Neighbourhoods
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The Jericho Lands Need a Human-Scaled Rethink
Vancouver is destined to have a new neighbourhood on its west side, one so densely populated that Council recently approved routing the proposed subway to...
By scothein -
Too Obsessed with ‘Character’ Homes?
Go to just about any Vancouver council meeting or public hearing to do with urban growth and you can bet someone will say that change will hurt...
By Christopher Cheung -
Spacing Express: Winners of the Urbanarium Mixing Middle Competition
Urbanarium has just announced the winners of The Mixing Middle competition, which sought innovative mixed–use designs for four Metro Vancouver...
By Spacing -
‘Most Livable City?’ A 30-Year Gap in Life Expectancy Exists Within Vancouver
Live in Vancouver? Then you’ve seen those annual rankings that celebrate it as one of the world’s “most livable cities.” But zoom in to the neighbourhood...
By Christopher Cheung -
Why Small Shops Along Broadway Are Getting Fried
This is a story about a little fast food shop for sale and its challenges. It’s also a story of what these obstacles mean for both commercial services...
By Patrick Condon -
Vancouver Needs Way More Co-ops. Here’s How to Get Them
The cost of housing has reached a crisis point in Vancouver, with no clear agreement on what to do about it. Which made it a rare moment when...
By Patrick Condon -
Vancouver’s Dramatic New Plan for Broadway: Five Questions
The City of Vancouver’s Broadway Plan has been released for public comment and is full of dramatic proposals. Profusely illustrated, over 100 pages long...
By Patrick Condon -
Deconstructing Visuals 2.0
It’s been 10 months since I wrote Deconstructing Visuals. Within that piece, I argued that the architectural profession’s dominion over the methods and...
By Erick Villagomez -
Vancouver Plan – An Opportunity for Climate Input
The City of Vancouver is in the midst of the next phase of engagement for the Vancouver Plan, a planning process that will ultimately create a vision for...
By Andrew Cuthbert -
Vancouver, Where Did Your Shophouses Go?
Once upon a time in Vancouver, it was common to stroll to a nearby street corner to pick up some groceries, candy, or even some compressed gas for fuel...
By Christopher Cheung -
Graphic Novella: You Forgot About Me! – Part 3
By Scot Hein with illustrations by J.G. This is the final part of a three-part graphic novella, bookending the Zoning Must Evolve series and offered as a...
By scothein -
Zoning Must Evolve – Part 5
Demonstrated Resiliency – False Creek South False Creek South (FSC) was borne from Vancouver’s humanist legacy that includes Greenpeace...
By scothein