{"id":16057,"date":"2010-11-27T06:50:22","date_gmt":"2010-11-27T10:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=16057"},"modified":"2013-01-21T15:14:06","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T20:14:06","slug":"spacing-saturday-rebelmayor-accommodating-pedestrians-and-the-entertainers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/11\/27\/spacing-saturday-rebelmayor-accommodating-pedestrians-and-the-entertainers\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing Saturday: Rebelmayor, Accommodating Pedestrians and the Entertainers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing\u2019s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/28\/66139906_dede8f57db_z.jpg?zz=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"455\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"ss\" 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=\"sm\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-montreal.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alanah Heffez reflects on lessons learned from attending a City <a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/11\/21\/how-the-city-can-talk-so-kids-will-listen\/\">consultation on communication<\/a> with youth; that sometimes the City can forget communication is a two way street.<\/p>\n<p>Who will save Saint-Sauvier Church? Christopher Dewolf reports on a troubling turn of events in the efforts to save <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/11\/24\/saint-sauveur-needs-a-saviour\/\">historic Saint-Sauveur Church<\/a> from demolition in order to make way for a new hospital mega-project.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"so\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-ottawa.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dwight Williams continues the <em>Street Names <\/em>series, this week looking into the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/11\/26\/street-names-the-entertainers\/\">stories behind Ottawa&#8217;s streets<\/a> that bear that namesake of popular entertainers throughout the years.<\/p>\n<p>Studying the City of Ottawa&#8217;s detailed instructions to pedestrians and cyclists at a <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/11\/24\/orleans-roundabout-ready-to-assist-your-street-crossing-needs\/\">new roundabout<\/a> in Orleans provides an interesting opportunity to explore the issue of how roundabouts handle non-auto traffic.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"sa\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-atlantic.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rachel Caroline reports on an encouraging new trend of<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/11\/24\/sharing-ideas-to-transform-vacant-site-into-urban-gardens-and-more\/\"> public consultation <\/a>in a city not noted for engagement in the development process. Around 100 people came out a discussion session this week about what to do with the grounds of the old Queen Elizabeth High School.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>In response to the HRM by Design recommendations, the City of Halifax\u00a0held<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/11\/23\/feed-forward-one-way-street-changes\/\"> public meetings <\/a>this week\u00a0to talk about changes to the downtown road pattern such as removing one way streets.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"st\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-toronto.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Shawn Micallef reflects back on the lessons learned from his twitter based <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/11\/26\/rebel-mayor-social-media-the-toronto-municipal-election\/\">reincarnation of rebelmayor<\/a> William Lyon MacKenzie who acted as a court jester, commenting on the angry nature of the past election.<\/p>\n<p>As winter darkness drives up concerns about pedestrian safety, Matthew Blackett highlighted a great idea to <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/11\/22\/building-a-better-intersection-for-pedestrians\/\">make cross walks more ergonomic<\/a> and safer at the same time.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by Diego Torres Silvestre<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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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