Features
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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...
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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...
By John Calimente -
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 -
Urban Planet: Disaster City
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 -
Sim City: Disaster hits Spacington!
In conjunction with our newest Disaster issue we thought we’d see what it would be like if a couple disasters hit our very own, Spacington. This...
By Dylan Collie -
Free Ticket to Velo-city Global Vancouver: Q & A with Alyson Fletcher
Guest Feature, European Cyclists’ Federation [Editor’s Note: We are proud to announce that Spacing has partnered with our friends at the...
By Spacing -
Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. What will Vancouver and Vancouverites be like in 2050? Here is an attempt to tell...
By Erick Villagomez