San Francisco’s plan to deal with parking

SFpark Overview from SFpark on Vimeo. I know I’m stating the obvious when I say this: parking a vehicle downtown, in Ottawa or any city, can be a...

Spacing Saturday: Photowalking, front porches and books

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

PODCAST: St Mary-le-Bow’s bells in London, England

LISTEN TO TODAY’S SUMMER SHORT 017 ON SPACING RADIO You know when you’re exploring a city for the first time and you turn a corner only to...

Photowalking the city: Five questions for Justin Van Leeuwen

World Wide Wednesday: Bridges, Straddling Buses, Superhighways, Navigation

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...

The Resurgence of the Front Porch

Erin O’Connell is an urban planner who has worked in both the private and public sectors. She enjoys thinking about urban design, cycling to work, and...

Spacing Saturday

Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. As part of a continuing look...

Headlines: The week in review

——– CITY LIVING Gen Y trading suburban space for urban convenience (Ottawa Citizen) ——– ENVIRONMENT Moodie Drive...

Gender and the City: parity still eludes us

Apparently there are a record number of candidates running for municipal council this year. For those looking for some alternatives to the status quo...

World Wide Wednesday: Maps, Trains, Trikes and Three Million in the A40

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...

Street Names: Works of Fiction

The above photo was taken at a street corner in the far eastern reaches of Orléans; an obscure intersection, but of course its pop-culture reference is...

Spacing Saturday

Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. What does your choice of...