{"id":9104,"date":"2012-10-24T15:47:20","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T19:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingottawa.ca\/?p=9104"},"modified":"2013-01-21T09:20:16","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T14:20:16","slug":"across-the-ottawa-spaces-24-october-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2012\/10\/24\/across-the-ottawa-spaces-24-october-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Across the Ottawa Spaces: 24 October 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starting off: <strong>CBC Ottawa<\/strong> reports on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\/story\/2012\/10\/24\/ottawa-city-draft-budgets.html\">the unveiling of the city&#8217;s draft budget for 2013<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/ottawa.ca\/en\/city_hall\/budgettaxes\/budget\/budget_2013\/index.htm\">Many details announced<\/a>, leading off with the 2.09 % property tax increase, with others yet to be settled. Readers may be interested in <a href=\"http:\/\/ottawa.ca\/en\/city_hall\/budgettaxes\/budget\/budget_2013\/consultation\/index.htm\">the public consultation schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Darwin&#8217;s <strong>West Side Action<\/strong> has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westsideaction.com\/2012\/10\/11\/technical-problems-on-the-west-side\/\">a new URL<\/a> and continues to cover ground of interest including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westsideaction.com\/2012\/10\/21\/the-shadow-knows\/\">the new street decor on Somerset in Chinatown<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westsideaction.com\/2012\/10\/19\/where-east-meets-west\/\">a suggestion for naming the intersection of Preston and Somerset<\/a> with a respectful nod to Italian and Chinese history alike, and the matter of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westsideaction.com\/2012\/10\/24\/priority-parking\/\">&#8220;rider catchments&#8221; at Transitway stations and bus stops<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Images of Centretown<\/strong> documents <a href=\"http:\/\/centretown.blogspot.ca\/2012\/10\/five-years-since-somerset-house-collapse.html\">the last five years since the attempted demolition of Somerset House<\/a>, which continues to sit idle since then. <strong>Kathryn Hunt<\/strong>, over at the <strong>Centretown Buzz<\/strong>, documents <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centretownbuzz.com\/2012\/10\/20\/pushing-for-action-on-somerset-house\/\">recent action by locals to preserve and restore the building.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Ottawa Citizen&#8217;s David Reevely<\/strong> reviews the Bronson Bridge as a venue for cyclists to get around town. 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