Neighbourhoods
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: The Classroom
By Erick Villagomez
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
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
888 Dupont: Conversations with an old building
By Alfred Holden
I went over to see 888 Dupont Street earlier this month. “I hope you haven’t come to criticize me,” said the old building, aware of... Read More
hindsight: Strathcona
By hindsightmag
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
REID: Spotting (and reviving?) the neighbourhood corner commercial building
By Dylan Reid
Like so many people during the current pandemic lockdown, I’ve started to get to know my neighbourhood much more closely on... Read More
Book Review – What a City is For: Remaking the Politics of Displacement
By William Dunn
Author: Matt Hern (MIT Press, 2017) Book Reviewers: William Dunn & Claire Adams Portland is a liveable, progressive, and hip city... Read More
LORINC: Sidewalk Labs steps away from Toronto waterfront
By John Lorinc
From the earliest days of Sidewalk Labs’ bid to establish a beachhead on Toronto’s waterfront, the cultural mismatch, for lack... Read More
Lessons on urban mobility and inequality during a pandemic
By Tricia Wood
Many cities around the world have started to open up road space for non-automotive movement to give people room to get some exercise... Read More
Observing urban change through the window of a GO train
By Brian Doucet
I wrote this piece last year, long before Covid 19 kept almost everyone at home and before riding transit was something to be avoided... Read More