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Vancouver Helps Launch the CanU

If this article is the first you’ve heard of the Council for Canadian Urbanism, you’re not alone. Its board is a veritable who’s who of...

Video Vancouver: Childhood Days

Park(ing) Day!

Today, Friday, September 16th, is PARK(ing) Day! In cities around the globe, artists, activists and citizens will transform metered parking spaces into...

Studio Marpole: Looking at Marpole through the eyes of UBC design students

It is customary for different groups to be involved in development projects that will greatly affect the existing urban fabric of a city or a...

Origami City: Transportation 2040 planning to bring Vancouver closer together

When Spacing made its formal debut in Vancouver this June, the city’s new urban generation was able to make good use of the bar on one side of the...

The Costs of Unaffordability – Part 5: Epilogue

Locally, the public is constantly bombarded by politicians and municipal officials who state that they are doing everything within their means to tackle...

The Costs of Unaffordability – Part 4: Affordability in Vancouver

So far in this series, I’ve discussed affordability and its relationship to population diversity as well as the complex interaction between the...

The Costs of Unaffordability – Introduction

The past few months have seen increasing concerns of recession and economic turmoil. With an American economy teetering on the edge of a dark precipice...