Features
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World Wide Wednesday: Bike lights, car decline, rail lines
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 -
Transport for Suburbia
Author: Paul Mees (Earthscan, 2010) There are certain books that I know I’m going to enjoy as soon as I see the title. Paul Mees’ book...
By John Calimente -
Norquay Park: Community by Design (or design by community?)
What makes a public park successful? Perhaps we can glimpse and answer this difficult question through looking closely at Norquay Park – one of the...
By Cameron Barker -
Price Points: Robson and Granville
What’s this about? It’s not often that I cheer the loss of another bit of Vancouver’s past. But this block at Robson and Granville is...
By Gordon Price -
World Wide Wednesday: Cycling monuments, Endangered places, Pop-Up Playgrounds
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 – From The Stacks: Crabgrass Frontier- The Suburbanization of the United States
[Editor’s Note: In the rush to get the latest books, we often forget some of the classics. This is why we’ve created “From the...
By Erick Villagomez -
Tom Carter: At the Intersection of Art and Urbanism
Art and urbanism rarely intersect. Sure, people talk about the ‘art of’ city planning; and street art is a staple of many cities. But capital ‘A’ fine-art...
By Yuri Artibise -
Price Points
What’s this about? Yes, it’s a gas station. Not much different than the other 12,684 stations in Canada. But this one is exceptional: it is...
By Gordon Price -
World Wide Wednesday: Luminaires, Luminato, Graffiti Surge
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 -
Price Points: Skaters on the Seawall
WHAT’S THIS ABOUT? Just a few of the hundred or more skateboarders who were rolling towards Brockton Point on the Stanley Park Seawall (map here) to...
By Gordon Price -
In the Wilds: Drawings by Nigel Peake
Into the Wilds is an incredible collection of hand-drawings by Irish artist, Nigel Peake. Created over the course of three months, Peake uses illustrative...
By Elle Ziegler -
Re:post – No Room to Rent in the Livable City
[Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of cross-posts with The Tyee looking at “renovictions” in Vancouver. Survey after poll...
By Jackie Wong