Film & Video Vancouver

Video: Putting the brakes on Vancouver Housing (with Tom Davidoff)

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Conversations That Matter, with Stuart McNish Vancouver’s housing market is a political and financial minefield. Measures to create... Read More

Film & Video Vancouver

Video Vancouver: Chinatown Divided

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Are new developments an opportunity or a threat to Chinatown? Here’s About Here‘s attempt to explore both sides of this issue. Read More

Architecture

Notes from the Maritimes

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At the end of May, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) held their 2018 Festival of Architecture in Saint John, New... Read More

Architecture Vancouver

Book Review – Preserving Our Heritage: Perspectives from Antiquity to the Digital Age

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Author: Michele Valerie Cloonan (Facet Publishing, 2014) Preserving Our Heritage: Perspectives from Antiquity to the Digital Age takes an... Read More

Urban Design Vancouver

Release: Help Shape the Courtyard – Open Call for Submissions

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Do you have ideas to turn the empty space at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Courtyard into a vibrant, safe, desired public space, where... Read More

Architecture Vancouver

Release: Granville Island Seeking Ideas for New Arts & Innovation Hub

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CMHC-Granville Island launched a Call for Ideas today regarding the redevelopment of the former Emily Carr University of Art and... Read More

History Toronto

Why I revived the Bureau of Municipal Research

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Ten years ago, as a grad student researching the history of Toronto’s waterfront, I came across a study, published in 1977, that could... Read More

Politics Toronto

LORINC: Making sense of the most crazy-ass Ontario election ever

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I have no idea if all bets are off. But you’ve got to think that the hallucinatory 48-hour period bracketed by Kathleen Wynne’s... Read More

Urban Design Toronto

The need for site-specific works of art

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Daniel Young and Christian Giroux’s new public art piece— Three Points Where Two Lines Meet, located at the intersection of Bathurst... Read More

Community Vancouver

Alleys, Laneways and Life Between Buildings

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Did you notice the laneways you passed this morning? Those grey strips of concrete used to store cars and garbage? If you missed these... Read More

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