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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

  • July 25, 2011 Headlines

    LOCAL • Bike lane connects to Spirit Trail [Vancouver Sun] • City drastically reduces housing goals [The Mainlander] • Sell naming rights to Skytrain...

  • July 24, 2011 Headlines

    CANADA • Central Canada could win big in the battle of shipyards [Vancouver Sun] INTERNATIONAL • Jane Jacobs on Neighborhoods, Placemaking & Active...

  • July 23, 2011 Headlines

    LOCAL • Sole links in Vancouver’s 1960s freeway plan may be razed [New Urban Network] • Vancouver aims for massive expansion of social housing stock...

  • July 22, 2011 Headlines

    LOCAL • Law and Order and Parking Lots [Sightlines] • West End residents rally against rezoning [Vancouver Courier] • Vision Vancouver stands by bike...

  • Release: San Francisco Bay Area Hosts First International Green Schoolyard Conference

    Berkeley, July 21, 2011—Around the globe schools are tearing up their cement yards and replacing them with green gardens. Schools in many different...

  • July 21, 2011 Headlines

    LOCAL • A Friendly Invasion from Spacing [The Tyee] • Historic rock garden in Stanley Park gets recognition [Vancouver Courier] • Mayor’s wild green...

  • July 20, 2011 Headlines

    LOCAL • Steam-powered treasure moored in Vancouver’s False Creek [Vancouver Courier] • B.C.’s open-government websites called a good start, but more work...

  • Release: VIVA Vancouver events

    VIVA Vancouver is transforming street spaces into people places and giving you extra space to walk, bike, dance, skate, sit, hang out with friends and...

  • July 19, 2011 Headlines

    LOCAL • Moving Forward with transit in Metro Vancouver: an update on TransLink’s 2011 base plan and supplemental plans [The Buzzer Blog] • Port, city...

  • July 18, 2011 Headlines

    LOCAL • A century ago, B.C. cared about its parks [Globe and Mail] • Living it up with VIVA Vancouver [Globe and Mail] • “Neon and rain are the two...

  • July 17, 2011 Headlines

    LOCAL East Vancouver community book exchange project helps bring neighbours together [Vancouver Sun] Eco-friendly Port Moody ‘getting into people’s...

  • July 16, 2011 Headlines

    LOCAL • Vancouver Folk Festival loses acts as musicians denied entry to Canada [Globe and Mail] • Vancouver wants to catch up to other communitiesâ€...