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Translink UBC Line: A Light Rail Transit vs Subway Faceoff
TransLink’s public consultation process on the UBC Line took a step forward this past week with a series of workshops and the start of an online...
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What’s with our ‘fracking’ water?
In B.C., natural gas companies don’t have to get water permits from the provincial Ministry of the Environment as they pump unrecorded tonnes of it...
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TownShift: Connected
“The city to come… Cities have changed. Their appearance has changed as has the way they are inhabited by people. Above all, cities have become privileged...
By Sean Ruthen -
Learning from Japan
Metro Vancouver shares the many of the seismic realities as Japan, so why aren’t we doing anything about it? By Erick Villagomez, re:place Magazine
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Honk if you love honking
Can Abu Dhabi transform itself from a city for cars to one for people? By Jessica Hume, re:place Magazine (as originally printed in Spacing Magazine)
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The Social Life of Public Space in West Africa
Little is written in the public spaces within the context of West Africa. As this piece discusses, however, engaging this topic opens up important issues...
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The Colourful Buses of Seoul
Transit systems always want to paint their buses in matching colours so that riders can spot them easily. But what if different bus colours could tell you...
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A Year in Five Minutes: Vancouver 1985
1985 saw Rick Hanson’s epic around-the-world Man in Motion tour begin from Oakridge Mall. It also marked the opening of of Skytrain Expo Line and the...
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Can Vancouver become ‘the best place on Earth’?
Is Vancouver truly the ‘best place on Earth’ to live? No it isn’t. But it has the potential. By Liam Lahey, re:place Magazine
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EVENTS: Jan Gehl: Cities for People
Much like Juhani Pallasmaa wowed the crowd at the Vancouver Playhouse over a year ago and David Byrne a few months past, Jan Gehl inspired a capacity...
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Seeing: Arriva Ristorante Italiano – Lessons on turning corners at laneways
Walking along Commercial Drive between Graveley St. and Grant St. – one block north of 1st Ave. – one passes a relatively unassuming building...
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Arriva Ristorante Italiano – Lessons on turning corners at laneways
Although responding to street intersections through thoughtful urban design and architecture is quite common, treating the intersection of laneways and...
By Erick Villagomez
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered