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Preview: Jane’s Walk this weekend
With 35 captivating neighbourhood-based walks on the program, this year’s edition of Jane’s Walk promises to be the most deliciously diverse...
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Spacing Radio 021 is on the air!
We begin this episode of the Spacing Radio podcast in Toronto’s Alexandra Park, where Spacing producer Todd Harrison speaks with Jane’s Walk executive...
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WWJJD? Centretown through Jane Jacobs’ eyes
Editor’s note: How powerful is the written word? Sometimes to gauge the impact of a writer we have to imagine what our world would be like without...
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Spacing Saturday
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. The saga of how to replace to...
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Turn left at the teapot: corporate sculpture in Ottawa
In the dense forest of corporate buildings in downtown Ottawa, wouldn’t it be nice to distinguish one corner from another? Too many offer only the...
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World Wide Wednesday: New York, Shanghai and Pajarito Mesa
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...
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Idea-shy mayor’s race: playing for time, or putting us to sleep?
It’s true that elections are no time to debate policy – between the hot button-pressing and the sound bite speaking, no one seems to want to do any...
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The laneways of West Wellington
This week the Citizen’s David Reevely ran an excellent post on Ottawa’s neglected laneway system, which has largely been allowed to disappear...
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World Wide Wednesday: Parks, bikes, and cable cars
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...
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Spacing Radio 020 is on the air!
On this episode of Spacing Radio producer Mieke Andersen takes you on a walk with Cindy Rozeboom through the east end of Toronto, along the Danforth, to...
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The Line of Parting: Ottawa’s Two Sublimes
You might remember the ink spilled several months ago over Maria Cook’s Ottawa Citizen article revealing plans for a 10-storey Roxy Paine sculpture...
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Spacing Saturday
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Spacing’s Sean Marshall...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered