{"id":3178,"date":"2010-07-24T06:08:41","date_gmt":"2010-07-24T10:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingottawa.ca\/?p=3178"},"modified":"2013-01-21T09:24:18","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T14:24:18","slug":"spacing-saturday-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/07\/24\/spacing-saturday-27\/","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:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/39\/116157570_823e73573c_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><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 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>What does your choice of favourite buildings <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/07\/23\/montreals-best-architecture-psychoanalyzed\/\">say  about your personality<\/a>? Continuing to digest the results from the  reader survey of the best of Montreal, Spacing contributor Justin  Boulanger speculates about the personal traits of the readers of who  selected the top three favourite buildings and laments that the Sci-Fi  nerds were not organized enough to get Olympic Stadium onto the podium.<\/p>\n<p>In a landmark public space ruling the Quebec Court of Appeal ruled  this week that the City of Montreal&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/07\/19\/court-throws-out-montreals-anti-postering-bylaw\/\">anti-postering  bylaw is unconstitutional<\/a>. Christopher DeWolf reports on the story  of how the law was challenged and speculates what the city will do to  accommodate postering in the future. The post also includes a fantastic  gallery of posters from around the city.<\/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>As part of the <em>Ideas for Toronto <\/em>series Adrian Lightstone  brings up the issue of using <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/07\/20\/ideas-for-toronto-infrastructure-referendums\/\">referendums  to gauge public support for new revenue tools<\/a> for transit funding.  Citing that referendums having fallen out of style in Canada, Lighstone  points out they are frequently used in American cities and other places  around the world and have even been used in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>Mayoral Candidate George Smitherman walked Eglinton Ave all the way  across Toronto this week suggesting his interest in urban walkability.  Spacing&#8217;s Todd Harrison caught with him during part of his walk for a  discussion about how <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/2010\/07\/22\/spacing-votes-smitherman-talks-walking-while-walking\/\">he  would promote walkability<\/a> as Mayor and put the discussion on  Spacing Radio.<\/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>On the transit file, the weekly <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/07\/19\/monday-musing-5\/\"><em>Monday   Musings<\/em> <\/a>column this week generated discussion on how the   proposed service cuts to bus routes around Halifax will affect the city.   Additionally, Lauren Oostveen delves into the Halifax archives to look   at the city&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/07\/19\/from-the-vaults-halifax-transportation\/\">public   transit history<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Spacing Atlantic is launching a photo  contest challenging readers to  encapsulate their city in a single  photograph. <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/07\/22\/bricolage-your-city-in-one-photo\/\">Read   more<\/a> about the specific criteria and how to enter.<\/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>Spacing Ottawa editor Evan  Thornton was on the road in Winnipeg this  week and reports from that  city on the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/07\/23\/winnipeg-the-long-slow-victory-of-the-exchange-district\/\">dialogue<\/a> surrounding the beautifully restored and vibrant Exchange District.   During the decades when money was being funnelled into large scale   modernist improvement projects the Exchange District was naturally and   slowly rejuvenating itself.<\/p>\n<p>On behalf of Montreal artist  &#8220;Hyperalligina&#8221; Spacing is appealing to  readers to <a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/07\/20\/vacant-lot-wanted\/\">help   find the perfect empty lot<\/a> in the city for part of an art project   to be installed this summer using a grant from the Awesome Ottawa   Project. The post includes some more details about what the artist is   looking for.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by nondescrip2012<\/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. What does your choice of favourite buildings say about your personality? 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