Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We'll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • Since July of last year Petaluma California has been known as "the city without planners". The decision to dissolve the official planning department in favour ...

Spacing Saturday is a new feature that highlights posts from across Spacing's blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Spacing Saturday replaces the weekly features Montreal Monday and Toronto Tuesday. • A look back into history reveals that the story of Montreal's Plaza Saint Hubert and "its distinctive glass awning" began almost 40 years ago "when the Saint Hubert Merchants Association wanted to convert the commercial street into the world's biggest shopping centre". • Montreal’s City Council tabled the 2010 ...

Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We'll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • An art project in Columbus, Ohio, asks residents to consider the role of parking lots in the city's development. The piece, called Audio Dwelling, consists of two ...

Spacing Saturday is a new feature that highlights posts from across Spacing's blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Spacing Saturday replaces the weekly features Montreal Monday and Toronto Tuesday. • Suffering from ill-repair and chronic under-use, the future of the Quinpool Education Center (formally Halifax's St Patrick's High School) is in doubt. Jake Schabas muses on what could be done to invigorate the building which has been a Halifax landmark since it opened its doors to students in ...

Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We'll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • An ambitious plan from landscape architecture firm James Corner Field Operations aims to connect four distinct quadrants in the heart of downtown Cleavland to create one cohesive park. Currently ...

Spacing Saturday is a new feature that highlights posts from across Spacing's blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Spacing Saturday replaces the weekly features Montreal Monday and Toronto Tuesday. •  Alanah Heffez examines Montreal's various encounters with pedestrian only streets and the opportunities and challenges they bring. Her account begins in the Summer of 1970 when the city opened its first pedestrian mall on Mount Royal Avenue. • A look through The Gazette's archives gives ...

Spacing Saturday is a new feature that highlights posts from across Spacing's blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Spacing Saturday replaces the weekly features Montreal Monday and Toronto Tuesday. • Spacing Toronto's John Lorinc assesses the candidates and the playing field in light of Toronto's upcoming mayoral election. • The winning design for Toronto's Fort York Visitor Center was announced last week. Check Spacing Toronto's flickr page for photos of the winning design. • ...

Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • Construction of a major Canal side redevelopment plan in Buffalo could begin by June of next year according to Buffalo's Business First Magazine. The $300 million project (funded ...