Features
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The Georgia and Dunmuir Viaducts Re-imagined
In conjunction with the third part of The Viaducts: Past, Present and Future series, this photo essay look at the proposals put forth by Alyssa...
By Erick Villagomez -
The Viaducts: Past, Present and Future – Part 3
This is the third and final part of a series – in tandem with In Focus photo essays – looking at the past, present and future of the Georgia...
By Brian Gould -
A Letter from re:place and Spacing
After months of discussions and planning, re:place and Spacing Magazine have an exciting announcement! By the re:place Magazine & Spacing Magazine Editors
By Spacing -
World Wide Wednesday: International streetscapes, Montreal parks and too many bikes
Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
World Wide Wednesday: Three-way streets, Before I Die, Public Space Music Videos
Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
Vancouver Turns 125, Public Transit 121
We kick off Vancouver’s quasquicentennial year with a look back at the opening of Vancouver’s first public transit system, a mere four years...
By John Calimente -
The Cambie Street Corridor and the Future of Vancouver
This interview with Brent Toderian, Vancouver’s director of planning, discusses the recently released draft of the Cambie Corridor Plan, the future...
By Erick Villagomez -
Steam Work
Surely, my proximity to one of Vancouver’s biggest, and most baffling, tourist attractions, the Gastown Steam Clock, which of course is no longer...
By Spacing -
Mappa: The Cartographic Cloth
The word “map” has its origins in the Latin word “mappa” which refers to a cloth square or napkin. My long-term interest in...
By Spacing -
Translink UBC Line: A Light Rail Transit vs Subway Faceoff
TransLink’s public consultation process on the UBC Line took a step forward this past week with a series of workshops and the start of an online...
By Brian Gould -
What’s with our ‘fracking’ water?
In B.C., natural gas companies don’t have to get water permits from the provincial Ministry of the Environment as they pump unrecorded tonnes of it...
By Liam Lahey -
TownShift: Connected
“The city to come… Cities have changed. Their appearance has changed as has the way they are inhabited by people. Above all, cities have become privileged...
By Sean Ruthen