Neighbourhoods
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Book Review: What Makes a Great City
Author: Alexander Garvin (Island Press/Center for Resource Economics, 2016) Alexander Garvin is an adjunct professor at the Yale School of Architecture...
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EVENT: Volunteer Downtown Public Space & Public Life Study with CoV and Gehl, Sept 14 & 16
Public Space & Public Life Study Shifts: Thursday, Sept 14 and Saturday, Sept 16 Training: Wednesday, Sept 13 from 6:00 to 8:00pm at the Roundhouse...
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Event: Heritage Vancouver – Shaping Vancouver 2017 Conversation #3, Sept. 14
Shaping Vancouver 2017: ReShaping Conversations on Heritage Conversation #3: Subcultural Heritage – Emergence of Social Diversity and the Creation...
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EVENT: VPSN Backyard BBQ Laneway Living Room, Sat. August 26th
Laneway Living Room: Backyard BBQ DATE: Saturday, August 26th, 2017 TIME: 12pm – 9pm LOCATION: 401 West Cordova (Laneway between Cordova and Cambie â€...
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EVENT: Heritage Vancouver Top 10 Tour & Talk – Chinatown, Aug 26th
Heritage Vancouver Top 10 Tour + Talk – Chinatown: Historic Urban Landscapes DATE: August 26th 2:00PM-4:00PM LOCATIONS: Chinese Cultural Centre Courtyard...
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Video Vancouver: The Chicken Coop
A resident of Fraserview in Vancouver discovers a country music link to one of the backyards in his neighbourhood.
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Co-ops Offer Family-Friendly Housing, Yet Face an Uncertain Future
I am writing a short series, “Cities for Families” to showcase how local governments, non-profits, and the private sector are building a family friendly...
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RELEASE: VPSN, Laneway Living Rooms: Grandma’s House, July 29th
Laneway Living Rooms: Grandma’s House WHEN: 12pm – 9pm Saturday, July 29th, 2017 WHERE: 1027 Commercial Drive laneway (south of Venables St between Parker...
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West Coast Modern Home Tour 2017
Guest author: Jordan Yerman We all crave the larger architectural moments and design gestures uncovered during the West Coast Modern Home Tour presented...
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RELEASE: Kickstarter Pledges Bring Vancouver’s Ackery’s Alley to Life
Following a 30-day Kickstarter campaign, More Awesome Now, creators of Vancouver’s first reimagined laneway, Alley-Oop, have achieved the funding needed...
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Book Review From the Stacks: Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change
To Jane Jacob’s three traditional urban values of civic space, human scale and diversity, the current environmental imperative adds two more: conservation...
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Cartographically Speaking: Vancouver vs. Historical Cities
To view a larger version, click here. 2011. That was the year I came across a website, now lost. It had a very simple interface, asking only for your...
By Erick Villagomez