Features
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Deadlines: Obits of Memorable British Columbians
Author: Tom Hawthorn, Harbour Publishing, October 2012 As a journalist it always fascinates me where my colleagues find their passions. For me, it’s how...
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Guillermo Penalosa: People Moving Cities: Part II
Guillermo Penalosa is considered one of the premier voices on the vitalizing nature of human powered transportation and public spaces in Cities. He is the...
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Urban Planet: Bulgaria’s Klek Shops
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas…..with the 23rd annual tree...
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Visual Thoughts #16
Last VT image: View to laneway near Commercial Dr. and 12th, Vancouver, BC. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He...
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Urban Planet: The Quiet Car
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
Book Review | The Prehistory of Home
Author: Jerry D. Moore (University of California Press, 2012) Home. The word evokes countless mental images, feelings and emotions. Yet, as we go about...
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Urban Planet: Wenling’s Nail House
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
A Place of One’s Own: Family Housing in Vancouver
Authors: Sean Bohle, Zak Bennett, and Josh Taylor Vancouver is in a period of transition. For decades, it was assumed that families with children would...
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Urban Planet: North Korea’s Skatepark
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. BC Ferries has appealed their Land Assessment for the Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal...
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Urban Planet: Mission San Francisco de Asis
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best