Features
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Seattle, Vancouver, and Portland: A comparison of real estate and economic strength
Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver are three cities linked geographically, climatically, and culturally. It often seems that we have more in common with...
By John Calimente -
Homeless Voyeurism
Perhaps the fascination is the difference from our normal day-to-day lives. We’re repulsed, but we feel sorry for them. We don’t want them around, but...
By Spacing -
Freeways, funding, and a flawed 1962 rail plan for Vancouver
This week we look at another transit plan for Vancouver in the context of the freeway debates of the 1960s. Created by the British Columbia Research...
By John Calimente -
Making Space for a Kiosk/Cart Culture from Portland to Accra
Kiosks are an opportunity to increase richness in our urban fabric, promote experimentation and deliver goods/services in walkable locations while...
By Spacing -
Notes from Barcelona
Having recently returned from Barcelona, Sean Ruthen of re:place magazine presents a monograph of architecture from that city, and ponders how we in the...
By Sean Ruthen -
Vancouver Police Museum a bloody good time
An arresting affair indeed. Housed in Vancouver’s original city morgue, the city’s Police Museum is as much about modern forensics as it is...
By Liam Lahey -
Personalizing Space
City spaces are at once permanent and ephemeral. This photo essay looks at the how our spaces are used in unexpected ways. Images and Statement by Lisa Parker
By Spacing -
Transit flies high post-Olympics
Well I spoke too soon! At the end of my last column I said “…life has returned to ‘normal’ in the region…” after the...
By John Calimente -
Water Footprint: Metro Vancouver
For a larger version click here. Water plays a central role in human culture. From its use in religious rituals to the creation of modern products the...
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Homeless Housing For Less
Proposals to build free or low-cost homeless housing said to be ‘stalled’ by the province. Last of three parts. By Monte Paulsen, The Tyee
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Is this Canada’s Most Affordable Green Home?
How Victoria designer Keith Dewey transformed eight used shipping containers into an airy residence. Second of three parts. By Monte Paulsen, The Tyee...
By Spacing -
Vancouver’s 1975 downtown transit plan
In 1975, the Bureau of Transit Services prepared a transit service plan for downtown Vancouver. Now that 35 years have passed, it’s time to look at...
By Chuck Davis