is good. Despite this most people, myself included, are hesitant about change because we are comfortable with what we have and where we are but...
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UrbSanity: The public city
Cities are communities. While we all have our private concerns, goals, and obligations, as a city we also have to think collectively about our shared...
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EVENTS: 2015/16 Ottawa Design Lecture Series
With September marking the start of a new academic year, the past weeks have seen the announcement of multiple public, design-based lecture series and...
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Ottawa Architecture Week 2015: The city is a house built by many hands.
The city is a house built by many hands. This alone does not make Ottawa unique, but as a place, Ottawa is the most unique city in all of Canada. In...
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Urbsanity: Raising the bar
Good design starts before a single line is drawn. It begins with the relationship between the client (and various stakeholders) and the design team...
By Spacing
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered