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Book Review – Finding Ella Briggs: The Life and Work of an Unconventional Architect
“We hope that, beyond the revelations themselves contained in this book, the methods used to arrive at those revelations will also leave their mark...
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UCS #111: It’s Not Easy Being Green
See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Can Eby...
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From Bleecker St. to Bedford Ave.
What does gentrification look like? It is hard to pin down. A process of change over time, deeply location dependent, in search of something that feels authentic, yet can be both shallower and deeper than the caricature suggests.
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UCS #110: Summer In The City – 1
See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: E-scooters...
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UCS #109: Speaker 36,431 on the Line?
See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Vancouver...
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Open Streets: How Often
A street handed to people, even for a few hours, can change how a city feels. This is a story about the frequency behind that, weekly, monthly, annual, seasonal, and about repetition that can outgrow itself.
By Yuval Fogelson
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UCS #108 – The Village Baker!
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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What Makes a Village?
The Ecology of a High Street.
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UDS #107 – Sorry for the Delay
See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Vancouver...
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Book Review: An Even Better Way to Zone
Author: Donald Elliott (Island Press, 2025) When I first reviewed Donald Elliott’s A Better Way to Zone almost fifteen years ago, I began with a...
By Erick Villagomez -
Stop Calling them Villages
The headline image is a composite image showing the former Neighbourhood Centres (gold), which received broad community support as part of implementing...
By scothein -
UCS #106 – Who’s Doing Well?
See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: First...
By Urban Cartoon Syndicate
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I’m Voting for Neighbourhoods. Are You?
I believe that Vancouver is, first and foremost, a “City of Distinguished Neighbourhoods”, and that Vancouver neighbourhoods are poised to...
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Book Review: Cheapskate in Lotus Land
Author: Steve Burgess (Douglas & McIntyre, 2026) Cheapskate in Lotus Land, the new book by writer/humourist Steve Burgess, delivers what he promises...
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Broadway Plan Interactive Map
Information matters….and so does context. So, as the City of Vancouver embarks on four open houses related to the Broadway Plan over the next week...
By Erick Villagomez -
Last-Mile Urbanism
A small cube-shaped robot rolls carefully along a crowded sidewalk, weaving between patio tables, cyclists, utility poles, and pedestrians carrying...
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Time and the City
The city was there before you were born. It will be there after you die. And it is always changing, adapting, absorbing, and transforming, whether we plan...
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S101S: Explaining Transit-Oriented Development: Benefits and Drawbacks
What is Transit-Oriented Development and what are its benefits and drawbacks? Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) has become so common within urban...
By Erick Villagomez