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OP-ED: Does Canada need a federal infrastructure agency?
This week, Spacing is publishing three columns about the proposed $35 billion Canada Infrastructure Bank, which was proposed as part of the Liberal...
By Mariana Valverde -
Islamophobia in Canadian public spaces: how to go from trauma to solidarity
There is a pressing need to turn public spaces where Muslims have been traumatized into spaces where solidarity is strengthened. Racialized communities...
By Shazlin Rahman -
Book Review From The Stacks: The New Downtown Library
Author: Shannon Mattern (University of Minnesota Press, 2007) “The legitimacy of the library is in question” — Rem Koolhaas during the design of the...
By Andrew Cuthbert -
Book Review – Bike Boom: The Unexpected Resurgence of Cycling
Author: Carlton Reid (Island Press, 2017) “Not only is bicycle travel human scaled, healthful, and non-polluting, but it turns out to be more efficient...
By Chris Bruntlett -
Book Review – Landscape as Urbanism: A General Theory
Author: Charles Waldheim (Princeton University Press, 2016) It goes without saying that despite its contemporary meaning, practice of ‘urbanism’ is as old...
By Erick Villagomez -
WWW: Unexpected urban gems
The Strip: the unexpected, all-American city? Examining how Las Vegas can be defined as a model for modern urban development, following the ever-evolving...
By Sarah Yellin -
Book Review: Merrick House
Written by Anthony Robins, ORO Editions (2017) UBC SALA West Coast Modern House Series Nestled on a wooded hillside, the house is truly contextual, yet...
By Sean Ruthen -
WWW: Cities fighting for the death of car culture
Make cycling cool again How China is attempting to reverse its car-centric, status oriented, development agenda and re-popularize the bicycle utilizing...
By Sarah Yellin -
Book Review: Reinventing the Automobile
Author: William J. Mitchell, Christopher E. Borroni-Bird, and Lawrence D. Burns (The MIT Press, 2010) One technology that is due for an update is the...
By Jeremy Senko -
WWW: Street hawking economies are seeing changes
Increasing the hygienic standards for street food in rapidly developing urban centers In an effort to reduce food-borne illnesses that result from poor...
By Sarah Yellin -
Book Review – Medieval Cities: Their Origins and The Revival of Trade
Author: Henri Pirenne (Princeton University Press, 2014) The late fantasy novelist Terry Pratchett once stated: “If you do not know where you come from...
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WWW: Standing ground or biting the hand that feeds you?
Barcelona’s war on tourism How Barcelona is reclaiming the city for residents, not tourists in order to reinvigorate the central city and manage the...
By Sarah Yellin
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered