Politics
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Understanding Affordability: A Partial Picture
Click here to enlarge the graph. Fair and affordable housing is a basic right for all New Yorkers and all Americans. Nydia Velazquez Nydia Velazquez’s...
By Erick Villagomez -
Release: Save Ron Thom’s 1962 Forrest House in West Vancouver Petition
Please sign this petition to save the famous Canadian architect Ron Thom’s 1962 Forrest House in West Vancouver which is slated for Demolition on...
By Spacing -
Housing Central 2019: Creating A Culture of Belonging and Inclusion
This year’s Housing Central Conference may have been the most comprehensive, versatile and multifaceted to date. From Sunday, Nov 17. to Tuesday...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
EVENT: 2019 Year-in-Review Workshop
Workshopping the planning milestones that transformed Vancouver in 2019 Year in Review 2019 is the 5th annual workshop convened by the Vancouver City...
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Release: UBC study highlights need to improve health care access in Vancouver, Portland and Seattle
UBC researchers have developed a data science method that analyzes how easily citizens can access hospitals and walk-in health clinics – and it’s a tool...
By Spacing -
Event: Shaping Vancouver 2019: What’s the Use of Heritage?, Oct. 9
Shaping Vancouver 2019: What’s the Use of Heritage When: Wed, Oct. 9, 2019 | 7-9 p.m. Where: Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, SFU Goldcorp...
By Spacing -
CityStudio Vancouver: A Model of Global Urban Innovation
Since its founding in 2011, CityStudio Vancouver has demonstrated a unique ability to connect City of Vancouver staff with post-secondary faculty...
By Marnie McGregor -
Vancouver’s Housing Crisis: A Collaborative Opportunity for Planners and Architects
The time is now. Architects and landscape architects need to be active participants in urban planning and land-use decision-making processes. Not...
By danielroehr -
Urban Technologies: The Unintended Consequences
If you walk by the bike parkade at Main Street Science World in the evening you will see a handful of bikes. If you look closely, you’ll notice that a...
By Andrew Cuthbert -
Titanic Lack of Focus May Sink Vancouver’s Chance to Make Housing Affordable
Last week Vancouver’s city council approved a city-wide planning process. If you’d followed my advocacy for a city-wide plan in The Tyee and elsewhere...
By Patrick Condon -
Vancouver’s Municipal Roadmap for Athens: 5 Tips For A Smooth Transition at City Hall
The City of Athens, Greece elected a new Mayor on June 2, 2019 — the youngest in the city’s history at 41 years old — in a landslide victory. And though...
By Marnie McGregor -
On Walking and the Future of Cities: An Evening with Jeff Speck
On a balmy Tuesday night I found myself walking towards Lost Lagoon along Alberni Street. I parked my car at a nearby parking garage, slightly frustrated...
By Jeremy Senko