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Vancouver

Why Small Shops Along Broadway Are Getting Fried

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This is a story about a little fast food shop for sale and its challenges. It’s also a story of what these obstacles mean for both... Read More

Toronto

Corner Commons: Creative placemaking on a suburban scale

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Clara Stewart-Robertson is Manager of Community Planning and Development, Jane/Finch Centre; Ernestine Aying is Community Design... Read More

Toronto

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 063, The War on Robots

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We end the year with a classic case of man vs. machine, as journalist and culture writer Graham Isador talks about tiny delivery... Read More

Vancouver

Vancouver Needs Way More Co-ops. Here’s How to Get Them

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The cost of housing has reached a crisis point in Vancouver, with no clear agreement on what to do about it. Which made it a rare... Read More

Vancouver

Vancouver’s Dramatic New Plan for Broadway: Five Questions

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The City of Vancouver’s Broadway Plan has been released for public comment and is full of dramatic proposals. Profusely illustrated... Read More

Toronto

The fading of the garment district factories: McGregor Socks, Spadina Avenue, 2003

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In 2003 I began a two part documentary photography project featuring the McGregor Socks knitting mill on Spadina Avenue, and the Korex... Read More

Toronto

LORINC: The Revenge of the Market Urbanists

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Here’s a tale of two cities… In the City of Toronto (pop. 2.8 million), there are about 1.1 million private dwellings, and... Read More

Vancouver

Deconstructing Visuals 2.0

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It’s been 10 months since I wrote Deconstructing Visuals. Within that piece, I argued that the architectural profession’s dominion... Read More

Toronto

The transformation of Mabelle Park

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This article was first published in August in the Park People 10 Years Together in City Parks series, and is republished here with... Read More

Vancouver

Vancouver Plan – An Opportunity for Climate Input

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The City of Vancouver is in the midst of the next phase of engagement for the Vancouver Plan, a planning process that will ultimately... Read More