{"id":2973,"date":"2008-04-07T20:45:11","date_gmt":"2008-04-08T01:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2008\/04\/07\/montreal-monday-2008-04-07\/"},"modified":"2008-04-07T20:45:11","modified_gmt":"2008-04-08T01:45:11","slug":"montreal-monday-2008-04-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/04\/07\/montreal-monday-2008-04-07\/","title":{"rendered":"Montr\u00e9al Monday — smart cards, apartment fire, and new public spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each Monday, Spacing will bring you some of the popular posts from our sister blog, <\/em>Spacing Montréal<\/em><\/a>. We’ll keep an eye open for topics and discussions that are pertinent to current public space issues in Toronto.<\/em><\/p>\n

• A post about Why smart cards will be good for Montréal<\/a> echoes many of the arguments for implementing a similar program for the TTC and\/or across the GTA’s myriad transit systems.<\/p>\n

• A Montréal apartment building burned down recently, leaving scores of people homeless. Spacing Montréal connects to Photos from the big Pine Avenue fire<\/a> — one that echoes the Queen West fire from earlier this year.<\/p>\n

• Less is more: Montreal’s new public spaces<\/a> provides a thorough critique of the city’s latest public-space initiatives. The post also includes this quote, from an article by Gavin Affleck in Canadian Architect<\/em>: “The most successful of recent projects are evidence that well designed urban space is simple, flexible, and free of physical encumbrances.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Each Monday, Spacing will bring you some of the popular posts from our sister blog, Spacing Montréal. 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