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Urban Planet: London’s Surnames
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
Urban Planet: Canadian Bike Maker Heads to Detroit
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. In an attempt to kick-start major redevelopment in the core, Chilliwack council to...
By Erick Villagomez -
Urban Planet: Making the Case for Walkable Communities
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
Writing Vancouver – Oceanic
••• Oceanic SEAN ORR They travel in packs of beige and slate Long coats, black umbrellas, suede bags Looking for lunch In them, is a sense of geology...
By Spacing -
Restaurants that Changed Vancouver: Trader Vic’s
[Spacing Vancouver presents this ongoing series about how food helps define the city. Dr. Lenore Newman and Katherine Burnett look into the restaurants...
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Urban Planet Weird Wednesday: German Street Pong
Weird Wednesdays on Urban Planet takes a look at obscure, absurd, and curious things about cities around the world. Ever get those traffic lights that...
By Mike Bulko -
Urban Planet: New York’s 6 1/2 Avenue
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
Writing About Architecture – Mastering the Language of Buildings and Cities
“There are times when city dwellers have been roused from passivity – Disaster (Ground Zero) and personal affront (NIMBYism) make protesters out of...
By Sean Ruthen -
Urban Planet: Fuel Efficiency Overwhelmed by Volume of Cars
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
Reflections on the World Urban Forum
[Editor’s Note: This is the final piece of Christine McLaren’s coverage of the World Urban Forum in Naples, Italy. Christine is the resident...
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Urban Planet: World Trade Centre Towers App
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best