Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday

LOCAL • Developing Story: Lost heritage captured in Vancouver Vanishes [Vancouver Courier] • Decision to build new Vancouver Art Gallery wins widespread...

Release: Museum of Vancouver first North American cultural institution to take augmented reality “to the streets”

The Visible City now available for iPhone and Android Today the Museum of Vancouver (MOV) launches the Visible City, a virtual exhibition of Vancouver’s...

Video Vancouver: Day to Night on the London Underground

Day to Night on one of the world’s biggest Metro Systems the London Underground. Some people think that it’s the most miserable place on earth, however if...

What’s Next, Broadway? Community Transit Forum—May 2, 2013

Join me and some notable transportation specialist this Thursday for a discussion on the future of transit along the Broadway corridor: Details Who? The...

Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday

LOCAL • Photos: Burlington-Northern train between Vancouver and Seattle [Vancouver Sun] • Pidgin protests in Downtown Eastside concern activist funders...

PHOTO: George Wainborn Park

Part of the fountain in George Wainborn Park, Vancouver / By Los Paseos  Contribute your photos to Spacing Vancouver’s Flickr Pool

Book Review – Representing Landscapes

Editor: Nadia Amoroso (Routledge 2012) One of landscape architecture’s distinguishing features is its interest in temporal effects and outcomes as...

Bodies out of Place: Representations of Gentrification—May 7, 2013

Come hear SFU visiting scholar Leslie Kern discuss how gentrification is represented in popular media, and what these representations mean in the context...

City invites submissions for 2013 Book Award

Authors and publishers of books that contribute to the appreciation and understanding of Vancouver’s history, unique character or the achievements...

Invitation to Places That Matter Plaque Presentation at Gibby’s Field!

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...

Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday

LOCAL • Bus driver aims to steer commuting experience to a more civil place, one ‘hi’ at a time [Vancouver Sun] • School for urban farmers hones economic...