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Book Review – Human Scale Revisited: A New Look at the Classic Case for a Decentralist Future
Author: Kirkpatrick Sale (Chelsea Green, 2017) Reading Human Scale Revisited by Kirkpatrick Sale from Athens, Greece during a global health pandemic was...
By Marnie McGregor -
Bentham’s City: An Urban Monograph of Vancouver City Hall
[Editor’s Note: This piece was published over a decade ago—in what would eventually become Spacing Vancouver. In light of the ongoing discussion on...
By Erick Villagomez -
Video Vancouver: Polis Station
While this video was produced over 4 years ago, it has renewed resonance today. Widespread outrage and protests over recent acts of police violence in the...
By Yuri Artibise -
EVENT: The Post-Pandemic City We Want – June 23rd, 7:00 pm
How can we create a post-pandemic Vancouver that is just, equitable, decolonized, and inclusive for all? June 23, 2020 7:00pm via Zoom | REGISTER From the...
By Vancouver City Planning Commission -
Bike Manners
The world is different and times are uncertain, but the current pandemic has brought a change to our streets. People are going into their garages and...
By Andrew Cuthbert -
Six-foot City: Conclusion
This series has explored the impacts of doubling the current personal space radius from 3ft (1m) to 6ft (2m) across three everyday spaces. This was done...
By Erick Villagomez -
Six-foot City: Public Transit
Anybody who has experienced a well-used public transit system during rush hour knows that relaxing their ‘personal space bubbles’ to a minimum is...
By Erick Villagomez -
Six-foot City: The Classroom
That the pandemic has had a disastrous effect on local and global economies is blatantly clear. But we take for granted that the contemporary economic...
By Erick Villagomez -
Six-foot City: The Corridor
The lowly corridor falls well short of being adored by most people. Within our contemporary cultural imagination, its association with darkness and evil...
By Erick Villagomez -
Six-Foot City: Introduction
Although the recent pandemic has brought to light many important issues, none has been more pervasive than social distancing. Embedded in this discussion...
By Erick Villagomez -
Book review: No Place to Go
Author: Lezlie Lowe (Coachhouse Books, 2018) What makes a city good? Nice coffee shops? A decent public transit system? Abundant green space? For Lezlie...
By claireadams -
hindsight: Strathcona
Click here for a larger image. What happens when a crisis, much like the one we are acutely dealing with right now, undermines the normal operation of our...
By hindsightmag
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered