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Visual Thoughts #60
Last VT image: Snowy intersection in East Vancouver. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator...
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Visual Thoughts #59
Last VT image: Building on Terminal Avenue, Vancouver. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator...
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Book Review – Infrastructural Monument
Author: MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism (Princeton Architectural Press, 2016) Infrastructural Monument presented the products of a conference of the same...
By Andrew Cuthbert -
Thom and NIMBY: An Odd Coupling
What are we talking about when we remember the dead? I’ve recently helped my family in Israel produce a book in memory of my father, and thanks to...
By YarOn Stern -
EVENT: Inclusive Cities—Lessons Learned from Habitat III, December 14th
Date: Wednesday, December 14th, 5:30-8:30pm Location: Dudoc Vancouver #100-1445 W Georgia St Unceded Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Territory...
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VIDEO: Vancouver’s Multi-Modal Success Story
Streetsfilms was lucky to be at the ProWalk ProBike ProPlace 2016 this Summer where we got to hang with many of the smartest folks in the world and meet...
By Yuri Artibise -
Book Review From The Stacks – The Skytrain Explorer: Heritage Walks From Every Station
John Atkin (Steller Press Ltd., 2005) Everything is walking distance if you have the time. -Steven Wright, Comedian and Actor This is how Vancouver...
By Laura Kozak -
Housing Central 2016 – Inspiring Talks on Affordable Housing
On Nov 21 to 23, the Housing Central Conference—the biggest affordable housing conference in western Canada—took place at the Sheraton Hotel in Richmond...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
Event: Granville Island 2040, Dec. 3rd
On Saturday, December 3rd, 2016, from 10:30 am – 4:30 pm, the public is invited to the Revue Stage (east side of the Public Market) on Granville Island to...
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Lightworks: A Precedent for Preserving Vancouver’s Industrial Heritage?
We’ve all read the stories about Vancouver’s disregard for heritage homes, about the frequent demolition of gorgeous character houses to make way for...
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“Cities for Families” Series: City of North Vancouver Creates Strategy that puts Children and Families First
CITIES FOR FAMILIES: LOCAL GOVERNMENT I am writing a short, three-part series, “Cities for Families” to showcase how local governments, non-profits and...
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Book Review—America’s Urban Future: Lessons From North of the Border
Authors: Roy Tomalty and Alan Mallach (Island Press, 2015) Urban America has a thing or two to learn from north of the border—that is what Ray Tomalty and...
By William Dunn
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered