{"id":915,"date":"2006-06-25T12:24:04","date_gmt":"2006-06-25T16:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=915"},"modified":"2006-06-25T12:24:04","modified_gmt":"2006-06-25T16:24:04","slug":"the-centre-of-the-public-space-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/06\/25\/the-centre-of-the-public-space-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"The centre of the public space movement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/trends\/images\/logo_sm.gif\" \/>If you go to Google&#8217;s website you can do a search on trends. We punched in &#8220;public space&#8221; to see which cities in the world had websites\/posts dedicated to public space issues.\u00a0 Torontonians should be proud &#8212; we seem to be the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/trends?q=%22public+space%22&#038;ctab=0&#038;geo=all&#038;date=all\">second most active city in the world<\/a> (behind New York) when it comes to discussing public space issues (Montreal comes in at 7th). Now, it would be great if our governments were also world leaders in protecting and enhancing public spaces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you go to Google&#8217;s website you can do a search on trends. We punched in &#8220;public space&#8221; to see which cities in the world had websites\/posts dedicated to public space issues.\u00a0 Torontonians should be proud &#8212; we seem to be the second most active city in the world (behind New York) when it comes<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/06\/25\/the-centre-of-the-public-space-movement\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;The centre of the public space movement&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1022,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[1109,38,469,21,19],"class_list":["post-915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media","tag-google","tag-montreal","tag-new-york","tag-other-cities","tag-toronto"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The centre of the public space movement - Spacing Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/06\/25\/the-centre-of-the-public-space-movement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The centre of the public space movement - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you go to Google&#8217;s website you can do a search on trends. We punched in &#8220;public space&#8221; to see which cities in the world had websites\/posts dedicated to public space issues.\u00a0 Torontonians should be proud &#8212; we seem to be the second most active city in the world (behind New York) when it comesContinue reading &quot;The centre of the public space movement&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/06\/25\/the-centre-of-the-public-space-movement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2006-06-25T16:24:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/trends\/images\/logo_sm.gif\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matthew Blackett\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Spacing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Spacing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Matthew Blackett\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/06\/25\/the-centre-of-the-public-space-movement\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/06\/25\/the-centre-of-the-public-space-movement\/\",\"name\":\"The centre of the public space movement - Spacing Toronto\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/06\/25\/the-centre-of-the-public-space-movement\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/06\/25\/the-centre-of-the-public-space-movement\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/trends\/images\/logo_sm.gif\",\"datePublished\":\"2006-06-25T16:24:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/4f3b818d7e3504a6e4626afc774b2574\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/06\/25\/the-centre-of-the-public-space-movement\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/06\/25\/the-centre-of-the-public-space-movement\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/06\/25\/the-centre-of-the-public-space-movement\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/trends\/images\/logo_sm.gif\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/trends\/images\/logo_sm.gif\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/06\/25\/the-centre-of-the-public-space-movement\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The centre of the public space movement\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/\",\"name\":\"Spacing Toronto\",\"description\":\"Canadian Urbanism Uncovered  |  Toronto Architecture, Urban Design, Public Transit, City Hall, Parks, Walking, Bikes, Streetscape, History, Waterfront, Maps, Public Spaces\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/4f3b818d7e3504a6e4626afc774b2574\",\"name\":\"Matthew Blackett\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3eb8fd719ea39ea94dc1b32911c80f51?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3eb8fd719ea39ea94dc1b32911c80f51?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Matthew Blackett\"},\"description\":\"Matthew Blackett is the publisher, creative director and one of the founders of Spacing magazine. He is the author, editor, and photographer of 11 books. He is also a graphic artist, product designer, and deeply-committed advocate for Toronto. TWITTER: @MatthewBlackett INSTAGRAM: @MatthewBlackett\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/author\/matt\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The centre of the public space movement - Spacing Toronto","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/06\/25\/the-centre-of-the-public-space-movement\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The centre of the public space movement - Spacing Toronto","og_description":"If you go to Google&#8217;s website you can do a search on trends. We punched in &#8220;public space&#8221; to see which cities in the world had websites\/posts dedicated to public space issues.\u00a0 Torontonians should be proud &#8212; we seem to be the second most active city in the world (behind New York) when it comesContinue reading \"The centre of the public space movement\"","og_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/06\/25\/the-centre-of-the-public-space-movement\/","og_site_name":"Spacing Toronto","article_published_time":"2006-06-25T16:24:04+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.google.com\/trends\/images\/logo_sm.gif","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Matthew Blackett","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Spacing","twitter_site":"@Spacing","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Matthew Blackett"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/06\/25\/the-centre-of-the-public-space-movement\/","url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/06\/25\/the-centre-of-the-public-space-movement\/","name":"The centre of the public space movement - Spacing Toronto","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/06\/25\/the-centre-of-the-public-space-movement\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/06\/25\/the-centre-of-the-public-space-movement\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.google.com\/trends\/images\/logo_sm.gif","datePublished":"2006-06-25T16:24:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/4f3b818d7e3504a6e4626afc774b2574"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/06\/25\/the-centre-of-the-public-space-movement\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/06\/25\/the-centre-of-the-public-space-movement\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/06\/25\/the-centre-of-the-public-space-movement\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.google.com\/trends\/images\/logo_sm.gif","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.google.com\/trends\/images\/logo_sm.gif"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/06\/25\/the-centre-of-the-public-space-movement\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The centre of the public space movement"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#website","url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/","name":"Spacing Toronto","description":"Canadian Urbanism Uncovered  |  Toronto Architecture, Urban Design, Public Transit, City Hall, Parks, Walking, Bikes, Streetscape, History, Waterfront, Maps, Public Spaces","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/4f3b818d7e3504a6e4626afc774b2574","name":"Matthew Blackett","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3eb8fd719ea39ea94dc1b32911c80f51?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3eb8fd719ea39ea94dc1b32911c80f51?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Matthew Blackett"},"description":"Matthew Blackett is the publisher, creative director and one of the founders of Spacing magazine. He is the author, editor, and photographer of 11 books. He is also a graphic artist, product designer, and deeply-committed advocate for Toronto. TWITTER: @MatthewBlackett INSTAGRAM: @MatthewBlackett","url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/author\/matt\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1022"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}