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By Erick Villagomez

  • VancouverSpeculations: Commercial Dr./Kanaalstraat

    Diversifying transportation options is one of the most pressing issues in urban planning and design circles—the creation and implementation of complete...

  • VancouverSpeculations: Beginnings

    ‘Speculation’ is one of the most suspect words in urban planning and development conversations. With its contemporary economic underpinnings, it beats...

  • Cartographically Speaking – CoV Elementary School Capacity vs Child Population by Neighbourhood

    Click here to see an enlarged version. In September 2016, I unexpectedly received an email from a concerned Vancouverite. She had read some of the pieces...

  • Vancouver 2.0

    Tucked into the north-east corner of Vancouver lies the unassuming neighbourhood of Hastings-Sunrise. Bound by the waters of the Burrard Inlet to the...

  • Cartographically Speaking: Vancouver vs. Historical Cities

    To view a larger version, click here. 2011. That was the year I came across a website, now lost. It had a very simple interface, asking only for your...

  • Visual Thoughts #66

    Last VT image: Westham Farms in Delta, BC. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator, independent...

  • Visual Thoughts #65

    Last VT image: House roof in Birch Bay, Washington. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator...

  • Visual Thoughts #64

    Last VT image: Highway underpass – Coquitlam, BC. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator...

  • Visual Thoughts #63

    Last VT image: Homes at Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site in Steveston, BC. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing...

  • Visual Thoughts #62

    Last VT image: Alice Lake – Squamish, BC. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator...

  • Visual Thoughts #61

    Last VT image: Idiosyncratic attic window in Strathcona, Vancouver. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also...

  • EVENT: Shaping Vancouver 2017, Conversation #1, March 23rd

    Shaping Vancouver 2017:ReShaping Conversations on Heritage Conversation #1: The Future of Heritage in Vancouver- What the New Thematic Framework Means for...