In 1959 New York City announced a "slum clearance plan" by Robert Moses that would displace 2,400 working class and immigrant families, and dozens...

Caracas has been changing since the nineteenth century this is a story that tries to explain why the Venezuelan capital is complex, chaotic and...

World in a City is a portrait of Toronto and the steps Torontonians are taking to create a society that welcomes and encourages new immigrants to...

Writer and urban activist Jane Jacobs fights to save historic New York City during the ruthless redevelopment era of urban planner Robert Moses in...

A short documentary on the River Ouse, following it downstream from Lewes to Newhaven, meditating on the surrounding area.

Exploration of the territory in a delirious time-space journey through the largest Megalopolis in America.

This short documentary features a portrait of Ottawa in the mid-20th century, as the nascent Canadian capital grew with force but without direction...

“A Short History of the Highrise” is an interactive documentary that explores the 2,500-year global history of vertical living and issues of social...

This full-length documentary from the Challenge for Change program addresses housing issues affecting Montreal in the mid-1970s. As the city is...

A biography documentary of the Argentine modernist architect Amancio Williams.

A close-up of a snow-bound city, and the men, money and machinery it takes to dig it out.

Architect Stanley King involves the local Vancouver community in urban design.

A look at the design of pedestrian oriented city centres.

American historian Lewis Mumford looks at the city through history.

The city of Saskatoon makes strategic decisions which prevent speculation and keep land prices down.

Exploring the impact of the now defunct Steinberg supermarkets on the urban environment.

Bridgeview, British Columbia is less than 30 kilometres from downtown Vancouver. The residents were promised a sewer system in 1953, but more than...

Canada is facing a housing crisis, and cooperative housing might be a part of the solution.