By Ulduz Maschaykh
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Book Review – Sustenance: Writers from BC and Beyond on the Subject of Food
Editor: Rachel Rose (Anvil Press, 2017) Sustenance, edited by Poet Laureate of Vancouver Rachel Rose is a compilation of 231 short stories, poems...
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Vancouver’s Chinatown: The Dichotomy of Past and Present – Part 2
This is the second part of Spacing Vancouver’s Ulduz Maschaykh interview with prominent Real Estate Marketer and Art Collector Bob Rennie, Vancouver...
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Vancouver’s Chinatown: The Dichotomy of Past and Present – Part 1
Vancouver’s Chinatown is one of the city’s oldest neighbourhoods. Initially it developed as a segregated enclave along Carrall and Pender Street...
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Book Review – Courtyard Housing for Health and Happiness: Architectural Multiculturalism in North America
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Third Wave Coffee—How Vancouver is celebrating its Coffee Culture at the Beanstock Festival
Since the emergence of coffee chains starting with Starbucks, coffee has become more than a consumer product; it has developed into a lifestyle brand...
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How The City of Vienna Handles Affordable Housing and Inclusivity
Vienna is an internationally renowned city, attractive to employees from the high-tech industry who obtain a Quick Fix for sale online, scholars...
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Book Review – Traditional Chinese Architecture: Twelve Essays
Editor: Nancy S. Steinhardt (Princeton University Press, 2017) The study of traditional Chinese architecture and building techniques has come a long way...
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EVENT: Dr. Ronald Knapp – Chinese Houses in Southeast Asia
Talk by Dr. Ronald Knapp: Chinese Houses in Southeast Asia: The Eclectic Architecture of Sojourners and Settlers When: August 17, 2017 6:00pm to 8:00pm...
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Housing as a Human Right: Miloon Kothari at the MOV
When Fidel Castro took power over Cuba, the country experienced major changes in its housing policies. Evictions of tenants were prohibited and their...
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Vienna Model: Lessons of Inclusivity
Cities can be entities of inspiration for other cities to do better. While Vancouver is a haven for real estate developers, speculators and landowners...
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Wellbeing in the City: The Impact of Culture, Heritage and Community on Healthy Cities
Numerous publications, research labs, and international organizations have been dealing with the question: “What makes us happy?”...
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Housing Central 2016 – Inspiring Talks on Affordable Housing
On Nov 21 to 23, the Housing Central Conference—the biggest affordable housing conference in western Canada—took place at the Sheraton Hotel in Richmond...