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Category: Urbanism
Posts related to cities and urban areas, their geography, economies, politics, social characteristics, as well as the effects on, and caused by, the built environment.
Friday 5: Articles for Urbanists [Oct 29th-Nov4th]
This week’s collection of curated news and views for urbanists.
What Can Vancouver Learn from Melbourne?
Rob Adams, the Director of City Design for Melbourne, offers some ideas about how Melbourne’s lessons could be applied in Metro Vancouver .
Friday 5: Articles for Urbanists [Oct 22nd-28th]
This week’s curated collection of news and views for urbanists.
Is Downtown Phoenix a Recession Ghost Town?
Over 40% of downtown Phoenix is either vacant or a surface parking lot. This is more than most Rust Belt cities, including Detroit.
The Tragedy of Urban Renewal [Weekend Watch]
Filmmaker Jim Epstein read The Power Broker and set out to document one of the communities destroyed by Moses’ urban renewal of the 1950s.
Friday 5: Articles for Urbanists [October 15th-21st]
This week’s selection of news and views for urbanists.
Friday 5: Articles for Urbanists [October 8th-14th]
This week’s curation of insights and interviews for urbanists.
Witold Rybcynski to Give Inaugural Warren Gill Memorial Lecture
Dr. Warren Gill was a close friend of my fathers. I had the opportunity to meet him a few times, including during a fun visit to New Orleans in 2003. Warren passed away passed away from cancer last September. The first annual Warren Gill Memorial Lecture presented by Simon Fraser University’s City Program. Warren Gill was…
What’s Making Housing Unaffordable in Vancouver? [Weekend Watch]
Renowned housing expert Dr. Avi Friedman looks at what makes housing unaffordable in Vancouver and why we should care.