Urban Design
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Book Review: Planning on the Edge
Editors: Penny Gurstein and Tom Hutton (UBC Press, 2019) Planning On The Edge: Vancouver and the Challenges of Reconciliation, Social Justice, and...
By Yuri Artibise -
Transform Underutilized Lands, Revitalize Our Cities, Recover Our Economy
It’s time for the new normal. But what exactly is the new normal? For the city building sector, it could be using a confluence of unprecedented new...
By carlaguerrera -
Bentham’s City: An Urban Monograph of Vancouver City Hall
[Editor’s Note: This piece was published over a decade ago—in what would eventually become Spacing Vancouver. In light of the ongoing discussion on...
By Erick Villagomez -
Video Vancouver: Polis Station
While this video was produced over 4 years ago, it has renewed resonance today. Widespread outrage and protests over recent acts of police violence in the...
By Yuri Artibise -
Six-foot City: Conclusion
This series has explored the impacts of doubling the current personal space radius from 3ft (1m) to 6ft (2m) across three everyday spaces. This was done...
By Erick Villagomez -
Six-foot City: The Corridor
The lowly corridor falls well short of being adored by most people. Within our contemporary cultural imagination, its association with darkness and evil...
By Erick Villagomez -
Six-Foot City: Introduction
Although the recent pandemic has brought to light many important issues, none has been more pervasive than social distancing. Embedded in this discussion...
By Erick Villagomez -
Book review: No Place to Go
Author: Lezlie Lowe (Coachhouse Books, 2018) What makes a city good? Nice coffee shops? A decent public transit system? Abundant green space? For Lezlie...
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Podcast: COVID Reflections
It is safe to say that it’s been a wild few months. And now, after two months of strict social distancing here in Canada, many provinces are starting to...
By Spacing -
Book Review: Trains, Buses People – An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit
Author: Christof Spieler (Island Press, 2018) Christof Spieler’s Trains, Buses, People – An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit is a refreshing look at...
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EVENT: 2019 Year-in-Review Panel, February 6, 2020
A panel discussion on the planning milestones that transformed Vancouver in 2019 Expropriation of derelict hotels. Plans for 6,000 new units in 11...
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Video Vancouver: Urban Planning in the 2010s
A first draft of the urban planning history of the 2010s. Via Planetizen.
By Yuri Artibise