{"id":21695,"date":"2011-07-30T12:36:59","date_gmt":"2011-07-30T16:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=21695"},"modified":"2013-01-21T15:14:20","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T20:14:20","slug":"spacing-saturday-urban-laneways-rethinking-density-and-news-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/07\/30\/spacing-saturday-urban-laneways-rethinking-density-and-news-cafe\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing Saturday: Urban Laneways, Rethinking Density and News Caf\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Spacing Saturday highlights posts   from across Spacing\u2019s blog   network in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal,   Ottawa, and the Atlantic   region.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5047\/5294382523_755aa3f038_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\" \/><\/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><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-21274\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/07\/09\/spacing-saturday-reallocating-laneways-budapest-ubranism-and-paddle-the-don\/sidebar-head-vancouver\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"sidebar-head-vancouver\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/sidebar-head-vancouver.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spacing Vancouver launched a new feature this week. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2011\/07\/25\/price-points\/\">Price Point<\/a> <\/em>will feature a weekly photo selection from SFU City Program Director Gordon Price his reasons why it represents something worth talking about in the city. \u00a0<em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Liam Lahey profiles a <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2011\/07\/29\/how-to-transform-an-alleyway-into-a-thriving-public-space\/\">laneway makeover<\/a> and neighbourhood party put on by Livable Laneways and The Vancouver Design Nerds. The event aims to challenge Vancouverites to make better use of the city&#8217;s laneways.<\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/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>Guillaume St-Jean used the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2011\/07\/29\/montage-du-jour-une-vue-de-la-rue-sainte-catherine-est-pres-de-st-denis-2\/\">Montage du Jour<\/a> <\/em>feature this week to present a series of incredible comparisons, showing the evolution of Montreal streets over the last 50 years.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Lapalme contributed some great photography from around Montreal to the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2011\/07\/23\/saint-henri-accueille-ses-nouveaux-arrivants\/\">Photo du Jour<\/a> <\/em>series.<\/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>In a little piece of<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2011\/07\/25\/car-shares-compared\/\"> car share geekery<\/a> Spacing compares the design details of two leading car share organizations in Toronto and Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>Media organizations often set up shop is busy urban areas only to fail to engage with the street beyond using its activity as a backdrop. Evan Thornton uses the Winnipeg Free Press <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2011\/07\/27\/is-ottawa-ready-for-a-news-cafe\/\">News Cafe<\/a> as an example of the kind of media hub that should be tried in a city like Ottawa.<\/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>Sean Gillis engages readers on an important question of <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/07\/28\/urban-density-is-what-you-see-what-you-get\/\">how we think about density<\/a>. Noting that we often confuse height with density, Gillis demonstrates that high density can be achieved without tall buildings.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"..\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><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>The Globe and Mail announced plans this week to add to the skyline with a <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/07\/27\/no-mean-city-the-globe-and-mails-new-home\/\">new office tower <\/a>at the site of its headquarters at Front and Spadina. 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