Parks
Book Review – Landscape as Urbanism: A General Theory
By Erick Villagomez
Author: Charles Waldheim (Princeton University Press, 2016) It goes without saying that despite its contemporary meaning, practice of... Read More
WWW: Inclusive urban visions
By Sarah Yellin
How to build inclusive communities Challenging urban segregation is essential for economic and social suitability but requires... Read More
Queen Elizabeth Park: Vancouver’s Axis Mundi
By Jay Black
There is wide agreement among scholars of comparative mythology that the ‘axis mundi’ is the most ancient and culturally... Read More
Visual Thoughts #61
By Erick Villagomez
Last VT image: Idiosyncratic attic window in Strathcona, Vancouver. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing... Read More
Release: Free UBC online edX course – Ecodesign for Cities and Suburbs, April 4th
By Spacing
ECODESIGN FOR CITIES AND SUBURBS A New Free Internet Course Offered on edX by the University of British Columbia Architects, urban... Read More
11 Milestones that will Shape Vancouver’s Future
By Jillian Glover
What are the significant events, activities and decisions in 2016 that will shape Vancouver’s future? Earlier this fall, the Vancouver... Read More
WWW: Changing various urban spaces to better serve residents and businesses
By Sarah Yellin
How a rural town rebuilt its main street economy from the bottom up With small towns falling on tough economic times, one Mississippi... Read More
Book Review – The Last Gang in Town
By Vanessa Kay
Author: Aaron Chapman (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2016) Those who love and study Vancouver know how quickly it transforms through... Read More
Parks as natural places for engagement across difference
By Jake Tobin Garrett
Ahead of Park People’s first national city parks conference in Calgary this coming March 2017, Park People’s Jake Tobin Garrett caught... Read More
Cartographically Speaking: The Politics of Flight
By Erick Villagomez
Click here for a larger image. We tend to think of cities in their horizontal dimension—artifacts the spread laterally across the... Read More