By Erick Villagomez
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Cartographically Speaking: Commuting Locally
Click here for a larger image. No better way to start off 2014 than with some map- and data-geekery. Last week, Vancouver Sun’s Chad Skelton...
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Visual Thoughts #34
Last VT image: Tarped building beside baseball diamond, John Hendry Park, BC. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He...
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Creekway Park Opening, Sept. 30th
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Experimental Urbanism
The words “experiment” and “urbanism” are rarely in the same sentence. “Experimental urbanism” even less so. A...
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Walking Tour-The West End Heritage Tour, August 14th
Walking Tour-The West End Heritage Tour Wednesday, August 14th, 2013; 6:00pm-8:00pm Tickets: $15; $10 Heritage Vancouver Members Tour will meet at the...
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Cartographically Speaking: Vancouver Building Footprints
My sincerest apologies to all the map- and info-geeks out there that have followed Cartographically Speaking over the years and have had to endure the...
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Cartographically Speaking: Commercial Drive Business Development,1900-1999
Those who have followed my cartographic adventures, know that I consider graphs, charts, diagrams, etc. an extension of mapping. Edward Tufte uses the...
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Visual Thoughts
Last VT image: Grouse Mountain at night, Vancouver. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator...
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Visual Thoughts #26
Last VT image: Early morning parking lot food trucks, downtown Portland. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is...
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Visual Thoughts #25
Last VT image: City of Vancouver RS1 zoning building envelope. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an...
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Book Review – From The Stacks: Cities
Author: John Lorinc (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2008) It is now common knowledge that the world is the most urban it has ever been in the...
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Book Review – From The Stacks: Flexible: Architecture that Responds to Change
Author: Robert Kronenburg (Laurence King Publishing, 2007) Human settlements are colossal endeavours. Made of hard, solid materials we often take for...