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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...
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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...
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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-…
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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...
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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...
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Video Vancouver: Life on a Dutch Woonerf (Living Street)
Via Streetfilms When I posted on Facebook that I was headed to The Netherlands once again to visit (for my first time) to Utrecht, as usual I got a lot of...
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Event – Vancouverism Book Launch + Presentation, June 17th
On Monday, June 17th we will be celebrating international planning and urban design expert Larry Beasley’s new book Vancouverism. Please join us for the...
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RAIC Metro Vancouver – Built City Speaker Series
Guest Contributor: Gloria Venczel As the Thought Leader these past 3 years for the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Metro Vancouver Network’s...
By Spacing