Features
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Urban Planet: Extending the Lives of Bridges
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 -
100 Years Ago Today: Grandview Theatre Opens
On February 12th, 1912, Thomas Shiels opened the Grandview Theatre movie house at 1712 Commercial. It is the white-arched building in the middle of this...
By Jak King -
Urban Planet: Demolition Dilemmas
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 -
Sim City: Week One in Spacington
It’s not much of 21st century urban city yet, but in the first week of Spacington’s developments we have focused on a couple things. With...
By Dylan Collie -
Urban Planet: Pedestrian Signals
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. Longboarders are not very happy in the District of North Vancouver with proposed changes...
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Urban Planet: Walking, talking and texting
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 -
Old Buildings and New Design: Architectural Transformations
Author: Charles Bloszies (Princeton Architectural Press, 2011) “Design integrity is essential for exemplary architecture” – it is with this philosophy...
By Elle Ziegler -
Urban Planet: White Ribbons in Moscow
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 -
Price Points: Versailles in Suburbia
Acres of formal gardens, beautifully maintained – inspired by Versailles and Hampton Court, of all places, but mere meters from a SkyTrain...
By Gordon Price -
Urban Planet: Pedestrian Desire Lines
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 -
Complete Gregor Robertson Interview
[Editor’s Note: As many of you know, we just launched Spacing’s second National Edition with Gregor Robertson’s interview being the main...
By Spacing