Infrastructure
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Be an Urban Explorer in Your Own Town
VHF would like to thank this weeks’ guest writer, Karen Russell – Urban Planner. Have you ever walked through a residential neighbourhood...
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FCM Event: Young Professionals in Municipal Government and City Building, May 31, 2013
What role can young professionals play in municipal government and city building? How can they get involved? And what are those who are already involved...
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Will Vancouver Replace a Freeway with a Stroad?
Vancouver’s freeway remnants are finally due for demolition. City staff like to draw comparisons to New York’s High Line and Seoul’s famous river...
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Reminder: Discovering the Real Places of the Internet on May 2nd
A reminder of this fascinating SFU City Program lecture on May 2nd. The event should appeal to a wide cross-section of Spacing readers—even those of you...
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SFU City Program Lecture – Tubes and Exchanges: Discovering the Real Places of the Internet
Tubes and Exchanges: Discovering the Real Places of the Internet DATE: May 2, 7 pm LOCATION: SFU Harbour Centre, 515 W Hastings St, Vancouver ADMISSION...
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Densification, Development and Demolition: Heritage and the Three D’s
Dr. Jeff’s was a prominent Vancouver figure in the first decades of the 20th century. He was an Alderman, the City’s Police Commissioner and the City...
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A reluctant cyclist in Europe’s cycling capital – Part 2
Last Monday, I explored the the remarkable persistence of the Dutch cyclist in all types of weather, the Protestant roots of the culture, the impact of...
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“Poodle” Installation Confuses
Written by Varouj Gumuchian Gisele Amantea’s seven-foot-tall “Untitled (Poodle)” sculpture on Main Street has been both a surprise and...
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Wood Windows – Making the Case for Sustainability
It is a frequent occurrence in Vancouver. A van pulls up to an old house and within a few hours the house has new windows. It is as easy now to replace...
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Facadism as a Heritage Strategy
Vancouver Heritage Foundation would like to thank our guest writer for this weeks article, Marta Farevaag, urban planner and Principal of PFS Studio...
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Victoria’s Johnson Street Bridge: a thoroughfare of song
It’s always refreshing when city planners see infrastructure projects not merely as utilitarian exercises, but also as opportunities to produce works of...
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CoV – Ironclad Art Manhole Cover Design Challenge
The City of Vancouver invites everyone who lives, works or goes to school in Vancouver to submit designs for new manhole covers. Contest Dates Opens...
By Spacing