Book Review – Jane’s Walk Annual: Volume One

“This book is about what can happen when people get together and go for a walk. In Guadalajara, they made a citizen’s crosswalk by tracking paint...

Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday

LOCAL • Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts make heavy bet on new downtown — but it won’t come instantly [State of Vancouver] • J.B. MacKinnon explores his...

EVENT: SFU Urban Studies – Rethinking the Region seeks local perspective

What: Rethinking the Region workshop Where: SFU’s Surrey campus, 250-13450 102nd Ave, Surrey, room 5240 When: March 1, 2014, 8:30 a.m–3 p.m. A daylong...

Dark Alley

Back alley, Vancouver, BC / By Byron Barrett Contribute photos to Spacing Vancouver’s Flickr Pool

Cartographically Speaking – British Columbia as Westeros

For an enlarged version of the map click here Fantasy fiction mostly takes place is vast and fantastical imaginary geographies. The settings of these...

Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday

LOCAL • The village at Ladner [Fraseropolis] • Pete McMartin: Coffee and cannabis, a clash of manners on Vancouver’s Commercial Drive [Vancouver Sun] â€...

Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Weekend

LOCAL • 529 Burrard Street [Changing Vancouver] • TransLink mayors to province: This debacle is not on us [Globe and Mail] • How green is Vancouver now...

Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday

LOCAL • Oakridge public hearing will see opponents, supporters line up over $1.5-billion mini-city of apartment towers [State of Vancouver] • Real lawyers...

Video Vancouver: Coming Home

Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday

LOCAL • 751 Burrard Street [Changing Vancouver] • Vancouver, Ottawa among top five quality-of-life cities in North America [Globe and Mail] • Happy City...

Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday

LOCAL • Details are few on B.C.’s 10-year transportation plan [Globe and Mail] • Vancouver gears up for fractious debate over future of Oakridge mall...

RELEASE: Museum of Vancouver new exhibit ‘Rewilding Vancouver’ opens February 27th

The Vancouver we know is more culturally attuned to and integrated with nature than any city of a comparable size on earth. Despite this, our city has...