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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...
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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...
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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...
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No campfires, just lots of great ideas at TransportCamp
TheTransitFan takes us through the goings-on at the TransportCamp: A Sustainable Transportation Unconference that took place last Friday, October 30th...
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TownShift: A Surrey Odyssey
Can we build livability, walkability, sustainability, and residential density around the shopping mall, along the retail strip, beside the rec centre...
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Where are the kids? – Epilogue
At last, we’ve reached the end of our child-tracking journey. As I mentioned in the last piece, I want to end off by looking at the all of the children...
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Delirious Vancouver
As a kickoff to the upcoming public hearing regarding Vancouver’s view cone policies, Sean Ruthen describes the debate that took place on October...
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Where are the kids? – Teenagers thirteen to eighteen years old
Finally, we turn our gaze to spatial distribution of the last group in our cartographic series of children in Vancouver: teenagers from thirteen to...
By Erick Villagomez
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered