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The Broadway Plan Protects Displaced Renters. But Not All
Some who expect cash and a new unit are surprised to learn they don’t qualify.
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UCS #46: An Affordable 50-metre pool for Sunset Beach?
See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Vancouver...
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111 Places in Vancouver That You Must Not Miss
Authors: Dave Doroghy & Graeme Menzies (Emons Verlag, 2023) Where did Harry Houdini hang out – literally? What do those secret stones hidden in...
By Sean Ruthen -
The Governance Gap
Would You Let an Untrained Surgeon Operate on a City?
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UCS #45: Retail Reset
See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Hudson’s...
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I Love These Streets. Come Walk with Me
See ‘the Drive’ through an urban planner’s eyes.
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UCS #44: Strange Bedfellows
See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Housing and...
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Book Review – City Science: Performance Follows Form
Authors: Ramon Gras and Jeremy Burke (Actar, 2024) Cities have long been at the intersection of art and science, blending architecture, engineering, and...
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Rising High, Falling Short: Social and Economic Division
Key Metrics Summary Building: A 40-story residential building constructed of a reinforced concrete frame with a curtain wall facade on a site without...
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UCS #43: Concord Pacific at the Comedy Club
See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: “Last...
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When Settlers Seized and Set Fire to the Kitsilano Reserve
As the Squamish Nation rebuilds with an ambitious new housing project, a scholar examines its long history of displacement.
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UCS #42: 20 Years of the DTES
See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Vancouver...
By Urban Cartoon Syndicate
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered