{"id":2251,"date":"2007-09-04T18:00:36","date_gmt":"2007-09-04T22:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=2251"},"modified":"2007-09-05T00:33:51","modified_gmt":"2007-09-05T04:33:51","slug":"say-bonjour-to-spacing-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/09\/04\/say-bonjour-to-spacing-montreal\/","title":{"rendered":"Say bonjour to Spacing Montr\u00e9al"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.genestho.ca\/genestho\/images\/20070714150500_stillness_in_action.jpg\" height=\"335\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/votes\/wp-content\/themes\/votes\/images\/montreal-votes.gif\" height=\"40\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some of you may have noticed a set of links feeding into the sidebar of <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/votes\">Spacing Votes<\/a>. We shouldn&#8217;t be shy about it anymore and just spit it out. Spacing is expanding its coverage &#8212; say bonjour to our new daily blog<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\">, <strong>Spacing Montr&eacute;al<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Back in the spring, a handful of Montr&eacute;al writers and Spacing editors met in a downtown caf&eacute; near Concordia and decided that Montr&eacute;al was ripe for a Spacing-style blog that covers urban issues. While Montr&eacute;al has some great local blogs, we felt that we could offer a unique view of the city&#8217;s public realm. We are also pleased to have a handful of bilingual writers that will allow <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\"><strong>Spacing Montr&eacute;al<\/strong><\/a><\/strong> to publish posts in either French or English.<\/p>\n<p>Montr&eacute;al and Toronto are faced with a similar array of problems: traffic congestion, urban sprawl, under-funded public transit, and infrastructure neglect. Seeing how one of Canada&#8217;s other great cities deals with these issues may help us solve some of our own dilemmas here in Toronto. But Montr&eacute;al has its own set of public space issues that are completely foreign to Torontonians such as language sign by-laws and no right-hand turns at a red light.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\"><strong>Spacing Montr&eacute;al<\/strong><\/a><\/strong> writers have been posting for about a month, building up their archives, and we&#8217;re happy to share this new blog with the world now. We look forward to learning more about the joys and obstacles of Montreal&#8217;s public spaces.<\/p>\n<p><em>photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.genestho.ca\/\">Daniel Seguin<\/a>, a Spacing Montr&eacute;al contributor<br \/>\nView a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.genestho.ca\/genestho\/index.php?showimage=665#comment\">larger version<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of you may have noticed a set of links feeding into the sidebar of Spacing Votes. We shouldn&#8217;t be shy about it anymore and just spit it out. Spacing is expanding its coverage &#8212; say bonjour to our new daily blog, Spacing Montr&eacute;al! 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