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New Visions for the Viaducts – Vote for your Favourites!
By Brent Toderian As my last post profiled, Vancouver is creatively working to define the future of our Georgia and Dunsmuir Viaducts –...
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Urban Design and People
Author: Michael Dobbins (Wiley, 2009) “Urban Design is a diffuse and abstract term, it means different things to different people.” With these opening...
By Yuri Artibise -
November 22, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • What the viaducts and Eastern Core could look like [OpenFile] • BC Hydro starts replacing power line spanning Fraser River [BC Local News] ...
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A suburban pilgrimage, Part I: Learning to like Levittown
A Pilgrimage to Levittown, NY (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Burbs) from ResilientPLANET on Vimeo. [Editor’s Note: Former Vancouver...
By Christine McLaren -
Price Points: Naked in Auckland
Where is this street in Auckland, New Zealand, and why is it naked? . . This is Elliott Street in the heart of Auckland’s Central Business District...
By Gordon Price -
November 21, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Vision’s broad-based win reflects a changing city [Globe and Mail] • Vision Vancouver makes homeless shelters a priority [Globe and Mail] • Vision...
By Erick Villagomez -
November 20, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Gregor Robertson wins second term as Vancouver mayor [Globe and Mail] INTERNATIONAL • Rethinking urban land use [Chicago Tribune]
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Robertson Returns with 7 Vision, 2 NPA, and a Green
Honestly I’m a little too wired to know what to say about these unofficial results – except that Vision are the clear winners – but...
By Brian Gould -
It’s Election Day – Here’s How Your Ballots Count Tonight
[If you’re reading this before 8pm, polls are open. Still lost or caught by surprise? Check out Spacing Vancouver’s recommendation post for...
By Brian Gould -
November 19, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • B.C. authors band together to finish late historian’s magnum opus [Globe and Mail] • Vancouver civic election “compass” [The Mainlander] • Housing...
By Erick Villagomez -
Spacing Saturday: The Fourth Wall, Affordable Housing and Montréalophobie
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. An infographic...
By Marcus Bowman -
Spacing Vancouver Recommends…
Spacing Vancouver brings together contributors from all facets of the urban experience – transportation policy wonks and affordable housing...
By Spacing
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered