Features
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Book Review – From The Stacks: The Architecture of Happiness
Author: Alain de Botton (Pantheon, 2006) I recently found myself speechless after a follower of my writing asked me why I’ve never addressed beauty...
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Metro Ponders Affordability of Vancouver’s Green Spaces
Key to any urban space is the green spaces in, between and around the buildings, roads and developments. A young, vibrant city such as Vancouver is much...
By Maria Tritton -
Urban Planet: Plastic Bottle Fish Sculpture
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 Fire Before
Writing Vancouver is a bi-weekly section that highlights local talent in the literary arts. Over the coming weeks, Spacing Vancouver readers will be...
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Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. With help from Housing Strategies Inc., the District of Elkford and the District of...
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Urban Planet: Urban Umbrella
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 -
Full-Scale Model of Bombardier Flexity Freedom Coming to Surrey (July 1) and Vancouver (July 5-8th)
It’s been 2 years, one month, and three days since the Bombardier Olympic Streetcar got sent back to Belgium for good. But who’s counting...
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Vancouver’s Cambie Corridor Plan selected for 2012 Award for Planning Excellence!
It is with great pleasure that Spacing Vancouver announces that Vancouver’s Cambie Corridor Plan has just been selected for the 2012 Award for...
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Urban Planet Weird Wednesday: US school suspends cycling students
Weird Wednesdays on Urban Planet takes a look at obscure, absurd, and curious things about cities around the world. At my high school (and most others...
By Mike Bulko -
Re:THINK Housing Nerd Jam
Last Friday June 15th the City of Vancouver in partnership with GenWhy Media and the Vancouver Design Nerds held a ‘Nerd Jam’ to get the wheels turning...
By Alicia Medina Laddaga -
Urban Planet: Creative Class, Revisited
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 -
Vanishing Vancouver: The Last 25 Years
“As the eighties progressed , the city – especially its residential areas – endured a demolition spree. The theme of my earlier Vanishing Vancouver book...
By Sean Ruthen