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audience on a walking tour listening to a speaker

Fairy Gardens: Community-Made Magic

May 28, 2026 by Marina Miller, posted in Urbanism

My classmates and I led a walking tour that asked: What happens when the mundane becomes enchanted?

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Mall rats rejoice: Metrotown turns 40

April 30, 2026 by Marina Miller, posted in Urbanism

It’s a slice of the community in one big, chaotic building. What will it's role be in 50 years?

Tagged city planning, commercial, malls, shopping, suburbs, town planning, UrbanismLeave a comment

Geography of the Mall Field Study

April 30, 2026April 30, 2026 by Marina Miller, posted in Portfolio, Urbanism

This piece is made of two combined assignments from my SFU Social Geography Class (2017). We were tasked with going to two malls and make observations based on the theories we learned in class. The geography of the mall has remained one of my favourite urbanism topics since then. Images were excluded as I don't … Continue reading Geography of the Mall Field Study

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Book Review: “Reconciling” by Larry Grant

March 27, 2026March 27, 2026 by Marina Miller, posted in Urbanism

This was a powerful story delivered with straightforwardness and a calm sense of humour. Even with my prior understanding, this book taught me heaps about law, history, geography, economics, language, family, and culture.

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Kor the talk host standing in front of some empty garden boxes out front a grassy field on the ocean shore

An unexpected family-style meal

March 18, 2026 by Marina Miller, posted in Urbanism

We sat across from other walk attendees and chatted like a normal Sunday dinner. We found things in common right away that we wouldn't have discovered on a normal walking tour where people don’t chat.

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Burnaby needs more pubs: policy analysis and research proposal

November 28, 2025February 18, 2026 by Marina Miller, posted in Portfolio, Urbanism

Once I started researching the lack of nightlife in Burnaby, I realized I had enough evidence to build a viable policy and research proposal.

Tagged business, city, development, downtown, nightlife, planning, town planning, urban planning, Urbanism, vancouverLeave a comment
stylized map showing squamish place names in pre-colonial North Vancouver and Stanley Park

Lower Lonsdale before colonial settlement: planning history

September 30, 2025March 3, 2026 by Marina Miller, posted in Portfolio, Urbanism

This is an excerpt from a school assignment. The whole group paper can be found on LinkedIn.

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Glass building with triangular windows and coast salish art

Not too cool for school

July 11, 2025August 26, 2025 by Marina Miller, posted in Urbanism

My career in Communications over the past five years has been diverse and given me skills I am proud to flex at my current job. Moving forward, I want to meld these skills with my love for cities.

Tagged city planning, college, education, grad school, planning, town planning, university, urban planning, Urbanism, vancouverLeave a comment

Street things, and why they make us feel

July 13, 2023February 20, 2026 by Marina Miller, posted in Urbanism

“In that moment, I've acknowledged it… it isn’t a forgotten piece of trash anymore… I'm attaching a human feeling to an object that doesn't have a human feeling.”

Tagged burnaby, geography, grafitti, hastings, infrastructure, london, lost, materialism, new westminster, personnification, psychology, sociology, Urbanism, vancouver, yout2 Comments

Doors of Wimbledon

May 26, 2023May 26, 2023 by Marina Miller, posted in Urbanism

There are so many unique facades in Wimbledon.

Tagged antique, architecture, design, doors, eclectic, expat, glass, home, neighbourhood, planning, urban, Urbanism, windowsLeave a comment

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