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Orleans Town Centre Cinema – A Possible Future?
Some east-enders may have noticed changes at the Orleans Town Centre this past week. The six-screen multiplex that’s been standing there for nearly...
By Dwight Williams -
Opinion: Transit Tunnel is no Turkey
Editor’s note: the following article originally appeared in the author’s own blog, West Side Action, on December 28. Comments and updates are...
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More blogs about buildings and streets
A couple of weeks back we wrote about some excellent Ottawa blogs that take an urbanist point of view with them as they explore our city’s streets...
By Evan Thornton -
Spacing Saturday
Spacing Saturday is a new feature that highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region...
By Katia Snukal -
Chinatown Arch
Photoshopped representation of the new arch expected for Chinatown in March of 2010; thanks go to West Side Action for the update.
By Spacing -
Tis the season…
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from the editors of Spacing. photo by Dave Ripdaskull
By Spacing -
“Where in Ottawa?”: you lot need more clues!
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World Wide Wednesday: Buffalo, Los Angeles and Palma
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...
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The Gréber plan: A ghost of Ottawa past
In the late-1940s, Ottawa was a vastly different place from the city we know today. In spite of being Canada’s capital for 80 years, the city was...
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Suburban home: a place for poets?
A previous version of this article appeared in e-architect.co.uk/ They say of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the Romantic poet and famous opium addict, that he...
By Trevor Tucker -
Where in Ottawa?
Spacing’s motto is “understanding the urban landscape”. Buildings and streets are major components of that landscape; they are the big...
By Chris Warden -
After the thaw: could this be a farm by next spring?
As an apartment dweller living in close quarters, sometimes I appreciate open or unused spaces simply for the fact that they are not built upon. But in...
By Kalle Hakala