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Event: Introduction to Neighbourhood Design’ Courses – SFU, Scot Hein, April-May 2023
Scot Hein was one of the most respected planners at Vancouver City Hall. For the last few years, he has been using his skills to train other planners. He...
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Broadway and Commercial: A Public Process Failure?
Last week, the proposed development in the Featured Image above, located at the Broadway and Commercial “Safeway Site” (BCSS), was referred to...
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Taking Us Where The Sun Don’t Shine – The Broadway Plan
Why bother? The survey flashes across your horizon suggesting a moment of importance. You click on the survey and give your opinion. What is really in...
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Vancouver Plan – An Opportunity for Climate Input
The City of Vancouver is in the midst of the next phase of engagement for the Vancouver Plan, a planning process that will ultimately create a vision for...
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On Mobility: Subways
The Problem and Scale The International Association of Public Transport, reported 53 billion passengers relying on mass transit systems globally in 2017...
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Zoning Must Evolve – Part 2
The Aftermath – “Green Profits” Redevelopment on large post-Expo 86 sites (North Shore of False Creek and Coal Harbor), the let go...
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Writing Vancouver: ‘Starting Over’ – Part Three
‘Starting Over’ Part Three: Zoning Out Manipulation is needed to move the gears, but not everything runs on the same track. Recovering from...
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Writing Vancouver: ‘Starting Over’ – Part Two
‘Starting Over’ Part Two: Self Knowledge There was a commonwealth in understanding the city as a shared resource. It was shared by those who...
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Writing Vancouver: ‘Starting Over’ – A Personal Memoir in Search of the Future – Part 1
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Spacing Vancouver is excited to kick off this 3-Part poetic memoir by Graham McGarva. As founder of Baker McGarva Hart / VIA...
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Podcast: COVID Reflections
It is safe to say that it’s been a wild few months. And now, after two months of strict social distancing here in Canada, many provinces are starting to...
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Book Review: Trains, Buses People – An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit
Author: Christof Spieler (Island Press, 2018) Christof Spieler’s Trains, Buses, People – An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit is a refreshing look at...
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Release: UBC study highlights need to improve health care access in Vancouver, Portland and Seattle
UBC researchers have developed a data science method that analyzes how easily citizens can access hospitals and walk-in health clinics – and it’s a tool...
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