Curiosities
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Video Vancouver: Symptoms of Congestion
Via the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation: Congestion is a pain for commuters across Metro Vancouver every day. The good news is: There is a...
By Yuri Artibise -
EVENT: Vancouver Design Week(end) 2017, May 12-14
Vancouver Design Week(end) will run from May 12–14 throughout Vancouver. Vancouver Design Week(end) (VDW) is the city’s official interdisciplinary design...
By Spacing -
Video Vancouver: Vanniversary
Via City of Vancouver: For Vancouver’s birthday [April 6], we asked citizens some fun questions through our TalkVancouver.com engagement portal...
By Yuri Artibise -
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...
By Erick Villagomez -
Video: Can You Speak British Columbian?
Chinook Wawa is intimately linked with the history of British Columbia. From its roots in the Nootka Jargon catalyzed by the voyage of Captain Cook, it...
By Yuri Artibise -
Visual Thoughts #60
Last VT image: Snowy intersection in East Vancouver. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator...
By Erick Villagomez -
Visual Thoughts #59
Last VT image: Building on Terminal Avenue, Vancouver. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator...
By Erick Villagomez -
Poppies Popping Up
What False Creek residents feared would be an ugly gravel pit next to their homes has turned into a wildflower meadow, thanks to the creative teamwork by...
By Yuri Artibise -
Video Vancouver: What on Earth!
This vintage (1966) National Film Board of Canada animated short by Les Drew & Kaj Pindal proposes what many earthlings have long feared – that the...
By Yuri Artibise -
Can Raccoons Teach Us How to Build the City of the Future?
By George Patrick Richard Benson & Jen Roberton Raccoons are unexpectedly resilient creatures in urban landscapes. They have complex territorial...
By Jen Roberton -
Video Vancouver: Then/Now
Via the Vancouver Sun: North Vancouver high school student Mitchell Przybylski posted this video, titled Vancouver Then and Now, in which he seamlessly...
By Yuri Artibise -
Book Review—Draw It: Tools, Techniques, and Methods
Author: Lynn Craig with Cary Perkins (ORO Editions, 2015) Draw It: Tools, Techniques, and Methods teaches the user how to draw buildings, landscapes and...
By Ulduz Maschaykh