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The Singapore Chronicles: Housing the Nation

Part 4: The Architecture of Consensus

Memo to Carney and Robertson on Fixing Housing

[Editor’s note: This letter, signed by 27 prominent B.C. experts in urban planning and architecture, was sent last week to Prime Minister Mark Carney and...

By Erick Villagomez

Vancouver Spacing

UCS #64: A New Kind of Colonialism?

See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Troubled...

By Urban Cartoon Syndicate

Toronto Bikes

Bike Lanes: 2 — Ford Nation: 0

Following an injunction last spring, a new landmark ruling in the Charter case challenging the Tories' bid to rip out existing bike lanes marks a major victory for Toronto cycling and cyclists.

By John Lorinc

Vancouver Features

The Singapore Chronicles: The Politics of Preservation

Part 3: Conservation in a Manufactured City

By Erick Villagomez

Vancouver Features

The Singapore Chronicles: City of Intentions

Part 2: Singapore’s Urban History in Four Acts

By Erick Villagomez

Vancouver Features

The Singapore Chronicles: Introduction

Part 1: The Paradoxical City

By Erick Villagomez

Vancouver Housing

UCS #63: A message from Broadway renters to the development community

See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: The great...

By Urban Cartoon Syndicate

Vancouver Politics

On Taxes, Exemptions, Loopholes, and Reversals: A System Built for Speculation

In British Columbia, ordinary homeowners pay annual property taxes—and when they buy a home, they pay Property Transfer Tax. In recent years, the Province...

By Erick Villagomez

Vancouver Politics

UCS #62: Vancouver Plans for High Density #4: The Broadway Plan Park

See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Following...

By Urban Cartoon Syndicate

Toronto Transit

Rip the bandage off rapidly, please

With the city's RapidTO bus lane plan on life-support, the city and council need to find a better way to get complex policies out the door.

By John Lorinc

Vancouver Spacing

UCS #61: Honest Mistakes™

See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: ABC...

By Urban Cartoon Syndicate