{"id":10664,"date":"2013-03-29T06:00:50","date_gmt":"2013-03-29T10:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/?p=10664"},"modified":"2013-03-29T00:28:48","modified_gmt":"2013-03-29T04:28:48","slug":"ottawas-urbanism-headlines-29-march-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2013\/03\/29\/ottawas-urbanism-headlines-29-march-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa&#8217;s urbanism headlines: 29 March 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Spacing Ottawa brings you a weekly roundup of urban affairs headlines from the Ottawa-Gatineau region. Check back here on Fridays to catch up on what\u2019s going on in and around the capital.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\/story\/2013\/03\/28\/ottawa-what-is-open-what-is-closed.html\">What\u2019s opened and closed in Ottawa on Easter Weekend<\/a> (CBC, March 28)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>AROUND CITY HALL:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawacitizen.com\/news\/Ottawa+official+plan+clears+first+hurdle\/8158921\/story.html\">Ottawa\u2019s new official plan clears first hurdle<\/a> (Ottawa Citizen, March 27)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawacitizen.com\/news\/ottawa\/Plan+apartment+neighbourhoods+downtown+consultant+advises\/8154231\/story.html\">Community, developers come together to propose changes to Centretown development plan<\/a> (Ottawa Citizen, March 26)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawasun.com\/2013\/03\/26\/city-stalls-tree-planting-project\">City stalls Ottawa South community tree-planting project <\/a>(Ottawa Sun, March 26)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawasun.com\/2013\/03\/23\/naming-rights-generate-little-revenue\">City facility naming rights generate little revenue<\/a> (Ottawa Sun, March 24)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawacitizen.com\/technology\/City+roundtable+airs+ideas+greener+Ottawa\/8143958\/story.html\">City roundtable airs ideas for a greener Ottawa<\/a> (Ottawa Citizen, March 23)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>PUBLIC SPACES:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawacitizen.com\/news\/ottawa\/Plan+apartment+neighbourhoods+downtown+consultant+advises\/8154231\/story.html\">Fight to save Museum of Nature lawn from parking lot, urban designer urges<\/a> (Ottawa Citizen, March 26)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obj.ca\/Opinion\/The-Marketplace\/2013-03-26\/article-3208187\/Ottawas-boardwalk-empire\/1\">Boardwalk Empire: Path below Parliament Hill could be up for boardwalk, commercial amenities<\/a> (Ottawa Business Journal, March 26)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>DEVELOPMENT &amp; GROWTH:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawacitizen.com\/business\/Claridge+build+storey+Icon+building+Preston+Street+city\/8164845\/story.html\">Let Claridge build 45-storey \u2018Icon\u2019 building on Preston Street, city planners say<\/a> (Ottawa Citizen, March 28)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawacitizen.com\/business\/City+council+approves+preliminary+plans+Kanata+Town+Centre\/8159661\/story.html\">City Council approves preliminary plans for Kanata Town Centre<\/a> (Ottawa Citizen, March 27)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawacitizen.com\/news\/Better+LeBreton+Flats+downtown+improvements+Baird+says\/8140439\/story.html\">Better LeBreton Flats key to downtown improvements, Baird says<\/a> (Ottawa Citizien, March 23)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>TRANSIT:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawasun.com\/2013\/03\/25\/transpo-nears-presto-green-light\">Transpo nears Presto green light<\/a> (Ottawa Sun, March 26)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawasun.com\/2013\/03\/24\/buses-improve-on-time-performance\">OC Transpo buses improve on-time performance<\/a> (Ottawa Sun, March 24)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>HERITAGE:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawacitizen.com\/news\/Planners+ByWard+Market+hotel+despite+community+heritage\/8166214\/story.html\">Planners OK Byward Market hotel despite community heritage complaint<\/a> (Ottawa Citizen, March 28)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ottawacitizen.com\/2013\/03\/23\/what-happened-to-ogilvys\/\">What happened to Ogilvy\u2019s<\/a> (Ottawa Citizen, March 23)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/author\/dwightwilliams\/\">Dwight Williams<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spacing Ottawa brings you a weekly roundup of urban affairs headlines from the Ottawa-Gatineau region. Check back here on Fridays to catch up on what\u2019s going on in and around the capital.\u00a0 What\u2019s opened and closed in Ottawa on Easter Weekend (CBC, March 28) AROUND CITY HALL: Ottawa\u2019s new official plan clears first hurdle (Ottawa<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2013\/03\/29\/ottawas-urbanism-headlines-29-march-2013\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Ottawa&#8217;s urbanism headlines: 29 March 2013&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8118,"featured_media":10665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[342],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ottawa&#039;s urbanism headlines: 29 March 2013 - Spacing Ottawa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2013\/03\/29\/ottawas-urbanism-headlines-29-march-2013\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ottawa&#039;s urbanism headlines: 29 March 2013 - Spacing Ottawa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Spacing Ottawa brings you a weekly roundup of urban affairs headlines from the Ottawa-Gatineau region. 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