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Writing Vancouver: ‘Starting Over’ – Part Three
‘Starting Over’ Part Three: Zoning Out Manipulation is needed to move the gears, but not everything runs on the same track. Recovering from...
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Writing Vancouver: ‘Starting Over’ – Part Two
‘Starting Over’ Part Two: Self Knowledge There was a commonwealth in understanding the city as a shared resource. It was shared by those who...
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Deconstructing Visuals
The power of imagery is well known. Architecture and design disciplines related to the built environment have a unique relationship to visuals insofar...
By Erick Villagomez -
Writing Vancouver: ‘Starting Over’ – A Personal Memoir in Search of the Future – Part 1
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Spacing Vancouver is excited to kick off this 3-Part poetic memoir by Graham McGarva. As founder of Baker McGarva Hart / VIA...
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EVENT: VCPC’s 2020 Year-in-Review: A discussion of milestones that transformed Vancouver
2020 will be remembered as a transformative year around the world. How did it change Vancouver? For the sixth year, the Vancouver City Planning...
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Event – Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Genius Loci, Jan. 24
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Genius Loci Online Panel Discussion Presented by the West Coast Modern League in Partnership with the West Vancouver Art Museum...
By Spacing -
The Laws of Settlements book available for free online!
Are there fundamental laws that govern all settlements—from the smallest village to the largest cities? This is the question that drove me to write The...
By Erick Villagomez -
Video Vancouver: Life in Lockdown
Douglas Quan was getting a little stir-crazy at home last weekend so he decided to go out and shoot a video. Music: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-…
By Yuri Artibise -
Book Review—Beyond Mobility: Planning Cities for People and Places
Authors: Robert Cervero, Erick Guerra, Stefan Al (Island Press, 2017) The cumulative consequences of this nearly singular focus on expeditious movement...
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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...
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Video Vancouver: Grandma On The Move
Via City of Vancouver: Commissioned by the City of Vancouver, Grandma on the Move, features award-winning children’s entertainers, Will Stroet and the...
By Yuri Artibise -
What Vancouver Housing Needs Is Some Public Process Sorcery
The recent publication of former Vancouver head planner Larry Beasley’s new book Vancouverism provides an opportunity for us to both look back at how this...
By Patrick Condon