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A Year in Five Minutes: Vancouver 1966
The Centennial Fountain at Hornby and Georgia. Photographed here in 1969, it was built in 1966. Item # CVA 780-62. In 1966, Grouse Mountain’s first...
By Chuck Davis -
Vancouver’s 1975 downtown transit plan
In 1975, the Bureau of Transit Services prepared a transit service plan for downtown Vancouver. Now that 35 years have passed, it’s time to look at...
By Chuck Davis -
Vancouver Becomes a Transit City for 17 Days
It was a cool experiment, and perhaps North America’s largest traffic trial ever. Take one auto-oriented-but-making-progress city and for 17 days...
By John Calimente -
The Miss Guides Part II
Since last summer, Vancouver has been home to three performance artists who call themselves The Miss Guides – Natalie, Katherine, and Sean, also...
By Sean Ruthen -
Operating the Olympic Streetcar Line
Vancouver’s Olympic Line streetcar drivers may have had years of experience driving heritage streetcars and city buses, but a modern streetcar is a...
By John Calimente -
The Urbanist’s Guide to Vancouver Part 1: Food and Drink
Although re:place may not be the first site one would turn to when looking for a dining guide, there is no doubt that going out to restaurants or other...
By Spacing -
Building Evolution
How do current practices of planning and regulation affect the evolution of buildings and cities? Erick Villagomez looks at the nature of urban evolution...
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The Gallery in the City
With the recent reopening of the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, along with a newly renovated Art Gallery of Alberta in Edmonton, re:place contributor...
By Sean Ruthen -
Are gas stations becoming an endangered species?
This piece investigates the phenomenon of closing and abandoned gas stations over the past decade, and asks whether this is part of a larger trend. By...
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Modern streetcars debut in Vancouver
It’s been a long wait. Sixty-five years in fact, since Vancouver last experienced the thrill of seeing brand-new streetcars travel our streets. The...
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Juhani Pallasmaa: Architect of the Senses
With the recent visit of Finnish architect Juhani Pallasmaa to the UBC School of Architecture (SALA), many in Vancouver’s architectural community...
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Planning the way to a better world
Planning Pool shares the highlights of the Canadian Institute of Planners Conference. Although the conference was in Ontario, BC was the topic of much...
By Vanessa Kay
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered