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A Place You Should Know: Sam Kee Building
Built in 1913, the Sam Kee Building at Pender and Carrall is celebrated for its architectural ingenuity, its cultural significance to the Chinese...
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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
LOCAL • Vancouver property values go up in Chinatown, Downtown Eastside, Mount Pleasant industrial — speculation maybe? [State of Vancouver] â€...
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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday
LOCAL • Office vacancy rate starts to climb in Vancouver downtown, Surrey [State of Vancouver] • On transit, Lower Mainland mayors can’t do it all...
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Community Photo: 439 Powell Street – An Important Part of Our History & Community
Dear family, friends and supporters, In 1975, members of the Ming Sun Benevolent Society gathered outside their building at 439 Powell Street for a 50th...
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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday
LOCAL • Denver’s transit-referendum redemption a lesson for Vancouver [Globe and Mail] • Does public participation slow down cities’ ability to make...
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Video Vancouver: Rituals, Rules and Ridership of the West Coast Express
A video based on yesterday’s featured Train Tracks post. The daily commute for many is typically a mundane task that takes time away from the...
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Book Review – Raincoast Chronicles #22: Saving Salmon, Sailors and Souls: Stories of Service on the BC Coast
Editor: David R. Conn (Harbour Publishing, 2013) It is always a delight to get a hold of a new Raincoast Chronicles. No matter what the theme, there is...
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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday
LOCAL • Province softens stance on timing of transit referendum [Globe and Mail] • Vancouver agents, builders greet signs of a rebound with glee [Globe...
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Photo: Bloedel Conservatory
Bloedel Conservatory, Vancouver, BC / By Los Paseos Contribute photos to Spacing Vancouver’s Flickr Pool
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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday
LOCAL • Wheels haven’t fallen off Vancouver’s bike-share ambitions [Globe and Mail] • Cultural bummers ‘really disappointing,’ but part of life, Gregor...
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Train Tracks: Rituals, Rules and Ridership on the West Coast Express
Every day starts like this: You arrive at the station, at the same time, every day. You pull into your parking stall, pay for your numbered space, and...
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Invitation to Vancouver Heritage Foundation’s Places That Matter: Original Border
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By Vancouver Heritage Foundation
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered