Features
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World Wide Wednesday: Participatory budgeting and underground parks
Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
Book Review: Block by Block
Not another Jane Jacobs review. Unfortunately yes. If you are reading this blog, chances are high that you have a dog-eaten copy of Death & Life...
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Hastings Street: The Pulse of a Community
Downtown Eastside has come to be known as “Canada’s Poorest Postal Code”. The area radiating from the intersection at Main and Hastings has gained...
By Andrew Cuthbert -
Price Points: Facelift
Where is it, and what is it? This is Yaletown Park (see map), and the sculture is Eros Bendato Scrippolato (Eros blindfolded and cracked) by Igor...
By Gordon Price -
Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C.
By Erick Villagomez -
World Wide Wednesday: Road ecology and city night moves
Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
Book Pairing: Community Character: Principles for Design and Planning and A Practical Guide to Planning with Community Character
Authors: Lane H. Kendig and Bret C. Keast (Island Press, 2010/2011) Two books by Lane H. Kendig and Bret C. Keast, Community Character and A Guide to...
By Kevin Zhang -
Vancouver’s Separated Bike Lanes – More Popular Than Ever
The past few days I’ve had a tough time finding a spot to park my bike at work. The large bike corral at Dunsmuir and Seymour seems to be jam packed...
By Christopher Porter -
Price Points: Celebration
Why is what’s happening here happening here? Video here. This is 72nd and Scott Road, on the border between Surrey and Delta – or Strawberrry...
By Gordon Price -
Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C.
By Liam Lahey -
World Wide Wednesday: Shovel ready, transit garden, museum advocacy
Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
Yes is More – An Archicomic on Architectural Evolution
Author: BIG Bjarke Ingels Group – Evergreen (2009) Part architectural monograph, part manga comic book, Yes is More – An Archicomic on...
By Sean Ruthen