{"id":1527,"date":"2011-07-23T04:16:30","date_gmt":"2011-07-23T11:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=1527"},"modified":"2013-01-21T07:21:48","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T15:21:48","slug":"spacing-saturday-transportation-2040-new-regionalism-and-guerilla-gardening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2011\/07\/23\/spacing-saturday-transportation-2040-new-regionalism-and-guerilla-gardening\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing Saturday: Transportation 2040, New Regionalism and Guerilla Gardening"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Spacing Saturday highlights posts   from across Spacing\u2019s blog   network in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal,   Ottawa, and the Atlantic   region.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3166\/3725108459_09c62e9a5e_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"ss\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/images\/feature-graphics\/feature-spacingsaturday-600.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"sm\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-montreal.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Noting that cities no longer compete with their suburbs but with city regions around the world, Joel Thibert uses the <em>The Regionalist <\/em>column to reflect on the need for<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2011\/07\/19\/the-regionalist-do-we-need-a-new-new-regionalism\/\"> a new regional perspective<\/a> that responsibly balances a common interest with effective government.<\/p>\n<p>Alanah Heffez reflects on the immensely successful <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2011\/07\/21\/spacing-road-show-visits-montreal-tacos-wine-and-urbanism-on-the-street\/\"><em>Spacing Roadshow <\/em>stop<\/a> in the city which saw observers spilling out of the building and great presentations about the intricacies of Montreal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"so\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-ottawa.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Continuing a series of posts from his European travels, Clive Doucet reflects on the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2011\/07\/21\/gritty-bologna-is-the-cinderella-city\/\">Italian city of Ravenna<\/a> and contrasts the candidate for European Cultural Capital to Bologna, its gritty neighbour.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"sa\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-atlantic.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Rotsztain<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> looks at a <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/07\/21\/guerilla-urban-design-on-agricola\/\">marvelous plot of guerilla gardening<\/a> in the Far North End of Halifax and uses it to talk about guerilla  gardening as the nexus of do-it-yourself city planning and urban  agriculture.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"st\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-toronto.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jessica Lemieux tracks Toronto&#8217;s ambitious goal to <a href=\"http:\/\/http\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2011\/07\/19\/appreciating-urban-trees\/\">double its tree canopy<\/a> in the next 40 years by looking at the challenges and benefits of urban  forestry as well as the efforts of local community groups.<\/p>\n<p>In the final installment of <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/07\/20\/my-city-lives-david-miller-transit-mayor-part-vii\/\"><em>David Miller: Transit Mayor<\/em><\/a>,  the former mayor talks about his favourite place in Toronto and what it  says about the city&#8217;s successes and the path it will need to take in  the future.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-21274\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?attachment_id=21274\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"sidebar-head-vancouver\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/sidebar-head-vancouver.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brian  Gould takes an in depth look at some of the exciting thinking  that is  coming out of the public input into Vancouver&#8217;s upcoming <a 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As the movement approaches   its 20th anniversary its founders have issued a call for submissions   towards a book celebrating the milestone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>Photograph by: fujitariuji<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing\u2019s blog network in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. 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