{"id":1377,"date":"2010-01-02T17:04:21","date_gmt":"2010-01-02T22:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingottawa.ca\/?p=1377"},"modified":"2010-01-02T17:04:21","modified_gmt":"2010-01-02T22:04:21","slug":"spacing-saturday-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/01\/02\/spacing-saturday-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1378\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/4223695916_83c2e989b0-1.jpg\" alt=\"4223695916_83c2e989b0-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/4223695916_83c2e989b0-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/4223695916_83c2e989b0-1-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/images\/feature-graphics\/feature-spacingsaturday-500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Spacing Saturday is a new feature that highlights posts from across Spacing&#8217;s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Spacing Saturday replaces the weekly features Montreal Monday and Toronto Tuesday.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-montreal.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/author\/alanah\/\" target=\"_self\">Alanah Heffez<\/a> examines Montreal&#8217;s various encounters <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/12\/29\/mont-royal-aves-first-flirtation-with-pedestrianization\/\" target=\"_self\">with pedestrian only streets<\/a> and the opportunities and challenges they bring. Her account begins in the Summer of 1970 when the city opened its first pedestrian mall on Mount Royal Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/12\/27\/mile-end-in-1840\/\">A look through <em>The Gazette&#8217;<\/em>s archives<\/a> gives us a glimpse into life in the city&#8217;s Mile End neighbourhood in the 1840s.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-toronto.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/wire\/2009\/12\/27\/york-university-busway-below-the-radar\/\" target=\"_self\">The York University busway<\/a>, &#8220;the GTA&#8217;s first major bus-only road&#8221; opened on November 20th to ease congestion in the area surrounding Toronto&#8217;s York University campus. <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/wire\/author\/sean\/\" target=\"_self\">Sean Marshall<\/a> provides insight into how this new project is working.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/wire\/2009\/12\/29\/gtas-lost-villages-agincourt\/\" target=\"_self\">The history of Agincourt<\/a>&#8211;once a small village in its own right, now a barley recognizable part Greater Toronto Area&#8217;s&#8211;is case study of how urban sprawl can swallow and alters surrounding villages and hamlets.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-atlantic.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2009\/12\/29\/dalhousies-master-plan-a-mixed-bag\/\" target=\"_self\">Dalhousie&#8217;s campus master plan<\/a> which, if implemented, would &#8220;have a big impact not only on Dal students but the wider community&#8221; has generated limited public and media debate. With the goalof generating a morediscussion <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/author\/jakeschabas\/\" target=\"_self\">Jake Schabas <\/a>examines the changes to the built-form and campus life that would result from the plan&#8217;s implementation,<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2009\/12\/30\/halifax-movie-theatre\/\" target=\"_self\">Historic photographs<\/a> of Halifax&#8217;s movie theatres from the Nova Scotia Archives offers a glimpse into\u00a0 city life and entertainment centers from over 50 years ago.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-ottawa.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The decision by Empire Movies to <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2009\/12\/31\/orleans-town-centre-cinema-a-possible-future\/\" target=\"_self\">close Ottawa&#8217;s Orleans town centre movie theatre<\/a>, an Ottawa mainstay for nearly 20 years, leaves the future of the 6-screen building in doubt. <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/author\/dwightwilliams\/\" target=\"_self\">Dwight Williams<\/a> examines the possibility of transforming the now defunct theatre into a repertory cinema so it can continue to serve as an entertainment destination for the Orleans area.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A city plan <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2009\/12\/29\/transit-tunnel-is-no-turkey\/\" target=\"_self\">to transform transit in downtown Ottawa<\/a> calls for the construction of a costly underground tunnel. The price tag attached to the tunnel has many critics calling for a switch to above ground mass transit. But Spacing Ottawa&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/author\/ericdarwin\/\" target=\"_self\">Eric Darwin<\/a> argues that, in the long-run, the tunnel is the most efficient and cost-effective method of ensuring smooth transit through the city.<\/p>\n<p><em>photo of th<\/em>e <em>Knox United Church on Midland Avenue<\/em> <em>in Agincourt by Sean Marshall<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spacing Saturday is a new feature that highlights posts from across Spacing&#8217;s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Spacing Saturday replaces the weekly features Montreal Monday and Toronto Tuesday. \u2022\u00a0 Alanah Heffez examines Montreal&#8217;s various encounters with pedestrian only streets and the opportunities and challenges they bring. 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