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Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. In the never-ending battle between bikes and cars, score one for the two-wheelers. The...
By Yuri Artibise -
Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
LOCAL • Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside plans include social-housing development [Globe and Mail] • Bike-lane ridership stalled on Burrard Bridge [The...
By Spacing -
HVS Walking Tour: Granville Street’s 800 to 1200 Blocks, July 20th
Location: Meet outside Starbuck’s Coffee at Georgia & Granville (next to London Drugs). Time: Saturday, July 20th 10am – 12 pm Admission: $15.00...
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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday
LOCAL • Vancouver prepares to join the bike-share craze [Globe and Mail] • Bike path could close Point Grey Road [Globe and Mail] • 13 reasons why...
By Spacing -
Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday
LOCAL • It’s not all angst over bike lanes, affordable housing, transit: We have some fun in the city too [State of Vancouver] • The promise of a new...
By Spacing -
Video Vancouver: POV Parkour
Take a view from the rooftops in this POV Parkour video recorded in Cambridge, UK.
By Yuri Artibise -
Vancouver’s True Colours: Inspired by Nature
Vancouver’s architecture and art often respond to the natural environment that surrounds us. For every one of us who lives here, it is not hard to...
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Photo: Lit Building
Downtown Vancouver/ By Byron Barrett Contribute photos to Spacing Vancouver’s Flickr Pool
By Julie Fish -
Book Review – Small Town Architect
“There are now many paths for the architectural practitioner of today. The recent and future graduates in architecture will now have a different...
By Sean Ruthen -
Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday
LOCAL • Vancouver planning manager faces anger over community plans [Globe and Mail] • Community gardens, reclaimed streets highlight Vancouver’s urban...
By Tessa Holloway -
Translink Seeking 5,000 Compass Card Beta Testers
As Translink prepares to launch Compass—its region-wide transit fare card—later this year, they are looking for 5,000 regular transit users to help test...
By Yuri Artibise -
Cartographically Speaking: Vancouver Building Footprints
My sincerest apologies to all the map- and info-geeks out there that have followed Cartographically Speaking over the years and have had to endure the...
By Erick Villagomez
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered