{"id":3248,"date":"2010-07-31T11:50:41","date_gmt":"2010-07-31T15:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingottawa.ca\/?p=3248"},"modified":"2013-01-21T09:24:17","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T14:24:17","slug":"spacing-saturday-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/07\/31\/spacing-saturday-28\/","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\/4154\/4846664342_7ab0ce4a22_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 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>As  part of a continuing look at unbuilt projects across Halifax Dustin  Valen profiles and examines Thomas Evans recent thesis proposal <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/07\/30\/hrm-by-re-design-meta-library-part-one-%E2%80%94-urban-monument\/\"><em>Meta-Library: A Public Platform for Information Exchange.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Katie McKay profiles the<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/07\/29\/events-guide-making-tracks\/\"> <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/07\/29\/events-guide-making-tracks\/\">Making Tracks<\/a> <\/em>locomotive related art project that took place this week at the Halifax Via Rail station.<\/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>Cedric Sam revisits the history of the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/07\/29\/plaza-swatow-de-2007-a-2010\/\">Plaza Swatow site<\/a> in Montreal&#8217;s Quartier Chinois as the building was announced and built between 2007 and 2009. (article in French)<\/p>\n<p>Emile Thomas debates whether or not to<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/07\/30\/to-renew-or-not-to-renew\/\"> renew his membership<\/a> in Montreal&#8217;s Bixi bike sharing program  and uses the opportunity to reflect on Bixi&#8217;s merits. (article in French)<\/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>Andrew Walsh and Mieke Anderson present another <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/07\/29\/12877\/\">Spacing Radio summer short<\/a> this week featuring <em>Gentrification: The Game! <\/em>by artist collective Atmosphere Industries.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t seen Alden Cudanin&#8217;s strike <em>Before &amp; After <\/em>photos of the city yet, this weeks work: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/07\/30\/a-72-year-crossing-at-yonge-and-bloor\/\">A 72 Year Crossing at Yonge and Bloor<\/a> <\/em>is definitely a great place to start.<\/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>At the corner of Mulder Ave and Scully Way (no joke), Dwight Williams takes a look at the history of Ottawa streets <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/07\/27\/street-names-works-of-fiction\/\">named after fictional characters<\/a>; a practice which has occurred sporadically since 1899.<\/p>\n<p>On  the municipal election beat Vicky Smallman frames the large number  of  incumbents bowing out of this year&#8217;s election as an unique  opportunity  to <a href=\" https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/07\/29\/gender-and-the-city-parity-still-eludes-us\/\">increase gender parity<\/a> in municipal politics.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Vanessa Hum<\/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. 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