Walking
The Un-Avenues: Integrating new intensity for housing, open spaces, and streets
By Kim Storey and James Brown
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model... Read More
REID: Sidewalks — snow-free at last!
By Dylan Reid
I have been writing and advocating about the need to expand sidewalk snow clearing to every sidewalk in the city for what seems like... Read More
Shining a light on Toronto’s streetlamps
By Sean Marshall
Street lighting is an important, yet overlooked, part of any city’s standard infrastructure. For over seventy years... Read More
REID: Is ActiveTO on life support?
By Dylan Reid
On a Sunday in the middle of May, I went for a bike ride along the south end of Bayview Ave., which was open to pedestrians and... Read More
The pandemic is reforming even sidewalks
By Christopher Cheung
“It feels like there are more people in the world!” The Lonsdale shopping strip in North Vancouver feels different to Amy Amantea, who... Read More
Writing Vancouver: ‘Starting Over’ – Part Three
By grahammcgarva
‘Starting Over’ Part Three: Zoning Out Manipulation is needed to move the gears, but not everything runs on the same... Read More
Writing Vancouver: ‘Starting Over’ – Part Two
By grahammcgarva
‘Starting Over’ Part Two: Self Knowledge There was a commonwealth in understanding the city as a shared resource. It was... Read More
The duality of Amazon in Scarborough – from delivering jobs to packaging community relations
By Aria Popal
Amazon’s notoriety for exploitative work conditions, harmful environmental practices, corporate tax exemptions, and stripping jobs... Read More
REID: Yes exit
By Dylan Reid
It’s the kind of thing that has always hung out at the edge of our urban consciousness, that we used to occasionally notice and find... Read More
Writing Vancouver: ‘Starting Over’ – A Personal Memoir in Search of the Future – Part 1
By grahammcgarva
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Spacing Vancouver is excited to kick off this 3-Part poetic memoir by Graham McGarva. As founder of Baker... Read More