By Erick Villagomez
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Seeing: Arriva Ristorante Italiano – Lessons on turning corners at laneways
Walking along Commercial Drive between Graveley St. and Grant St. – one block north of 1st Ave. – one passes a relatively unassuming building...
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Arriva Ristorante Italiano – Lessons on turning corners at laneways
Although responding to street intersections through thoughtful urban design and architecture is quite common, treating the intersection of laneways and...
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Remembering Chuck Davis (November 17, 1935 – November 20, 2010)
A personal reflection on Chuck Davis…. By Erick Villagomez, re:place Magazine
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Metro Vancouver Incoming Immigrant Population from 1981 to 2006
Our country prides itself on its ethnic diversity. This goes hand-in-hand with a general openness to immigrants who bring the many wonders that their...
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Metro Vancouver incoming immigration population – ANIMATED
As mentioned in the last piece on the distribution of immigrant populations throughout Metro Vancouver, analysing the Census 2006 information statically...
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A Call for Help from Chuck Davis
Chuck Davis recently spoke at a forum Sam Sullivan had launched on civic betterment at The Playhouse. Davis was the last of eight speakers to present and...
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Pakistan Floods in British Columbia
We are constantly bombarded by all forms of media and information. Within this cacophonous blitz, we are – somewhat unfairly – asked to...
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Policy, Density and Population Distribution
To most users of the urban landscape, cities are cacophonous and chaotic entities that somehow manage to hold their daily lives together in a relatively...
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Water Footprint: Metro Vancouver
For a larger version click here. Water plays a central role in human culture. From its use in religious rituals to the creation of modern products the...
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Get Creative with Your Garage Design
If you possess some yard space that you feel is unutilized why not try something new? As space becomes limited, so is the demand for creative...
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Building Evolution
How do current practices of planning and regulation affect the evolution of buildings and cities? Erick Villagomez looks at the nature of urban evolution...
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Where are the kids? – Epilogue
At last, we’ve reached the end of our child-tracking journey. As I mentioned in the last piece, I want to end off by looking at the all of the children...