Features
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The Social Life of Public Space in West Africa
Little is written in the public spaces within the context of West Africa. As this piece discusses, however, engaging this topic opens up important issues...
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The Colourful Buses of Seoul
Transit systems always want to paint their buses in matching colours so that riders can spot them easily. But what if different bus colours could tell you...
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Can Vancouver become ‘the best place on Earth’?
Is Vancouver truly the ‘best place on Earth’ to live? No it isn’t. But it has the potential. By Liam Lahey, re:place Magazine
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EVENTS: Jan Gehl: Cities for People
Much like Juhani Pallasmaa wowed the crowd at the Vancouver Playhouse over a year ago and David Byrne a few months past, Jan Gehl inspired a capacity...
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Seeing: Arriva Ristorante Italiano – Lessons on turning corners at laneways
Walking along Commercial Drive between Graveley St. and Grant St. – one block north of 1st Ave. – one passes a relatively unassuming building...
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Arriva Ristorante Italiano – Lessons on turning corners at laneways
Although responding to street intersections through thoughtful urban design and architecture is quite common, treating the intersection of laneways and...
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The top reads of 2010
Another year has passed and it’s time for the third annual list of our favourite reads from the past year. By the re:place team
By Spacing -
Boat Buses
What can cities learn from the public transit in Abidijan, Ivory Coast? Marco Chown Oved gives us a glimpse into their system of bateaux buses. Photo and...
By Spacing -
High(er) Speed Rail May Yet Reach Vancouver
As always, events south of the border will have an immediate impact upon Canada. In the case of high(er) speed rail, the recent announcement of $161...
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Infiltrating Spaces
Urban explorers live and spelunk by their own code of conduct. By Liz Clayton, originally printed in Spacing Magazine Photo by Michael Cook
By Spacing -
Remembering Chuck Davis (November 17, 1935 – November 20, 2010)
A personal reflection on Chuck Davis…. By Erick Villagomez, re:place Magazine
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Amtrak Cascades to Portland for Railvolution (Pt.2)
October 16th was my first opportunity to ride the direct Amtrak Cascades train from Vancouver to Portland. Part one is here, read on for part two. by John...
By John Calimente