Spacing Vancouver

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...

By Urban Cartoon Syndicate

Architecture

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

Civic Engagement

The Governance Gap

Would You Let an Untrained Surgeon Operate on a City?

By Erick Villagomez

Features

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...

By Urban Cartoon Syndicate

Architecture

I Love These Streets. Come Walk with Me

See ‘the Drive’ through an urban planner’s eyes.

By Emilie K Adin

Spacing

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...

By Urban Cartoon Syndicate

Spacing

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...

By Erick Villagomez

Architecture

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...

By Erick Villagomez

Architecture

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...

By Urban Cartoon Syndicate

History

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.

By Christopher Cheung

Neighbourhoods

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

Architecture

S101S: What Is a Development Pro Forma—and Why Should You Care?

A development pro forma is one of the most important (yet often overlooked) tools in real estate and urban planning. Think of it as the financial...

By Erick Villagomez