“As a country we have spent billions on homelessness”

Canada’s housing system is broken and, during this election, municipalities are pushing to fix it. Finding adequate and affordable housing has become...

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...

Photo of the day: Canadian Museum of Nature

photo by Justin Van Leeuwen

The urban argument for coalition government

By Clive Doucet

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...

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...

Where can I find Ottawa on the Internet?

I say London, you think England? Or did Ontario come to mind? The duplication of town names around the world is endless. One town may be the original...

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...

More love for the back alley

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...

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...

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...