History
Video Vancouver: Construction of the George Massey Tunnel 1957-59
By Yuri Artibise
Via BC History The film was originally called Deas Island Tunnel and is about the construction of the tunnel under the Fraser between... Read More
Virtual Talk – Day of Audio Visual Heritage, Oct 27th
By Spacing
Virtual Talk – Day of Audio Visual Heritage Date: Oct, 27th at 5pmAdmission: Sign up for free via Eventbrite The United Nations... Read More
Event: AFTERSHOCK – Looking back at 1918 for a view of Vancouver’s future
By Vancouver City Planning Commission
Event Details Date: October 27, 2020 Time: 7:00-8:30-pm Via: Zoom RSVP and more information Event Description The first victim in... Read More
Book Review: Planning on the Edge
By Yuri Artibise
Editors: Penny Gurstein and Tom Hutton (UBC Press, 2019) Planning On The Edge: Vancouver and the Challenges of Reconciliation, Social... Read More
Book Review – Human Scale Revisited: A New Look at the Classic Case for a Decentralist Future
By Marnie McGregor
Author: Kirkpatrick Sale (Chelsea Green, 2017) Reading Human Scale Revisited by Kirkpatrick Sale from Athens, Greece during a global... Read More
Bentham’s City: An Urban Monograph of Vancouver City Hall
By Erick Villagomez
[Editor’s Note: This piece was published over a decade ago—in what would eventually become Spacing Vancouver. In light of the... Read More
Six-foot City: Conclusion
By Erick Villagomez
This series has explored the impacts of doubling the current personal space radius from 3ft (1m) to 6ft (2m) across three everyday... Read More
Six-foot City: Public Transit
By Erick Villagomez
Anybody who has experienced a well-used public transit system during rush hour knows that relaxing their ‘personal space bubbles’ to a... Read More
Six-foot City: The Corridor
By Erick Villagomez
The lowly corridor falls well short of being adored by most people. Within our contemporary cultural imagination, its association with... Read More
Six-Foot City: Introduction
By Erick Villagomez
Although the recent pandemic has brought to light many important issues, none has been more pervasive than social distancing. Embedded... Read More