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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

August 11, 2012 Headlines

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LOCAL
• Life thrives after the Games in Vancouver’s Olympic Village [Globe and Mail]
• City of Vancouver launches $3 million website [Courier]
• Rising sea levels throughout metro Vancouver putting landmarks at risk [VancouverSun]
• Vancouver’s Volunteer Corps for public events will cost city $25,000 this year [Globe and Mail]
• How did Port Coquitlam’s ’90s village plan pan out? [Fraseropolis]
• The case for building a replacement four-lane Pattullo Bridge [Civic Surrey]

CANADA
• Dissecting Toronto’s Port Plan [OpenFile]
• In Calgary local produce is making its way from back yards  [CBC] into new markets [OpenFile]
• Wireless coming to Montreal’s Metro [La Press]
• Bringing the grand Empress Theatre back to life in NDG [OpenFile]

INTERNATIONAL
• Inefficient sprawl bankrupts municipalities like a Ponzi Scheme [CNN]
• Why cyclists run red lights [AtlanticCities]
• How Craft Breweries are place based economic drivers [Cities Speak]
• A beautiful City of Staples [AtlanticCities]
• Six Earth cities that will provide blueprints for Martian settlers [io9]

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