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Cartographically Speaking: Where are the kids? – Under 3 years old
For a larger version, click here. [Editor’s Note: This is the first of a five-part series looking at the spatial distribution of children throughout...
By Erick Villagomez -
False Creek Flats Planning Workshop, June 22nd
The False Creek Flats is an important area for arts & culture-including artists, organizations, spaces, and the manufacturers and suppliers to arts...
By Spacing -
Mechanisms of connection
A city in change can be fascinating and inspiring, as much as it can be sad and depressing. This is true, I suspect, for its residents and its governors...
By YarOn Stern -
Keeping Connected – Passing on What We’ve Learned to the Next Generation
Each year, the Parent Advisory Council (PAC) of the Laura Secord Elementary School – located at East Broadway and Lakewood Dr. – come together...
By Melissa Bruntlett -
RELEASE: Lead a Jane’s Walk in the 2015 Jane’s Walk Festival!
May 1st, 2nd, & 3rd, 2015: Jane’s Walk Festival Vancouver We would like to invite you to lead a Jane’s Walk in the 2015 Jane’s Walk...
By Spacing -
RELEASE: Procedural Fairness for the Proposed Re-zoning Application at 508 Helmcken Street
To: Mayor and Councilors, City of Vancouver Re: Procedural Fairness for the Proposed Re-zoning Application at 508 Helmcken Street (RTS No.10912) Dear...
By Spacing -
A Made-in-Vancouver Experience: The Vancouver Special
“There’s a shared sense of experience that comes from living in a Vancouver Special that’s uniquely Vancouver and that cuts across so many diverse...
By Vancouver Heritage Foundation -
City of Vancouver Homeless Count 2015
It is once again that time of year when the City of Vancouver conducts their Annual Homeless Count in Metro Vancouver. As an ongoing initiative since...
By Isabelle Kim -
Reflections on Planning Grandview-Woodland
Although I live near Norquay Park, I have a strong connection to Grandview-Woodland. Ever since I moved to the east side in 2004, both Commercial Drive...
By YarOn Stern -
#CycleChicFilms: Little Interactions
Design changes how we interact with the world. Everything from the tallest skyscraper in your city to the curve and colour of your favourite bowl affects...
By Chris Bruntlett -
What are Vancouver’s Best Public Spaces?
Photo courtesy of Jay Banks. Growing up in Vancouver, I didn’t really have a good understanding of what makes a lively public space until I had travelled...
By Jillian Glover -
Cartographically Speaking – Criminal Topography: Residential Break and Enter, 2007
Authors: Erick Villagomez & Eric Stockand Cities are well known as engines of innovation, creativity and wealth. However, they are also the main...
By Eric Stockand