Infrastructure

FCM Event: Young Professionals in Municipal Government and City Building, May 31, 2013

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What role can young professionals play in municipal government and city building? How can they get involved? And what are those who... Read More

Will Vancouver Replace a Freeway with a Stroad?

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Vancouver’s freeway remnants are finally due for demolition. City staff like to draw comparisons to New York’s High Line and Seoul’s... Read More

Reminder: Discovering the Real Places of the Internet on May 2nd

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A reminder of this fascinating SFU City Program lecture on May 2nd. The event should appeal to a wide cross-section of Spacing... Read More

SFU City Program Lecture – Tubes and Exchanges: Discovering the Real Places of the Internet

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Tubes and Exchanges: Discovering the Real Places of the Internet  DATE: May 2, 7 pm LOCATION: SFU Harbour Centre, 515 W Hastings St... Read More

Densification, Development and Demolition: Heritage and the Three D’s

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Dr. Jeff’s was a prominent Vancouver figure in the first decades of the 20th century.  He was an Alderman, the City’s Police... Read More

A reluctant cyclist in Europe’s cycling capital – Part 2

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Last Monday, I explored the the remarkable persistence of the Dutch cyclist in all types of weather, the Protestant roots of the... Read More

“Poodle” Installation Confuses

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Written by Varouj Gumuchian Gisele Amantea’s seven-foot-tall “Untitled (Poodle)” sculpture on Main Street has been... Read More

Wood Windows – Making the Case for Sustainability

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It is a frequent occurrence in Vancouver.  A van pulls up to an old house and within a few hours the house has new windows.  It is as... Read More

Facadism as a Heritage Strategy

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Vancouver Heritage Foundation would like to thank our guest writer for this weeks article, Marta Farevaag, urban planner and Principal... Read More

Victoria’s Johnson Street Bridge: a thoroughfare of song

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It’s always refreshing when city planners see infrastructure projects not merely as utilitarian exercises, but also as opportunities... Read More