Streetscape

Toronto

Shining a light on Toronto’s streetlamps

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Street lighting is an important, yet overlooked, part of any city’s standard infrastructure. For over seventy years... Read More

Toronto

Sleuthing a ghost sign on River Street

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Ghost signs: The slowly fading hand-painted advertisements that cling to the sides of older buildings, redundantly promoting... Read More

Toronto

LORINC: The cautionary tale of Rail Deck Park

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If Toronto’s Rail Deck Park plan ended up dying in a dense thicket of legalistic land-use planning arguments, it would be fair... Read More

Toronto

Vacant Queen Street West: a pandemic photo essay

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Queen Street West has always been a revolving door of independent businesses. Starting at the bottom of Parkdale, Queen Street is an... Read More

Vancouver

Event: CoV Jericho LandsVirtual Design Workshops, April 10-19

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In mid-April, the Vancouver of City Planning Department will be co-hosting a series of themed Virtual Design Workshops for the Jericho... Read More

Toronto

Urban space as a catalyst for improving mental health care

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This article is published in conjunction with the upcoming issue of Spacing, which is focused on the theme of public health. In these... Read More

Vancouver

VCPC Applications for 2021-2022 Now Open

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The City of Vancouver is seeking volunteers from the general public to apply for positions on the Vancouver City Planning Commission... Read More

Vancouver

The pandemic is reforming even sidewalks

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“It feels like there are more people in the world!” The Lonsdale shopping strip in North Vancouver feels different to Amy Amantea, who... Read More

Vancouver

Writing Vancouver: ‘Starting Over’ – Part Three

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‘Starting Over’ Part Three: Zoning Out Manipulation is needed to move the gears, but not everything runs on the same... Read More

Vancouver

Writing Vancouver: ‘Starting Over’ – Part Two

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‘Starting Over’ Part Two: Self Knowledge There was a commonwealth in understanding the city as a shared resource. It was... Read More