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Book Review: A History of Future Cities
Author: Daniel Brook (W.W. Norton, 2013) Shanghai, Dubai, Mumbai and St. Petersburg might not seem like the most obvious combination of cities to look...
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Invitation to Vancouver Heritage Foundation’s Places That Matter: Wooden Roller Coaster & Pacific Coliseum
PNE Invite
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Disasters by the Book
Would you be able to rely on your neighbors in the event an earthquake struck your home? How helpful would public institutions remain if a flood swept...
By YarOn Stern -
Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Wi-Fi hot spots are expected to soon be popping up all over [Campbell River] after...
By Yuri Artibise -
Video Vancouver: Sounds of the City
This project, inspired by 99% Invisible is an attempt to illustrate the sounds of a city. What sounds make a city unique? What sounds are embedded in the...
By Yuri Artibise -
The End of Hogan’s Alley – Part 2
The first part of this series ended with the introduction of Vancouver Transportation Study (VTS), a report that included the destruction of the...
By curtisscott -
Video Vancouver: Cycling Sucks
This is the first of two commercials created for a student project, in order to promote the bicycle. The assignment was to make a tv-commercial about a...
By Yuri Artibise -
Call for Submissions – “WE ARE BC,” a crowdsourced, user-generated film – DEADLINE EXTENDED, Sept 2nd!!
We are looking for a diversity of perspectives. Participating is simple and free. BC residents can submit a 30-second unedited video clip (taken with a...
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Introducing Park-A-Park: Vancouver’s Recently Launched Mobile Parklet
If you’ve visited Vancouver’s Commercial Drive recently, and walked by the southwest corner where East 1st Avenue crosses The Drive, you may have caught...
By Liz Vossen -
Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Weekend
LOCAL • The debate on housing supply is really about Monopoly [The Mainlander] • Idea of combining Compass card with B.C. ID worries privacy advocates...
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Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Peddling residents hoping to see Cadboro Bay Road adopt bike lanes will have to wait a...
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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
LOCAL • Translink’s ‘double transit fee’ for cash-paying riders draws petition [Vancouver Sun] • Why other bike-lane cities watch...
By Spacing
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered