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The Big Brutal Breakfast
Posttension Postmatch via Brutalist Broadcasting Corp
By Derek DeLand -
When did we start describing opioid addiction as “delinquent” behaviour?
Contrary to the claims of some pundits and many homeowners, the City's accelerating encampment response is not in fact being driven by progressives
By John Lorinc -
How many more highway lanes?
On the 20th anniversary of the Greenbelt, the Ford government's highway building plans turn back the clock
By Michel Nayrouz -
The Costs We Don’t See
Vancouver’s 2026 Budget and the Politics of Austerity
By Erick Villagomez -
Nostalgia about neighbourhood retail is not a strategy
The City's heavily compromised decision on neighbourhood retail may result in no new neighbourhood retail
By John Lorinc -
UCS #76: Does Zero Mean Zero?
See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Cost of...
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Treading Lightly on the Mountain: SFU’s New Gibson Art Museum
Located at the east end of the SFU mountaintop campus and sitting beside a mature stand of trees lining its central promenade, visitors can appreciate how...
By Sean Ruthen -
UCS #75: Planning Department Disposals
See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Vancouver’s...
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Notes from Nice and London
In 1864, Fydor Dostoevsky wrote his seminal Notes from Underground, a novella exploring existentialism and alienation in a large city – in his case...
By Sean Ruthen -
Do Toronto’s small urban spaces have a social life?
William Whyte's classic 1980 film, The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces, remains as relevant today as it did 45 years ago
By John Lorinc -
Architecture and Design Film Festival 2025 Top Ten
My Critix Pix of Filmfest Flix
By Derek DeLand -
Gerrard Street East Part 1, 2023-2024
Photographer Peter MacCallum documents a main street awaiting large-scale redevelopment
By Peter MacCallum
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered