Features
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Full-Scale Model of Bombardier Flexity Freedom Coming to Surrey (July 1) and Vancouver (July 5-8th)
It’s been 2 years, one month, and three days since the Bombardier Olympic Streetcar got sent back to Belgium for good. But who’s counting...
By John Calimente -
Vancouver’s Cambie Corridor Plan selected for 2012 Award for Planning Excellence!
It is with great pleasure that Spacing Vancouver announces that Vancouver’s Cambie Corridor Plan has just been selected for the 2012 Award for...
By Spacing -
Urban Planet Weird Wednesday: US school suspends cycling students
Weird Wednesdays on Urban Planet takes a look at obscure, absurd, and curious things about cities around the world. At my high school (and most others...
By Mike Bulko -
Re:THINK Housing Nerd Jam
Last Friday June 15th the City of Vancouver in partnership with GenWhy Media and the Vancouver Design Nerds held a ‘Nerd Jam’ to get the wheels turning...
By Alicia Medina Laddaga -
Urban Planet: Creative Class, Revisited
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 -
Vanishing Vancouver: The Last 25 Years
“As the eighties progressed , the city – especially its residential areas – endured a demolition spree. The theme of my earlier Vanishing Vancouver book...
By Sean Ruthen -
Urban Planet: Transient Camps
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 -
Price Points: Urban Propinquity
A summer day, a hiker, berries in the bush: Where is she? Here, on Habitat Island, False Creek, in the heart of Vancouver (map here). . A kilometre...
By Gordon Price -
Increasing Cycling Ridership and Safety (Velo-city Preview Part 2!)
The sun is coming out as the journey through Vancouver becomes easier. Visitors and locals leave fast moving traffic and exhaust fumes behind, and eagerly...
By Kathleen Corey -
Urban Planet: Greenpeace’s Billboard Ad
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. Bad news for farmers, as it seems like they won’t be getting any break from Metro...
By Erick Villagomez -
Urban Planet: Moby on Architecture
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