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This is particularly timely, given its recent sale to Claridge Homes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vanier Now<\/strong> poses this question: <a href=\"http:\/\/vaniernow.blogspot.ca\/2013\/03\/placemaking-creating-vaniers-vibrant.html\">&#8220;What would be Vanier\u2019s greatest public space, or \u2013 perhaps more importantly \u2013 its public space with the greatest potential?&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We&#8217;ll close out the long Eastern weekend with a question of our own: are there any weblogs you think we should be keeping an eye on?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some highlights from across the Ottawa blogosphere: At West Side Action, Eric Darwin offers some suggestions about the art of the argument at city planning committee meetings. Via The Incidental Cyclist, Kathryn Hunt comments on the joys and perils of bicycling in what she calls &#8220;Proper Spring&#8221;. 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