Community

RELEASE: Vancouver Communities Unite to Fix Planning Mess Residents’ Associations Seek Meaningful Involvement

Eighteen community residents’ associations, covering almost the entire City of Vancouver, have now joined together in a Coalition of Vancouver...

West End draft community plan is online

The City of Vancouver’s draft community plan for the West End is now online. The plan sketches out a direction for the neighbourhood over the next 30...

Vancouver Cityscape: Retailers who Shaped our City

Vancouver’s historic retailers have helped shape the appearance of our city. More than just places to purchase goods, some of the city’s most notable...

March on City Hall! Community Rally 9/24 and Meeting 9/25

We — residents of Grandview, Marpole, the West End, and probably many other neighbourhoods — are going to rally at City Hall to help the folks there...

Talking About Cars

“So what is it about Vancouver that everyone’s talking about?”, my father’s question from 2009 resonated in me as I was taking this picture...

Invitation to Vancouver Heritage Foundation’s Places That Matter: Wooden Roller Coaster & Pacific Coliseum

PNE Invite

Disasters by the Book

Would you be able to rely on your neighbors in the event an earthquake struck your home? How helpful would public institutions remain if a flood swept...

Call for Submissions – “WE ARE BC,” a crowdsourced, user-generated film – DEADLINE EXTENDED, Sept 2nd!!

We are looking for a diversity of perspectives. Participating is simple and free. BC residents can submit a 30-second unedited video clip (taken with a...

Introducing Park-A-Park: Vancouver’s Recently Launched Mobile Parklet

If you’ve visited Vancouver’s Commercial Drive recently, and walked by the southwest corner where East 1st Avenue crosses The Drive, you may have caught...

Invitation to Vancouver Heritage Foundation’s Places That Matter: The WISE Hall

City Pianos–Little Effort, Much Reward

Special Guest Post by Charles R. (Chuck) Wolfe. Given the right context, the simplest urban intervention enlivens public space, reaps enormous value, and...

VPSN 2013 Annual General Meeting, July 25th

The Vancouver Public Space Network will be holding its Annual General Meeting this coming Thursday, July 25! In keeping with tradition, the VPSN will be...