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Urban Planet: Detroit’s 40 Square Miles of Vacant Land
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: Bus Shelters & International Business
Bus transit is big in Spacington. The city has adopted new lines, extended a few, and created a multi-city connection. Not bad, eh? Still not great. The...
By Dylan Collie -
Urban Planet: Unique Hydro Pylons
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 -
An Overview of Vancouver’s New Official Community Planning Process
Vancouver has a rich history of urban planning and, this spring, the City of Vancouver is launching three new Community Plan processes in...
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Collaborative CityStudio breaks new ground
“When have you had your most engaged life experience?” asked Janet Moore and Duane Elverum. A rapt audience sat in silence for ten seconds. “No one ever...
By Ren Thomas -
Urban Planet: Cracking Down on Chicago’s Food Trucks
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 Ecological Design: A Process for Regenerative Places
Authors: Danilo Palazzo and Frederick Steiner (Island Press, 2012) Urban Ecological Design: A Process for Regenerative Places takes a very comprehensive...
By Kevin Zhang -
Urban Planet: Dumpster Camera
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 -
Mapping Vancouver Crime – Part 2
[Editor’s Note: We are pleased to present the second part of Ian Lowrie’s investigation into Vancouver crime patterns. If you missed the first...
By Ian Lowrie -
Big Green: On the pros and cons of the new city megaparks
[Editor’s Note: Former Vancouver reporter Christine McLaren is traveling around the world as the resident blogger for the BMW Guggenheim Lab, a...
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Price Points: Beauty = Waste
What’s going on behind the shrink wrap? . They’re doing work on the exterior of the Dal Grauer Substation on Burrard Street (map here...
By Gordon Price -
Urban Planet: Scoring Walk Score
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