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UCS: The First 100 (Video)
The Urban Cartoon Syndicate launched in May 2024 and reached the hundredth cartoon last week. We mark this milestone by packing them all into a one-minute...
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Book Review: Cheapskate in Lotus Land
Author: Steve Burgess (Douglas & McIntyre, 2026) Cheapskate in Lotus Land, the new book by writer/humourist Steve Burgess, delivers what he promises...
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I’m Voting for Neighbourhoods. Are You?
I believe that Vancouver is, first and foremost, a “City of Distinguished Neighbourhoods”, and that Vancouver neighbourhoods are poised to...
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UCS #100: Piling On
See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Rising food...
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THE OVERHEAD: When Policy Pauses Public Ownership
Spacing and the Balanced Supply of Housing research node proudly present The Overhead: Understanding Canada’s Affordable Housing Crisis, a special podcast series.
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Time and the City
Cities outlast us. Our imagination doesn't. From seconds to generations, a journey through how cities transform, adapt, and outlast the people who build them.
By Yuval Fogelson
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UCS #99 – The Press Conference Button
See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Vancouver...
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Last-Mile Urbanism
What happens when sidewalks become logistical infrastructure?
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UCS #98 – Consequences
See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Vancouver...
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From Exception to Entitlement
What Vancouver’s High Building Policy Is Really About
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UCS #97 – Water Water Everywhere…
See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Drought and...
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Book Review – American Bridge: Reinventing Building, Making History
Author: Gregory Dreicer (MIT Press, 2026) We tend to think of infrastructure as something we build. Concrete, steel, timber—assembled into roads, towers...
By Erick Villagomez
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I’m Voting for Neighbourhoods. Are You?
I believe that Vancouver is, first and foremost, a “City of Distinguished Neighbourhoods”, and that Vancouver neighbourhoods are poised to...
By scothein -
Book Review: Cheapskate in Lotus Land
Author: Steve Burgess (Douglas & McIntyre, 2026) Cheapskate in Lotus Land, the new book by writer/humourist Steve Burgess, delivers what he promises...
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Broadway Plan Interactive Map
Information matters….and so does context. So, as the City of Vancouver embarks on four open houses related to the Broadway Plan over the next week...
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Last-Mile Urbanism
A small cube-shaped robot rolls carefully along a crowded sidewalk, weaving between patio tables, cyclists, utility poles, and pedestrians carrying...
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Time and the City
The city was there before you were born. It will be there after you die. And it is always changing, adapting, absorbing, and transforming, whether we plan...
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S101S: Explaining Transit-Oriented Development: Benefits and Drawbacks
What is Transit-Oriented Development and what are its benefits and drawbacks? Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) has become so common within urban...
By Erick Villagomez