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  • Bjarke Ingels at Robson Square – February 21

    Westbank presents a Public Open House to witness the evolution of the Beach & Howe project designed by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels, BIG in...

  • February 15, 2013, Headlines

    LOCAL • Vancouver council praises homelessness report card [Vancouver Courier] • Rave reviews for towering addition to Vancouver skyline [Globe and Mail...

  • February 14, 2013 Headlines

    LOCAL • Vancouver misses housing goals: ‘Report Card’ gives A+ for privatization and deregulation of housing [The Mainlander] • Cedar Cottage co-housing...

  • February 13, 2013 Headlines

    LOCAL • Adriane Carr battles Penny Ballem over community centre motion [Vancouver Courier] • Vancouver reports progress in bid to reduce homelessness...

  • February 12, 2013 Headlines

    LOCAL • Higher-paying jobs, leasing options among ways to make Vancouver housing affordable [Vancouver Sun] • Community-centre surplus divides city [Globe...

  • VPSN: Robson Square. Us + You + Summertime. Want to Collaborate?

    The City of Vancouver has recently posted a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEOI) related to the summertime activation of the 800-block of Robson...

  • February 11, 2013 Headlines

    LOCAL • Another year, another TransLink funding proposal [Fraseropolis] • Five Ideas to Make Vancouver More Affordable [The Tyee] INTERNATIONAL • A US...

  • February 10, 2013 Headlines

    INTERNATIONAL • The Birth and Growth of City Planning [KCET] • Has New Urbanism Killed Land Use Law? [Legal Planet] • Summoning Nature for Healing [The...

  • February 9, 2013 Headlines

    LOCAL • B.C. Housing pledges to fix problems at low-income rentals [Vancouver Courier] • Six-storey buildings at Main and 33rd too high, residents say...

  • February 8, 2013 Headlines

    LOCAL • TransLink in the media: Ideas for funding [The Buzzer Blog] • Financing the Evergreen Line [Stephen Rees’s Blog] • Lights go down on the...

  • International Call to Artists – Argo Cascades Public Art Project, Ann Arbor Public Art Commission

    International Call to Artists – Argo Cascades Public Art Project, Ann Arbor Public Art Commission City of Ann Arbor, MI, USA Budget: $115,000 (all...

  • 10 questions to ask a transit planner

    Cities are full of armchair transit planners — so much so, in fact, that the practice is derisively known as “drawing lines on a map.”  But it’s far more...