By Erick Villagomez
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August 20, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Heritage advocate eyes boarded-up bakery sign [Vancouver Courier] • Politics, not petition, will determine Robson Square’s future [Globe and Mail...
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August 19, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Metro Vancouver facing future threat from rising sea levels [Vancouver Sun] • Local park eases the hike for disabled [Vancouver Sun] • Unchain...
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Release: Re:Building Vancouver Explores the Connection Between Social Unrest and Architecture
A new exhibit at the Architectural Institute of British Columbia Gallery offers a unique perspective on social unrest: the connection between human...
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August 18, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Report targets renter grievances in Vancouver neighbourhood [Vancouver Courier] • Whalley neighbourhood has fewest university degrees per capita...
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Release: Adorno and Nose
Adorno and Nose by Doupé and Whitman launched into transit shelters August 15 A new project by the City of Vancouver Public Art program invites the public...
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August 17, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Suburban planners struggle to boost cycling [Globe and Mail] • New Surrey library to lend people out as ‘living books’ [Vancouver Sun...
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#urbnpalooza 2011
We are an emerging group of local urbanists that are in search of spirited debate and lively discussion on the future of development and decision-making...
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Release – A Sign for the City
A Sign for the City, a year-long public art project by Sabine Bitter/Helmut Weber, continues in transit shelters August 15. The regular nightly boom of...
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Book Review – From The Stacks: Crabgrass Frontier- The Suburbanization of the United States
[Editor’s Note: In the rush to get the latest books, we often forget some of the classics. This is why we’ve created “From the...
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August 15, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Despite critics, Vancouver will keep its cycle tracks [New Urban Network] • Heritage foundation touts laneway housing in Vancouver [Vancouver...
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August 15, 2011 Headlines
INTERNATIONAL • City limits [The Economist] • BART Redesign: Plans For BMW-Designed Fleet Of The Future Revealed [The Huffington Post] • How America Could...
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August 14, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Speed of London rioters’ punishments put Vancouver to shame [Vancouver Sun] CANADA • Car, bike sharing programs gearing up as Canadian gas...