Features
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Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Metro Vancouver has watered down its latest attempt to limit the construction of giant...
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Urban Planet Weird Wednesday: New South China Mall
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 -
Enter Spacing’s creative mapping contest!
Spacing magazine presents the CREATIVE MAPPING CONTEST Do you love maps? Are you an illustrator, graphic designer, or visual storyteller? Spacing wants...
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Urban Planet: Historic Buildings as Parking Lots
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 -
From Wasteland to Condo-Land: Documenting Vancouver’s Olympic Village
One of the most talked about sites in Vancouver’s recent history is the former Olympic Village. From the Olympic celebrations to the eco-sustainability of...
By Yuri Artibise -
Sim City: A detailed look at Spacington
This week’s post is all about showing off Spacington to give readers a closer look at our newly established city. The images display an overview of...
By Dylan Collie -
Urban Planet: Energy Use Mapping
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...
By Hilary Best -
Vancouver Dialogues Project
The Vancouver Dialogues Project is an initiative taken by the City of Vancouver to create a conversation of understanding between Vancouver’s many...
By Andrew Cuthbert -
Price Points: the Bewildering Birth of Metrotown
The last in our series on Burnaby’s urban centres (Brentwood, Lougheed, Edmonds) based on the work of David Pereira. This week: Metrotown.Â...
By Gordon Price -
Urban Planet: Moscow’s Human Chain
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 -
Olympic Cities and Advanced City-Making – Part 2
[Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a multi-part series by Brent Toderian who will be sharing his direct observations on the challenges and...
By Brent Toderian -
Olympic Cities and Advanced City-Making – Part 1
[Editor’s Note: With the London 2012 Summer Olympics fast approaching and our Winter Olympic experience two years behind us, we are happy to have...
By Brent Toderian