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When Is Power Enough?
Eby didn't need an election. What stops a government from deciding it wants one anyway?
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From Seoul to Bilbao
Some urban transformations spread, and one city’s bold project can become another’s permission. This is the story of how Korean cities uncovered and activated their streams, to great effect.
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UCS #120: The Brighter Side of AI Data Centres
The © Urban Cartoon Syndicate was launched in May 2024, jointly with Spacing Vancouver. Coming out roughly weekly from a group of cartoonists and...
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UCS #119: ABC Brand
The © Urban Cartoon Syndicate was launched in May 2024, jointly with Spacing Vancouver. Coming out roughly weekly from a group of cartoonists and...
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When Zero Doesn’t Mean Zero
What a property tax freeze does, and doesn't, tell us about the cost of running a city?
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UCS #118: Go Vote In Vancouver
The © Urban Cartoon Syndicate was launched in May 2024, jointly with Spacing Vancouver. Coming out roughly weekly from a group of cartoonists and...
By Urban Cartoon Syndicate
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From Mirvish to Dufferin
The city transforms slowly and piecemeal in the horizontal, and all at once in the vertical, where a concentrated effort is required. A walk along Bloor from Bathurst to Dufferin, revisited across the years, reveals these two stories and their dynamics.
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UCS #117: King David Goes Into Battle
The © Urban Cartoon Syndicate was launched in May 2024, jointly with Spacing Vancouver. Coming out roughly weekly from a group of cartoonists and...
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Book Review: 75 Architects for a Sustainable World
“There is still a long way to go, many strategies to experiment with and many changes to implement, yet in the course of these intensive and dynamic...
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The Overhead: Accessible Housing
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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City Primer — Part 6: Why Civic Literacy Matters
Part six of a six-part series exploring how municipal government works in Vancouver: what cities do, how decisions are made, where municipal powers come from, and why local government often feels both intimate and difficult to navigate.
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City Primer — Part 5: Why Municipal Politics Feels So Broken
Part five of a six-part series exploring how municipal government works in Vancouver: what cities do, how decisions are made, where municipal powers come from, and why local government often feels both intimate and difficult to navigate.
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...
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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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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