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Video: Spacing Launch at Cube Gallery
[vimeo width=”600″ height=”450″]http://www.vimeo.com/7815938[/vimeo] Our friends at Dawghaus Studios were at the Cube last week to...
By Evan Thornton -
Six steps to better memory: Lansdowne digest by Apartment 613
-Editors note: Our colleagues at Apartment 613 will be guest blogging on Spacing Ottawa every Wednesday; the following is the first post in this series...
By Apartment613 -
Prime time busking in the market
Not surprisingly, one of the very best spots for Ottawa busking is in the Byward Market. It’s at the corner of George and William, in front of the...
By John Carroll -
JOHN LORINC: Paul Goldberger on why architecture matters
In an era pre-occupied by “starchitecture” and the dominance of global cities, New Yorker architecture critic Paul Goldberger makes a...
By John Lorinc -
Public Space and Private Gain: What’s ours is yours, for a price
The “public-ness” of public space is a loose concept. Public sidewalks are – in principle – meant to be accessible to and enjoyed by members of the...
By Michel Frojmovic -
Opinion: Lansdowne is a key city-building project
What better topic to kick off Spacing Ottawa than with Lansdowne Park? It has attracted a great deal of controversy and misinformation, but in looking at...
By Alain Miguelez -
Spanning conflict: from Kettle Island to Big Joe Mufferaw
Three years ago, the City of Ottawa held a christening ceremony for a long-awaited piece of civil engineering. The Corktown Bridge was named in honour of...
By Tonya Davidson -
Is Corktown a bridge too far?
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By David McClelland -
Counting down for safer crossings
Perhaps you have noticed that you now have to beat the clock when crossing at some intersections around Ottawa. These are countdown timers, and they are...
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Art form, bike function: Bank Street bike racks
I stood near the corner of Bank and Somerset one day, puzzled, as I watched a woman struggle to lock her bike to a fence that protected one of the newly...
By Kate Wetherow
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered