Headlines: The week in review

——– CITY HALL Mayor to reveal election plans June 29 (Ottawa Citizen) ——– DEVELOPERS Eco-friendly condo to be...

Proposed subway stations get platform preview

Public Transit in Ottawa’s Peter Raaymakers has previewed the four main types of station  platform  for Ottawa’s proposed new subway. The...

Photos of a landmark withered away: 50 years of Lansdowne inertia

Editor’s note: The following post first appeared in  Marie-Judith Jean-Louis’s  Modern Ottawa (MOOT) blog. Passionate about modern and...

Ottawa’s election: still no narrative

At just over 130 days away from the ballot and it’s barely registered to most in the city that an election is around the corner. Sure, incumbents are...

Spacing Saturday

Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Taxi’s can be unique and...

Caring about Carling

Editor’s note: this post originally appeared on the author’s own West Side Action blog. Last night was the first Public Advisory Committee...

Surface parking targeted in design plan for Centretown

They’re ugly when full, desolate when empty, and they promote unsustainable commuter practices. Unfortunately, surface parking lots disfigure the...

World Wide Wednesday: The World Cup, bike gadgets, and the fastest train in the world

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...

Light rail funding: now the real wait begins

Editor’s note: Peter Raaymakers is the executive director of the Public Transit in Ottawa portal (TransitOttawa.ca), and tries to encourage...

Photo of the day: Balcony of the Aga Khan

Spacing Radio is back for the summer in shorts

Spacing Radio is back! For the summer we are changing things up a bit and so over the next few months we’re going to give you a lot more to listen...

Spacing Saturday

Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Its election year in a city...