Neighbourhoods

Student Housing as a Response to the Housing Crisis

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The global housing crisis is a challenging and multi-faceted problem. Part of the solution, already successfully employed by... Read More

Transform Underutilized Lands, Revitalize Our Cities, Recover Our Economy

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It’s time for the new normal. But what exactly is the new normal? For the city building sector, it could be using a confluence of... Read More

Bentham’s City: An Urban Monograph of Vancouver City Hall

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[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: The Classroom

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That the pandemic has had a disastrous effect on local and global economies is blatantly clear. But we take for granted that the... Read More

Six-foot City: The Corridor

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The lowly corridor falls well short of being adored by most people. Within our contemporary cultural imagination, its association with... Read More

hindsight: Strathcona

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Click here for a larger image. What happens when a crisis, much like the one we are acutely dealing with right now, undermines the... Read More

Book Review – What a City is For: Remaking the Politics of Displacement

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Author: Matt Hern (MIT Press, 2017) Book Reviewers: William Dunn & Claire Adams Portland is a liveable, progressive, and hip city... Read More

Understanding Affordability: A Partial Picture

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Click here to enlarge the graph. Fair and affordable housing is a basic right for all New Yorkers and all Americans. Nydia Velazquez... Read More

Book Review—Beyond Mobility: Planning Cities for People and Places

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Authors: Robert Cervero, Erick Guerra, Stefan Al (Island Press, 2017) The cumulative consequences of this nearly singular focus on... Read More

Event: Shaping Vancouver 2019: What’s the Use of Heritage?, Oct. 9

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Shaping Vancouver 2019: What’s the Use of Heritage When: Wed, Oct. 9, 2019 | 7-9 p.m. Where: Djavad Mowafaghian World Art... Read More