Features
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The Gallery in the City
With the recent reopening of the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, along with a newly renovated Art Gallery of Alberta in Edmonton, re:place contributor...
By Sean Ruthen -
Are gas stations becoming an endangered species?
This piece investigates the phenomenon of closing and abandoned gas stations over the past decade, and asks whether this is part of a larger trend. By...
By John Calimente -
Modern streetcars debut in Vancouver
It’s been a long wait. Sixty-five years in fact, since Vancouver last experienced the thrill of seeing brand-new streetcars travel our streets. The...
By John Calimente -
Juhani Pallasmaa: Architect of the Senses
With the recent visit of Finnish architect Juhani Pallasmaa to the UBC School of Architecture (SALA), many in Vancouver’s architectural community...
By Sean Ruthen -
Planning the way to a better world
Planning Pool shares the highlights of the Canadian Institute of Planners Conference. Although the conference was in Ontario, BC was the topic of much...
By Vanessa Kay -
No campfires, just lots of great ideas at TransportCamp
TheTransitFan takes us through the goings-on at the TransportCamp: A Sustainable Transportation Unconference that took place last Friday, October 30th...
By John Calimente -
TownShift: A Surrey Odyssey
Can we build livability, walkability, sustainability, and residential density around the shopping mall, along the retail strip, beside the rec centre...
By Sean Ruthen -
Where are the kids? – Epilogue
At last, we’ve reached the end of our child-tracking journey. As I mentioned in the last piece, I want to end off by looking at the all of the children...
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Delirious Vancouver
As a kickoff to the upcoming public hearing regarding Vancouver’s view cone policies, Sean Ruthen describes the debate that took place on October...
By Sean Ruthen -
Where are the kids? – Teenagers thirteen to eighteen years old
Finally, we turn our gaze to spatial distribution of the last group in our cartographic series of children in Vancouver: teenagers from thirteen to...
By Erick Villagomez -
Where are the kids? – Children six to twelve years old
Continuing our series looking at the spatial distribution of children across Vancouver, we’re now going to turn our attention to the next group of kids...
By Erick Villagomez -
Canada Line brings the city closer together
Well it’s been a little over a month since downtown Vancouver was reconnected with Richmond by a rail line. For the first time in 50 years, since...
By John Calimente