{"id":8825,"date":"2010-01-16T12:38:05","date_gmt":"2010-01-16T17:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=8825"},"modified":"2013-01-21T15:12:36","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T20:12:36","slug":"spacing-saturday-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/01\/16\/spacing-saturday-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Victoria Demolition \" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2499\/4271137999_80793111ae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"spacing saturday\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/images\/feature-graphics\/feature-spacingsaturday-500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Spacing Saturday is a new feature that highlights posts from across Spacing&#8217;s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Spacing Saturday replaces the weekly features Montreal Monday and Toronto Tuesday.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"spacing atlantic\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-atlantic.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Katie McKay describes the scene on a Halifax intersection as crowds gathered to watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/01\/13\/victoria-apartments-demolition-accomplished\/\" target=\"_self\">destruction of a city landmark<\/a>: the distinctive <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2009\/11\/16\/hollis-morris\/\" target=\"_self\">Victorian Apartments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Halifax&#8217;s aging <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/01\/10\/transformation-in-store-for-cbc-building-site\/\" target=\"_self\">CBC building may be getting an overhaul<\/a> as CBC Radio Canada and the YMCA (owners of the neighbouring building) have jointly come up with a proposal for the site&#8217;s redevelopment. The new development plan would see &#8220;new YMCA facilities, office retail space, a public atrium, 200+ residential units and a 100 room boutique hotel&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"spacing ottawa\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-ottawa.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A discarded bike buried in a snowdrift prompts Spacing Ottawa contributor<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/author\/kathrynhunt\/\" target=\"_self\"> Kathryn Hunt<\/a> to investigate what <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/01\/12\/abandoned\/\" target=\"_self\">happens to the city&#8217;s abandoned bikes. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A proposal to turn Orl\u00e9ans, a key Ottawa intersection <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/01\/11\/round-and-round-the-boulevard\/\" target=\"_self\">&#8220;from a standard four-way into a roundabout or traffic circle&#8221;<\/a> is generating significant discussion among politicians and the media. But Spacing contributor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/author\/dwightwilliams\/\" target=\"_self\">Dwight Williams<\/a> is worried about the lack of public consultation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"spacing montreal\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-montreal.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A look back into history reveals that the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/01\/10\/a-view-from-plaza-saint-hubert\/\" target=\"_self\">story of Montreal&#8217;s Plaza Saint Hubert<\/a> and &#8220;its distinctive glass awning&#8221; began almost 40 years ago &#8220;when the Saint Hubert Merchants Association wanted to convert the commercial street into the world&#8217;s biggest shopping centre&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Montreal\u2019s City Council <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/01\/14\/city-hall-update-2010-budget\/\" target=\"_self\">tabled the <em>2010 Budget of the City of Montreal<\/em><\/a> last week.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/author\/devin\/\" target=\"_self\">Devin Alfaro<\/a> highlights the most salient budget issues and their effect on the city.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-toronto.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/author\/john\/\" target=\"_self\">John Lorinc<\/a> tries to makes sense of <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/01\/11\/john-lorinc-and-then-there-were-three-four-five\/\" target=\"_self\">Toronto&#8217;s increasingly convoluted mayoral <\/a>race as conservative front-runner, John Tory, drops out.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/stevemunro.ca\/?p=3134\" target=\"_self\">Steve Munro<\/a> finds a<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/01\/10\/steve-munro-a-1952-view-of-torontos-streetcars\/\" target=\"_self\"> report on Toronto\u2019s streetcars<\/a> from more than 50 years ago still holds lessons for the Toronto of today.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Need a primer on Environmental Assessments? Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/author\/hilarybest\/\" target=\"_self\">Hilary Best\u2019s<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/01\/15\/environmental-assessment-an-ea-primer\/\" target=\"_self\">\u201cprint-out, fold-up, all-purpose guide&#8221;<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p><em>photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spacing\/sets\/72157623193460984\/\" target=\"_self\">Katie McKay<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spacing Saturday is a new feature that highlights posts from across Spacing&#8217;s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. 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