Features
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Stanley Kwok and the Two False Creeks: Part Two – Mirrors, Mirages and Vancouverism in the Middle East
On April 19th, developer-designer Stanley Kwok sat down with architecture critic Trevor Boddy as part of the Museum of Vancouver’s presentation of...
By Brendan Hurley -
Urban Planet: Copenhagen Philharmonic Flash Mob
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 -
Sim City: City Slums
Like we mentioned a few weeks ago, Spacington has developed a bit of a slum. As displayed above, this once thriving neighborhood has become an area of...
By Dylan Collie -
Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Looks like the City of Burnaby will be joining the likes of other municipalities, like...
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Urban Planet: Foursquare Checkins and the Structure of Cities
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 -
Visual Thoughts
Welcome to the first entry of a new section called Visual Thoughts. Taking inspiration from giants like Paul Madonna (All Over Coffee) and the prolific...
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Urban Planet Weird Wednesday: Neft Dashlari, a community on the sea
Weird Wednesdays on Urban Planet takes a look at obscure, absurd, and curious things about cities around the world. While it looks like an unused set for...
By Mike Bulko -
Stanley Kwok and the Two False Creeks: Part One – Reflections on Developing a Waterfront
The Museum of Vancouver —through its Maraya Project—provided a rare glimpse of the behind-the-scenes world of international city building reflected over...
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Urban Planet: Growing Vegetables in Vancouver’s Parking Garages
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 -
Book Review – From The Stacks: Designing Small Parks: A Manual for Addressing Social and Ecological Concerns
By Ann Forsyth and Laura R. Musacchio (Wiley, 2005) Small parks play a pivotal role in North American cities by being the main open space for most...
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Urban Planet: Errors in New York’s Subway Map
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 -
V6A: Decoding The Downtown Eastside with Poetry and Prose
When journalists toss around mentions of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, they rarely go without immediately noting that it is “Canada’s poorest postal...
By Jillian Glover