Urban Design Vancouver

RELEASE: VAG North Plaza reopens

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Upgrades to the North Plaza of the Vancouver Art Gallery are completing this week in time for the Jazz Festival on Saturday. “The... Read More

Infrastructure

OP-ED: Will Canadian Infrastructure Bank lead to more privatization?

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This week, Spacing is publishing three columns about the proposed $35 billion Canada Infrastructure Bank, which was proposed as part... Read More

History Toronto

WATCH: Amazing archival videos of Toronto Pride 1988-1995

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Between 1988 and 1995 (save for 1991 when he did not have a camera) Toronto editor and filmmaker James Leahy documented Toronto Pride... Read More

Community Vancouver

RELEASE: Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Chinese Garden Is Looking For Your Expertise

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Are you looking for a way to get involved in a culturally diverse organization in the heart of Chinatown? Are you passionate about... Read More

Infrastructure

OP-ED: Finding the benefit in Canada’s infrastructure bank

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This week, Spacing is publishing three columns about the proposed $35 billion Canada Infrastructure Bank, which was proposed as part... Read More

Features

Book Review: Atlas of Cities

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Editor: Paul Knox (Princeton University Press, 2014) With cities at the centre of all major global phenomena—from climate change to... Read More

Infrastructure

OP-ED: Does Canada need a federal infrastructure agency?

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This week, Spacing is publishing three columns about the proposed $35 billion Canada Infrastructure Bank, which was proposed as part... Read More

History Vancouver

Vancouver’s Built Legacy: Hotel Georgia

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It was the Roaring Twenties and Vancouver was a city of optimism. Amid a building boom that opened the Orpheum theatre and expanded... Read More

Community

Islamophobia in Canadian public spaces: how to go from trauma to solidarity

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There is a pressing need to turn public spaces where Muslims have been traumatized into spaces where solidarity is strengthened... Read More

Walking Toronto

REID: “You cannot talk fatalities down” – international insights on walking and cycling

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When I asked Anders Lie, the Swedish expert on the Vision Zero traffic safety program, about cities (like Toronto) where politicians... Read More

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