By Brent Toderian
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TODERIAN: Canada needs a federal ministry of cities
Richard Florida called last week for President Obama to create a national US department of cities. When the author of The Rise of the Creative Class and...
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Walkable winter cities when the weather is frightful!
A couple of weeks ago Vancouver was hit by a significant (at least by our standards) and unexpected snowfall. For a city more used to being wet than...
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A New Years Eve Call to Action for Urbanists
Hello Spacing readers – on this New Years Eve, I find myself “thinking with my thumbs” on my Blackberry as my wife and I explore Seattle...
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2012 InReview: It’s Not About The Bike Or Car—It’s About Better Cities
As 2012 comes to a closes and our Spacing Vancouver contributors take a well deserved break, we would like to take the opportunity to look back of what...
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Does your neighbourhood pass the “trick or treat” test?
Halloween is my favourite holiday for many reasons. On top of loving to dress up each year, a big reason is it’s the holiday most dependent on how...
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It’s Not About The Bike Or Car —It’s About Better Cities
Dunsmuir Bike Lane at Richards, Vancouver BC. Photo courtesy Paul Krueger. This week, I watched with concern Canada’s largest city have a...
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Want Families Downtown? Design for Them!
A few months back, Toronto’s deputy mayor started a political flap stating on the floor of city council that downtown was no place to raise kids...
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TODERIAN: Discovering the worlds of Twitter and urbanism
Last week I had lunch with a friend and fellow urbanist, Bob Ransford. Lunches with Bob are never boring, as we get right into things, and often debate...
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Olympic Cities and Advanced City-Making – Part 2
[Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a multi-part series by Brent Toderian who will be sharing his direct observations on the challenges and...
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Olympic Cities and Advanced City-Making – Part 1
[Editor’s Note: With the London 2012 Summer Olympics fast approaching and our Winter Olympic experience two years behind us, we are happy to have...
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“And the Winners are…”: re:CONNECT Stand-outs Announced!
By Brent Toderian Last week, at an event attended by over 300 Vancouverites, we announced the winners of our re:CONNECT Open Ideas Competition regarding...
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New Visions for the Viaducts – Vote for your Favourites!
By Brent Toderian As my last post profiled, Vancouver is creatively working to define the future of our Georgia and Dunsmuir Viaducts –...