Features
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Sim City: Auto-Saurus-Rex, Volcano, UFO’s in Spacington!
This week some interesting irregular events took place in Spacington: UFO landing, Auto-Saurus-Rex rampage, and a Volcano erupted. If you like this kind...
By Dylan Collie -
Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Looks like West Bench will be joining the City of Penticton’s water supply with an...
By Erick Villagomez -
A Density of Ideas at the Vancouver Urban Forum
The Vancouver Urban Forum held at the Vancouver Playhouse yesterday brought together minds focused on urbanity to discuss and present ideas regarding the...
By Brendan Hurley -
Urban Planet: Urban Monopoly
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 -
Visual Thoughts #3
Last VT image: Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch – Children’s Play Area. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing...
By Erick Villagomez -
Grouse Grind: a long way up
Grouse Mountain has become a grand symbol of Vancouver’s recreational and cultural capital coming together. The “Grind” trail up the mountain has a...
By Brendan Hurley -
Urban Planet Weird Wednesday: NYC’s subway animations
Weird Wednesdays on Urban Planet takes a look at obscure, absurd, and curious things about cities around the world. If you’ve been on a...
By Mike Bulko -
Urban Planet: WiFi on London’s Underground
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 -
The Sockeye Special: The Story of the Steveston Tram and early Lulu Island
Author: Ron Hyde (Friesens Corporation, 2011) Slowly but surely, Metro Vancouver is recreating the original interurban rail network developed by the BC...
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Urban Planet: Retro New York Futures
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 -
Barnes on Barnes: Parks Chair Constance Barnes on the Inauguration of Emery Barnes Park
[Beginning of a Multipart Interview of Malcolm Bromley & Constance Barnes] Parks are some of the most significant and meaningful public spaces in our...
By Spacing -
Price Points: The L.A. Boulevard – Ready for its Close-up
Last February, just before I left for a study tour of L.A., I posted this image and asked: What is it about that shot, taken in the early 1930s, that is...
By Gordon Price