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Jericho Beach: 1860’s onward
The Jericho Beach area has had a full history over the past century and a half, few traces of which remain today. Named for its lumber history, what is...
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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday
LOCAL • Province softens stance on timing of transit referendum [Globe and Mail] • Vancouver agents, builders greet signs of a rebound with glee [Globe...
By Tessa Holloway -
Q & A with Julien Thomas, Mastermind behind the Commercial Drive Parklet
Last week Spacing wrote about a new public space project to land on Commercial Drive in 2014. The project titled Commercial Drive Parklet  (CDP) is one of...
By Alicia Medina Laddaga -
Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday
LOCAL • Vancouver non-profits caught in rent squeeze [Globe and Mail] • Delta asks for Terminal 2 environmental review [Globe and Mail] • Vancouver...
By Tessa Holloway -
Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday
LOCAL • This Week: Images of Pittsburgh – 1 [Price Tags] • Mayor plans trade mission to Far East, even though UBC study suggests these junkets don’t...
By Tessa Holloway -
Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
LOCAL • Generation Rent: The Secret to a Great Rental Home [The Tyee] • Developing a homeless transit plan for Vancouver [Vancouver Observer] â€...
By Tessa Holloway -
Housing meets the Sharing Economy – NEXT TUESDAY!
The Laboratory of Housing Alternatives (LOHA) is hosting a storytelling night on Housing and the Sharing Economy. Don’t miss out this event next...
By Alicia Medina Laddaga -
Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
LOCAL • Delta’s real-estate market could be set to boom [Georgia Straight] • British Columbia’s Traffic Delusion [Sightline Daily] • Concord Pacific...
By Spacing -
LOHA Housing + Sharing Storytelling Event, Oct 22nd
SHARING is a hot topic these days! Think of the way companies like Car2Go, Airbnb, Grupon and Kickstarter are changing how we live, work, move and spend...
By Alicia Medina Laddaga -
GO PLAY IN THE STREET – The Power of PARK(ing) DAY
Public Intervention on Public Space Last Friday (September 20) a special thing happened in parking stalls on streets in many city’s across North America...
By Kathleen Corey -
Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
LOCAL • Alder and West 6th Avenue [Changing Vancouver] • Zoning proposals in Vancouver spark city hall protest [Globe and Mail] • On the Massey: Tolls...
By Tessa Holloway -
Park(ING) Day 2013 in Vancouver
It’s international Park(ing) Day around the world. September 20th is a day where artists, designers and citizens formally and informally transform...
By Brendan Hurley