Neighbourhoods
Too Obsessed with ‘Character’ Homes?
By Christopher Cheung
Go to just about any Vancouver council meeting or public hearing to do with urban growth and you can bet someone will say that change... Read More
LORINC: NIMBYs vs Garden Suites, Season 2
By John Lorinc
Here’s an odd little mystery about a freshly filed appeal by a residents association coalition of council’s new... Read More
Spacing Express: Winners of the Urbanarium Mixing Middle Competition
By Spacing
Urbanarium has just announced the winners of The Mixing Middle competition, which sought innovative mixed–use designs for four... Read More
‘Most Livable City?’ A 30-Year Gap in Life Expectancy Exists Within Vancouver
By Christopher Cheung
Live in Vancouver? Then you’ve seen those annual rankings that celebrate it as one of the world’s “most livable cities.” But zoom in... Read More
Why Small Shops Along Broadway Are Getting Fried
By patrickcondon
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
Corner Commons: Creative placemaking on a suburban scale
By Clara Stewart-Robertson, Ernestine Aying, & Eunice Wong
Clara Stewart-Robertson is Manager of Community Planning and Development, Jane/Finch Centre; Ernestine Aying is Community Design... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 063, The War on Robots
By Spacing Radio
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 Needs Way More Co-ops. Here’s How to Get Them
By patrickcondon
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’s Dramatic New Plan for Broadway: Five Questions
By patrickcondon
The City of Vancouver’s Broadway Plan has been released for public comment and is full of dramatic proposals. Profusely illustrated... Read More
The fading of the garment district factories: McGregor Socks, Spadina Avenue, 2003
By Peter MacCallum
In 2003 I began a two part documentary photography project featuring the McGregor Socks knitting mill on Spadina Avenue, and the Korex... Read More