Video: Bay Street, 1988

What amazes me about this vintage video, shot in Dundonald Park, is just how little the buildings in the background have changed in the ensuing 23 years...

Spacing Saturday: Studentification, Trash Entrepreneurs and Black History Month

Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Devin Alfro speaks to the...

Ottawa online urbanity, unite!

Date: Thursday, March 3 Time: 7.30PM-9.00PM Place: Imperial Food and Beverage, 329 Bank (near Gilmour) Spacing Ottawa is joining with the talented writers...

“The Voice” and the very first pattie: Black History Month in Ottawa

[flickrslideshow acct_name=”58115594@N04″ id=”72157625996382159/”] ________ Ottawa has a thriving black community whose history in...

World Wide Wednesday: River maps, safe streets, city guide

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...

When every day is a Busman’s Holiday

Peter Raaymakers over at Public Transit in Ottawa makes a great point this morning: It seems like everyone is talking about the video that’s...

Spacing Saturday: Over-Fenced, Bike Lane Backlash and Migrations of the Rich

Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Spacing Montreal talked a lot...

Spacing Satellite – the Ys have it

Chinatown’s Lucky Eight, with Eric Darwin and Gowalla

The second Spacing Ottawa Gowalla trip went online this week. Drawing heavily on the excellent West Side Action blog by community activist Eric Darwin of...

World Wide Wednesday: Paris/NYC, Gehry, Arts Funding

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: YMCA

As captured from the top floor of the new Beaver Barracks development, Catherine and Metcalfe. Image copyright Milan Ilnyckyj. sindark.com.

Our urban environment is over-fenced

Do good fences really make good neighbours? We’re into the depths of winter and for those of us who love being outside without 14 layers of clothing...