History
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Book Review – Human Scale Revisited: A New Look at the Classic Case for a Decentralist Future
Author: Kirkpatrick Sale (Chelsea Green, 2017) Reading Human Scale Revisited by Kirkpatrick Sale from Athens, Greece during a global health pandemic was...
By Marnie McGregor -
Bentham’s City: An Urban Monograph of Vancouver City Hall
[Editor’s Note: This piece was published over a decade ago—in what would eventually become Spacing Vancouver. In light of the ongoing discussion on...
By Erick Villagomez -
Six-foot City: Conclusion
This series has explored the impacts of doubling the current personal space radius from 3ft (1m) to 6ft (2m) across three everyday spaces. This was done...
By Erick Villagomez -
Six-foot City: Public Transit
Anybody who has experienced a well-used public transit system during rush hour knows that relaxing their ‘personal space bubbles’ to a minimum is...
By Erick Villagomez -
Six-foot City: The Corridor
The lowly corridor falls well short of being adored by most people. Within our contemporary cultural imagination, its association with darkness and evil...
By Erick Villagomez -
Six-Foot City: Introduction
Although the recent pandemic has brought to light many important issues, none has been more pervasive than social distancing. Embedded in this discussion...
By Erick Villagomez -
hindsight: Strathcona
Click here for a larger image. What happens when a crisis, much like the one we are acutely dealing with right now, undermines the normal operation of our...
By hindsightmag -
Event: Iconic Houses Lecture Tour – The Melnikov House, Feb 27th
Iconic Houses Lecture Tour – The Melnikov House Presented by the West Coast Modern League WHEN: Thurs, Feb, 27, 2020 – 5 to 7pm – Reception...
By Spacing -
Video Vancouver: Urban Planning in the 2010s
A first draft of the urban planning history of the 2010s. Via Planetizen.
By Yuri Artibise -
EVENT: 2019 Year-in-Review Workshop
Workshopping the planning milestones that transformed Vancouver in 2019 Year in Review 2019 is the 5th annual workshop convened by the Vancouver City...
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Event: Shaping Vancouver 2019: What’s the Use of Heritage?, Oct. 9
Shaping Vancouver 2019: What’s the Use of Heritage When: Wed, Oct. 9, 2019 | 7-9 p.m. Where: Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, SFU Goldcorp...
By Spacing -
Book Review: Suburban Remix – Creating The Next Generation of Urban Places
Editors: Jason Beske and David Dixon (Island Press, 2018) According to the 2017 American Housing Survey, the majority of Americans live in the suburbs...
By Ulduz Maschaykh