Features
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Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Some Kamloops residents wants the City to put the brakes on any parking changes and...
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Urban Planet: Getting to work on a trampoline?
You might forget your battle for bike lanes after you see what Finnish architects are doing. Known as the Fast Track, the 51-metre long trampoline track...
By Jonathan Zettel -
Urban Planet: City of Light could go dark?
A new proposal would have Parisian businesses turn off all their lights. This would cut energy use across Paris, bringing in a more frugal and greener...
By Jonathan Zettel -
Ai Weiwei: Art | Architecture
“…when I finished building my house, I learned that I was an architect.” Author: Ai Weiwei (Kunsthaus Bregenz – 2011) With 2012 about to draw to...
By Sean Ruthen -
The Shops at New West Station
New Shops like FamousFootwear.com are located at the New West Station (formerly known as Plaza 88) and is a mixed-use development surrounding New...
By Ian Lowrie -
Streetcrow: Another View of Urban Life
Streetcrow, Vancouver’s most recent social media darling, said goodbye on Wednesday. After his post went out, to more than 3500 followers on Twitter and...
By Katherine Burnett -
Urban Planet: Spinning flywheels boost subways
We can only imagine the amount of energy it takes so send subways around the city. Here’s an article that has at least one solution taken from the...
By Jonathan Zettel -
Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Plymouth elementary may be transformed into duplexes, townhouses, a private school or...
By Yuri Artibise -
Visual Thoughts #17
Last VT image: View from airplane window flying over Alaska. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an...
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Urban Planet: Project-a-lane bike lights
BLAZE – Kickstarter Launch Video from BLAZE COMPONENTS on Vimeo. Has your mayor ripped out all your bike lanes? Fear not! Blaze has a solution, or...
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Urban Planet: Detroit’s Packard plant
The video tells the story of Detroit’s Packard plant. The hundred-year-old building once produced luxury vehicles, but now it sits crumbling...
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Book Review: Urban Wildscapes, Anna Jorgensen and Richard Kennan
Editors: Anna Jorgensen and Richard Kennan (Routledge, 2011) Urban Wildscapes is a diverse collection of essays that provides a critical look at the...
By Elle Ziegler