Ottawa’s Alphabet Village

This started out as another one of the “Street Names” stories. Once my digging began, though, it turned into a story about a neighbourhood that most...

Spacing Saturday: Hurricane Earl, Bridging Bixi and Transit Plans

Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. As Hurricane Earl lashed the...

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...

Doucet’s transit plan: mind the gaps

Editor’s note: This week mayoral candidate Clive Doucet renewed the debate around the future of Ottawa transit by announcing a plan that would use...

World Wide Wednesday: Say no to free parking, hawks and baggy pants

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...

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.

The bridge that isn’t

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...

World Wide Wednesday: Hotspots – Tokyo, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Copenhagen

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...

Should “greening” Lansdowne mean paving the Greenbelt?

The following letter was sent to us by Spacing Ottawa reader Jason Garlough, who is a member of City of Ottawa’s Forests and Greenspace Advisory...

Photo farewell to Super Ex

Yesterday was the last day ever for the Super Ex, and Spacing Ottawa contributor Érinn Cunningham was there to capture some images for posterity. Click on...

Walking the west: self-guided heritage tour of Hintonburg