{"id":13516,"date":"2010-08-21T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2010-08-21T13:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=13516"},"modified":"2013-01-21T15:12:54","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T20:12:54","slug":"spacing-saturday-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/08\/21\/spacing-saturday-33\/","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><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"ss\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4138\/4896163958_0dc4a1377b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"ss\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/images\/feature-graphics\/feature-spacingsaturday-600.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"so\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-ottawa.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Spacing ottawa editor Evan Thornton <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/08\/20\/mapping-ottawas-cycling-hazards-an-interview-with-alex-devries\/\">talks with Alex deVries <\/a>who created a website geared at mapping the worst roads for cyclists in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>Kate Wetherow remarks about the mass amount of unused space on the tops of buildings and how easy and perfect <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/08\/16\/roof-to-fork-in-centretown\/\">rooftops are for gardens<\/a> &#8211; and for getting out of your condo unit and getting to know your neighbours.<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"sa\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-atlantic.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Considering the need many people have been feeling lately to grow their own vegetables and tend their own plot of land, Steve Bedard comments on a website geared towards<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/08\/14\/urban-gardening-online\/\"> mapping all of Halifax&#8217;s urban gardens<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Neville continues his series on investigating historical maps of Halifax and how their contemporary counterparts have been able to adapt to the ever-growing city. In this post, he <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/08\/17\/representing-halifax-7-tissue-samples\/\">explores the grid pattern<\/a> of streets throughout the downtown area.<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"sm\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-montreal.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Allanah Heffez comments on the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/08\/19\/no-right-on-red-was-a-good-choice-for-montreal-mtq\/\">no right on red rule<\/a> in the city of Montreal and reports on how many deaths, serious injuries and light injuries are caused by right on red.<\/p>\n<p>Spacing Ottawa&#8217;s Photo Du Jour series often highlights neighbourhoods or buildings that may often go overlooked, but this special highlights a shop that is both <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/08\/16\/photo-du-jour-riddells-door\/\">eclectic and eccentric<\/a> and mourns the passing of the shopkeeper\/homeowner.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"st\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-toronto.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Editor Shawn Micallef posts a copy of his column from Eye Weekly about <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/08\/20\/ontario-place-needs-to-keep-its-hot-pants-on\/\">the future of Ontario Place<\/a> and uses a collection of found slides to highlight its history.<\/p>\n<p>TTC signage has always been confusing for not only Torontonians, but most especially tourists. Adrian Lightstone comments on some of the more ridiculous and <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/08\/16\/ideas-for-toronto-clear-subway-signage\/\">confusing signs<\/a> found across the subway system.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by Kate Wetherow<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><input id=\"gwProxy\" type=\"hidden\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--Session data--><br \/>\n<input id=\"jsProxy\" onclick=\"jsCall();\" type=\"hidden\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">Alex deVries<\/div>\n<p><input id=\"gwProxy\" type=\"hidden\" \/><input id=\"jsProxy\" onclick=\"jsCall();\" type=\"hidden\" \/><\/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. Spacing ottawa editor Evan Thornton talks with Alex deVries who created a website geared at mapping the worst roads for cyclists in Ottawa. Kate Wetherow remarks about the mass amount of unused space on the tops of buildings<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/08\/21\/spacing-saturday-33\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Spacing Saturday&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21759],"tags":[15545,15794,13290,22100,13807,423,109,14672,15793,38,346,15795,310,8409,133,13943,19],"class_list":["post-13516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-adrian-lightstone","tag-alex-devries","tag-blog-network","tag-editor","tag-evan-thornton","tag-eye-weekly","tag-halifax","tag-kate-wetherow","tag-matt-neville","tag-montreal","tag-ottawa","tag-ottawa-editor","tag-shawn-micallef","tag-shopkeeper","tag-spacing-saturday","tag-steve-bedard","tag-toronto"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Spacing Saturday - Spacing Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/08\/21\/spacing-saturday-33\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spacing Saturday - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing\u2019s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. 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