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OP-ED: It’s not just about bike lanes
Albert Koehl argues that cycling advocates need to take over the script from Premier Ford
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NEW ISSUE: Issues & Influencers
Our election (and post-election) issue profiles the people who shape the discussion on key urban issues
By Dylan Reid -
UCS #118: Go Vote In Vancouver
The © Urban Cartoon Syndicate was launched in May 2024, jointly with Spacing Vancouver. Coming out roughly weekly from a group of cartoonists and...
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Before the Bentway: CBM Bathurst, 1998
Photographer Peter MacCallum shares images of the concrete plant that once occupied space beside the Gardiner Expressway
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From Mirvish to Dufferin
The city transforms slowly and piecemeal in the horizontal, and all at once in the vertical, where a concentrated effort is required. A walk along Bloor from Bathurst to Dufferin, revisited across the years, reveals these two stories and their dynamics.
By Yuval Fogelson -
EXCLUSIVE: Inside the contract to rip out Toronto’s bike lanes
Spacing obtained the RFP for the Ford government's bike lane removal, and it looks even worse than thought
By John Lorinc -
UCS #117: King David Goes Into Battle
The © Urban Cartoon Syndicate was launched in May 2024, jointly with Spacing Vancouver. Coming out roughly weekly from a group of cartoonists and...
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Book Review: 75 Architects for a Sustainable World
“There is still a long way to go, many strategies to experiment with and many changes to implement, yet in the course of these intensive and dynamic...
By Sean Ruthen -
The Overhead: Accessible Housing
Spacing and the Balanced Supply of Housing research node proudly present The Overhead: Understanding Canada’s Affordable Housing Crisis, a special podcast series.
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City Primer — Part 6: Why Civic Literacy Matters
Part six of a six-part series exploring how municipal government works in Vancouver: what cities do, how decisions are made, where municipal powers come from, and why local government often feels both intimate and difficult to navigate.
By Erick Villagomez -
Election 2026: The inter-governmental elephant in the room
The personality-drive dysfunctional relationship between the province and big cities has to stop
By John Lorinc -
City Primer — Part 5: Why Municipal Politics Feels So Broken
Part five of a six-part series exploring how municipal government works in Vancouver: what cities do, how decisions are made, where municipal powers come from, and why local government often feels both intimate and difficult to navigate.
By Erick Villagomez
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered