Features
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Happy Streets “Living Lab” Results Suggest Public Space Affects Wellbeing
How do we know when we are in a good public space? Does it make us happier, more calm, or even more generous? We can get the sense that a place with green...
By Jillian Glover -
RELEASE: City appoints Gil Kelley as the General Manager of Planning, Urban Design & Sustainability
City of Vancouver News Release: “Gil’s extensive experience in cities like San Francisco and Portland is highly valuable at a time when Vancouver is...
By Spacing -
Can a New Community Plan Reverse Population Decline in Vancouver’s Grandview-Woodland Neighbourhood?
For the last 15 years, the population of Vancouver’s historic Grandview-Woodland neighbourhood has shrunk. Recent census data shows that the...
By Jillian Glover -
Is a YIMBY Movement Forming in Vancouver?
A few weeks ago, I was imploring young people to get out and make some noise on housing affordability. Well, it turns out some of them—a few of whom...
By Jillian Glover -
Notes on West Coast Modernism—The Ray Residence
With the West Vancouver Museum 11th Annual West Coast Modern home tour just around the corner, on July 9th, reflecting on the significance of this...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
10 Tips for Blogging About Cities
In January, I was invited by the National Capital Commission in Ottawa to speak about urbanism and blogging. It challenged me to reflect on how far my...
By Jillian Glover -
Vancouver Neighbourhood Population Change, 1971-2006
Cities are constantly transforming. Although we often focus on the most visible signs of change—new buildings and reconstructed public spaces, for...
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Book Review: Streetfight—Handbook for an Urban Revolution
Authors: Janette Sadik-Khan and Seth Solomonow (Viking Penguin, 2016) As New York City’s transportation commissioner under Mayor Michael Bloomberg from...
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The Vancouver Song: “It’s a big big city, but there ain’t no place for me”
“The Vancouver Song” by Tim Sars, 2016 The man in the video is Tim Sars. He is the leader of the Vancouver institution “The Carnival Band...
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‘Our Homes Can’t Wait!’ versus ‘Vancouver Debates I’
In the 1960s, Jane Jacobs stressed the importance of inclusivity in cities, as without it, “a city tends to become a collection of interests isolated from...
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Opening The Great Urbanarium Debates
George Bernard Shaw once said: “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” And...
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Sustainable Architecture Meets Science: The BC Cancer Research Centre
It is well known that environmentalism and sustainability are critical elements of local environmental groups and organizations, such as the world’s...
By Ulduz Maschaykh