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Event: Neighbourhood Emergency Preparedness, Feb 6th
Neighbourhood Emergency Preparedness When: Tuesday February 6th, 5:45-7:30 pm Where: Little Mountain Neighbourhood House (3981 Main St.) Why: Build...
By Spacing -
Vancouver’s Chinatown: The Dichotomy of Past and Present – Part 1
Vancouver’s Chinatown is one of the city’s oldest neighbourhoods. Initially it developed as a segregated enclave along Carrall and Pender Street...
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RELEASE: COV Northeast False Creek final plan will be going to Council, Jan. 31
The City of Vancouver has released the final plan for Northeast False Creek, which will guide the creation of a vibrant new waterfront destination. The...
By Spacing -
Vancouver’s urban agriculture movement
SETTING THE STAGE FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE IN VANCOUVER: GLOBALIZATION & NEOLIBERALISM While globalization has come to be a highly-circulated term...
By jaredskoreyko -
Cartographically Speaking – CoV Elementary School Capacity vs Child Population by Neighbourhood
Click here to see an enlarged version. In September 2016, I unexpectedly received an email from a concerned Vancouverite. She had read some of the pieces...
By Erick Villagomez -
Video Vancouver: How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer)
Via TED Loneliness doesn’t always stem from being alone. For architect Grace Kim, loneliness is a function of how socially connected we feel to the...
By Yuri Artibise -
Release: CoV appoints new General Manager of Arts, Culture and Community Services
The City of Vancouver is happy to announce that Sandra Singh, current Chief Librarian at Vancouver Public Library, will take on the role of General...
By Spacing -
A Vancouver Parable: False Prophets, Green Illusions and Vanishing Neighbourhoods
A stroll along Vancouver’s Broadway west of Macdonald offers the pedestrian many small, engaging storefronts. The low awnings provide human-scaled...
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Video: Vancouver Foundation’s 2017 Connect & Engage
Highlights from the Vancouver Foundation‘s 2017 Connect & Engage Report measuring the strength of connections and engagement among Metro...
By Yuri Artibise -
Release: Vancouver Is the Most Unaffordable North American Housing Market
Real estate platform Point2 Homes determined the housing affordability levels of the 50 most populous cities in North America, by looking at the home...
By Spacing -
Vancouver’s Built Legacy: Transitioning a DTES Jail to Affordable Living
Steps from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside police headquarters, stands a former jail that once haunted the community even beyond its days. But 250 Powell...
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Maintaining History: Preserving Special Sites through Good Maintenance
Vancouver’s historic buildings and streetscapes offer diverse residential and commercial spaces and contribute numerous benefits for a sustainable and...
By Vancouver Heritage Foundation