{"id":3054,"date":"2010-07-10T17:50:56","date_gmt":"2010-07-10T21:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingottawa.ca\/?p=3054"},"modified":"2013-01-21T09:24:18","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T14:24:18","slug":"spacing-saturday-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/07\/10\/spacing-saturday-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing\u2019s blog                 network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4135\/4748530196_08a8f31ca3_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"401\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/images\/feature-graphics\/feature-spacingsaturday-600.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"spacing atlantic\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-atlantic.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Veronica Simmonds profiles a fascinating public space art project  taking place this month in the Halifax Common. <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/07\/03\/events-guide-an-experience-for-one-person-in-a-public-space\/\">T<\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/07\/03\/events-guide-an-experience-for-one-person-in-a-public-space\/\">he  Common: For as Long as You Have So Far<\/a> <\/em>takes its participants  on a personal journey through the natural history of the area using a  fictional story about one&#8217;s ancestors and future decedents.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Bedard reports from Halifax on the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/07\/03\/events-guide-an-experience-for-one-person-in-a-public-space\/\">troubles  facing a proposal<\/a> to build new infrastructure for active  transportation on a short stretch of Herring Cove Road. As usual, the  opposition is coming from local businesses who view the plan as  potentially harmful to their business.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"spacing montreal\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-montreal.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Despite being a wonderfully vibrant and lively area at all times of  day, Downtown Montreal is a place lacking in the sense of community  amongst its residents found in many other parts of the city. Devin  Alfaro reports on the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/07\/10\/building-community-in-downtown-montreal\/\">Quartier  en mouvement street festival<\/a>, a coordinated effort to change the  change the situation by hosting a block party on a closed off street  during select days in July.<\/p>\n<p>Results are now being posted for the Montreal Top Spots Survey which  asked Spacing readers about their favourite things in Montreal. This  week Spacing published the results for the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/07\/04\/les-meilleurs-lieux-montrealaises-selons-vous\/\">best  of the city <\/a>and for best of <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/07\/09\/the-best-of-montreal-politics-selon-vous\/\">municipal  politics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/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>While the year 2010 hasn&#8217;t left us with the moon bases we were once    promised, at least we are finally starting to make progress on Jetson&#8217;s    style Personal Rapid Transit. Adrian Lightstone continues the <em>Ideas    For Toronto<\/em> series by looking at <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/07\/06\/ideas-for-toronto-personal-rapid-transit\/\">a  PRT   pilot project<\/a> which is about to begin in Stockholm, Sweden  and   points to how the transit mode could become an efficient and  feasible   feeder for higher orders of transit. It all begs the question  of where this   could work in Canadian cities.<\/p>\n<p>As Toronto moves forward from the G20 summit, tempers and emotions    are cooling enough so that practical questions can move to the    forefront. In his weekly column, John Lorinc creates a list of <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/07\/05\/lorinc-10-questions-a-g20-inquiry-should-address\/\">1o    questions a G20 inquiry should address<\/a>. With his characteristic    pragmatism, Lorinc focuses on issues of how the police policy was    established, who was behind it, and what grounds it was established.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"spacing ottawa\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-ottawa.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Recalling the beloved phenomenon  of the &#8220;take someth&#8217;n, leave  someth&#8217;n&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/07\/06\/good-will-on-our-streets-the-art-of-swap\/\">Swap   Boxes<\/a> that began appearing across Ottawa a few years ago, Spacing   interviews the creator of the guerrilla art project to discover the   inspirations and motivations behind the unique and inspiring idea.<\/p>\n<p>Nine  years into what was supposed to be a test project of light rail  in  Ottawa, Spacing&#8217;s Evan Thornton looks at the role the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/07\/10\/has-the-o-train-made-its-mark\/\">O-Train <\/a>has come to play both in the practical functioning and collective   imagination of the city. As the service begins a five week hiatus for   maintenance, Thornton wonders what will become the new norm for the   route&#8217;s 10,000 daily riders.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by Katie McKay<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing\u2019s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Veronica Simmonds profiles a fascinating public space art project taking place this month in the Halifax Common. 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