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Booming Vancouver: The Beginning of the Vancouver Special
Much of Vancouver has been shaped by periodic large influxes of residents, resulting in major housing booms. Much like today with the on going...
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Introducing Park-A-Park: Vancouver’s Recently Launched Mobile Parklet
If you’ve visited Vancouver’s Commercial Drive recently, and walked by the southwest corner where East 1st Avenue crosses The Drive, you may have caught...
By Liz Vossen -
The Gow Block – The Story of the Building, the Village and the City
Despite the accidental discovery of the building, the disrepair of the structure and the daunting task of restoring a project of this scale, Jerry Prussin...
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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
LOCAL • Vancouver’s bike lanes have made it a city to watch [Globe and Mail] • B.C. core review will look at Agricultural Land Reserve, among other...
By Tessa Holloway -
Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday
LOCAL • Developers feeling unappreciated for community contributions [Globe and Mail] • Referendum: The Easy Question? [Price Tags] • Food carts slowly...
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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
LOCAL • Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside plans include social-housing development [Globe and Mail] • Bike-lane ridership stalled on Burrard Bridge [The...
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Vancouver’s True Colours: Inspired by Nature
Vancouver’s architecture and art often respond to the natural environment that surrounds us. For every one of us who lives here, it is not hard to...
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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday
LOCAL • Vancouver planning manager faces anger over community plans [Globe and Mail] • Community gardens, reclaimed streets highlight Vancouver’s urban...
By Tessa Holloway -
Cartographically Speaking: Vancouver Building Footprints
My sincerest apologies to all the map- and info-geeks out there that have followed Cartographically Speaking over the years and have had to endure the...
By Erick Villagomez -
The Aging City
The city is thousands of years old and, over this time, humans have learned many lessons—often through trial-and-error—around what makes a rich...
By breannamitchell -
Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Weekend
LOCAL • Closing the Gender Gap in City Cycling [BC Business] • Excess of luxury housing is suffocating Vancouver: An open letter to Donald Trump...
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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday
LOCAL • Trump brand arrives in B.C. [Globe and Mail] • Why a regional sales tax is the only real option for transit funding [Metro 604] • 3 conditions to...
By Tessa Holloway