Features
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Visual Thoughts #8
Last VT image: Seattle Public Library – Seattle, Washington. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an...
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More building permits given out South of the Fraser
Economic confidence > A comparison of building permits issued throughout the GVRD from 1998-2011 It’s not really a race, and it’s hard to...
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Urban Planet: Pedestrians and Cyclists on Getting Politically Active
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: A Better Way to Zone: Ten Principles to Create More Livable Cities
Author: Donald L. Elliot (Island Press, 2008) Modern cities are regulated entities. Behind even the most chaotic urban scene there is an extremely...
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Urban Planet: Alice in Wonderland’s Transit Map
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 -
“So . . . What Can We Do About It?”—Ideas Toward Affordability in Berlin: The Tripod System
[Editor’s Note: Former Vancouver reporter Christine McLaren is traveling around the world as the resident blogger for the BMW Guggenheim Lab, a...
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Urban Planet: Women in the Public Spaces of Mumbai
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. This past week amazingly saw a number of important groundbreakings for two new Surrey...
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Urban Planet: Dutch Intersection Design
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 -
Writing Vancouver – The Eight-Year-Olds
Writing Vancouver is a bi-weekly section that highlights local talent in the literary arts. Over the coming weeks, Spacing Vancouver readers will be...
By Spacing -
Urban Planet Weird Wednesday: Osaka’s stadium neighbourhood
Weird Wednesdays on Urban Planet takes a look at obscure, absurd, and curious things about cities around the world. At first glance, Stadiums tend to seem...
By Mike Bulko -
Malcolm Bromley & Constance Barnes Interview – Part 4
Spacing Vancouver Editor Erick Villagomez and contributors Brendan Hurley and Yuri Artibise continue their lively discussion with Vancouver Park Board...
By Erick Villagomez