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 discarded bike buried in a snowdrift prompts Spacing Ottawa contributor Kathryn Hunt to investigate what happens to the city's abandoned bikes. • A proposal to turn Orléans, a key Ottawa intersection "from a standard four-way into a roundabout or ...

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 ...

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. • Chris Erb reviews a proposal that would would phase out free parking for non-residents in Montreal's Le Plateau-Mont-Royal area.  Erb argues that the plan--which still needs to go through a public consolation process--would have a positive effect on the neighbourhood by, among other ...

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. ...

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. • The York University busway, "the GTA's first major bus-only road" opened on November 20th to ease congestion in the area surrounding Toronto's York University campus. Sean Marshall provides insight into how this new project is working. • The history of  Agincourt--once a small ...

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 ...

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 ...