1.0Spacing Torontohttps://spacing.ca/torontoMarcus Bowmanhttps://spacing.ca/toronto/author/marcusbowman/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="PclTC6e9hA"><a href="https://spacing.ca/toronto/2011/01/08/spacing-saturday-36/">Spacing Saturday: Ice Bridge, Public Squares and Uptown St John</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://spacing.ca/toronto/2011/01/08/spacing-saturday-36/embed/#?secret=PclTC6e9hA" width="600" height="338" title="“Spacing Saturday: Ice Bridge, Public Squares and Uptown St John” — Spacing Toronto" data-secret="PclTC6e9hA" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Alanah Heffez looks into the colourful history of Montreal to tell the story of seemingly ridiculous ice bridge. The bridge, actually a rail line laid over the frozen St Lawrence River, was a response by disgruntled competitors toContinue readinghttp://farm1.static.flickr.com/4/7282138_e77c9a793c_z.jpg