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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

By Erick Villagomez

  • February 13, 2012 Headlines

    LOCAL • Exit Interview: Brent Toderian, Vancouver’s Ousted Planning Director [The Atlantic Cities] • BIG’s Beach & Howe Tower Proposal [Vancity Buzz...

  • February 12, 2012 Headlines

    LOCAL • Builders told to adjust for rising sea levels [OpenFile] INTERNATIONAL • Designing a Fix for Housing [The New York Times] • Louis Curtiss and the...

  • February 11, 2012 Headlines

    LOCAL • Vancouver mayor tells Toronto audience about rental housing plan [Vancouver Courier] • Surrey’s East Clayton a dream community with growing pains...

  • February 10, 2012 Headlines

    LOCAL Key to smart transit is data sharing, experts say at Cities Summit [Vancouver Observer] Affordabull force [Vancouver Courier] Mayors bristle over...

  • Neighbourhood Watch

    A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Longboarders are not very happy in the District of North Vancouver with proposed changes...

  • February 9, 2012 Headlines

    LOCAL • Vancouver School Board backs province-wide cycling education [Vancouver Courier] • Black history month a time to remember Joe Fortes [Globe and...

  • Release: ‘100 MILE HOUSE’ – an Open Ideas Competition

    “You’ve heard of the 100 Mile Diet – What about the 100 Mile House?” The Architecture Foundation of British Columbia is pleased...

  • February 8, 2012 Headlines

    LOCAL • Vancouver historian taps thousands of names for Commercial Drive book [Vancouver Courier] • Vancouver had no pedestrian deaths in January for...

  • Release: Heritage Week Theme Celebrates Energy and Power

      Heritage Week 2012 – running February 20-26 – celebrates the theme of “Energy: a Powerful Past, a Sustainable Future”.   From the earliest...

  • February 7, 2012 Headlines

    LOCAL • Fired Vancouver planning director knew one week before news broke [Vancouver Courier] • Announcing Vancouver’s “affordable housing...

  • Release: Encyclopedia of Commercial Drive by Jak King is available!

    The physical environment, the streets and buildings, are important elements of the Commercial Drive neighbourhood, but they cannot compete in importance...

  • February 6, 2012 Headlines

    LOCAL • City incentives have done little for affordability [Vancouver Courier] • Artist/scientist/diplomat wanted [Vancouver Sun] • Will young homebuyers...