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Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing\u2019s blog network in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region.<\/p>\n

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Building on the idea of the 100 mile diet which encourages consuming local foods, Eric Villagomez profiles an ideas competition into the design of a 100 mile house<\/a>. The competition aims to explore ways that a modern house could be constructed from local materials.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Gordon Price brings readers the story of how the towers and striking gardens of the City in the Park<\/em><\/a> development were successfully built in an unlikely location. The story is a another look at the history of town centers throughout Metro Vancouver and holds lessons for successful public consultation.<\/p>\n

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A forced closure of the Transitway <\/a>this week diverted a solid stream of buses onto nearby Scott Street, although the scene presented some interesting video, it also raised questions about how the city will deal with the impending closure of the Transitway to accommodate LRT construction.<\/p>\n

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Devin Alfaro concludes a series of photographs documenting the monumental legacy of the British Empire<\/a> around the city of Montreal, this week looking at a monument to Queen Victoria in light of the milestone in the current monarch’s reign.<\/p>\n

The montage du jour feature<\/em> also began taking a look at some of the striking decommissioned silos<\/a> in Montreal’s Old Port this week. \"\"<\/p>\n

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Shawn Micallef continues his look into the potential future for\u00a0 Ontario Place<\/a>, the now defunct attraction on Toronto’s Waterfront, bringing his own personal ideas as well as those of a host of other prominent planners and designers.<\/p>\n

Dylan Reid follows up on a previous post about the potential to develop lower Leslie Street <\/a>into a gateway to the waterfront. His experiences at a recent public meeting show the interplay of politics and long-term planning as well as the need to rethink the EA process.<\/p>\n

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Photograph by: Michel Gagnon
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