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Stan Douglas – Abbott & Cordova, 7 August 1971
I wasn’t interested in the image conveying a single message. I was more interested in facilitating a conversation between people about a historical...
By Sean Ruthen -
Urban Planet: Citizen as Designer
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 -
Urban Lighting: Planning for Public Spaces
Much of the form and function of public space at night is determined by artificial light. Light guides cars and bicycles along roads and paths, and...
By Anya Paskovic -
Urban Planet: Brooklyn Grange Farm
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. The new $38-million Carson Graham secondary school was unveiled this week in North...
By Erick Villagomez -
Urban Planet: Cape Town’s New Transport Agency
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 -
Loneliness
Loneliness by James McLean Little tea cup, were you happy on the shelf? Now a thousand pieces on the floor little tea cup, please forgive me thousand...
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Restaurants that Changed Vancouver: Save-on-Meats
Editor’s Note: Spacing Vancouver presents this ongoing series about how food helps define the city. Dr. Lenore Newman and Katherine Burnett look...
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Urban Planet: Election Day Holiday
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 – From The Stacks: Mannahatta: An Natural History of New York City
Author: Eric W. Sanderson (Abrams, 2009) Cities are inseparable from their unique landscapes. The values and culture of the earliest settlers are...
By Erick Villagomez -
Urban Planet: Walking Times
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 -
Robson Chronicles: Robson Square: Visions for an Activated Centre
[Robson is a diverse and dynamic street that defines Vancouver. In 2008 editing-contributor of SpacingVancouver and local urban designer Brendan Hurley...
By Brendan Hurley