Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday

LOCAL • Fewer drivers among urban youth in Metro Vancouver [Vancouver Sun] • Save On Meats hit by vandals; owner blames anti-gentrification...

Visual Thoughts #23

Last VT image: Rock face along Sea-to-Sky Highway. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator...

Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday

LOCAL • High-tech plans for old Vancouver police station divide community [Globe and Mail] • Mountain View Cemetery Tour: Builders of Vancouver – Mar 31...

Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday

LOCAL • Cycling advocates urge B.C. parties to steer $75-million a year into biking strategy [Globe and Mail] • Downtown New West goes for the big time...

Video Vancouver: Captive City

Shot over the course of a year from an apartment on the 24th floor in downtown Vancouver, BC. Music by Olenka and the Autumn Lovers.

Sustainability and a Not So Modern Invention

For some, the word “heritage” brings up images of palatial homes with detailed mouldings, intricate windows, and expensive heating bills. At VHF, we are...

Invitation to Places That Matter at the Russian Community Centre

Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday

LOCAL • Vancouver’s $6,000 fresh air for cyclists ‘a small price to pay’ [Vancouver Sun] • Social-housing waiting lists grow for seniors...

Central Coast Salish First Nations Public Art Project, City of Port Moody

Central Coast Salish First Nations Public Art Project City of Port Moody Budget: $23,700 CDN Deadline: April 8, 2013 at noon The City of Port Moody, City...

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...

Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Sunday

LOCAL • Why Surrey needs the next transit expansion [Civic Surrey] • Fox Cinema in East Van: The Waldorf reborn [Vancouver Observer] • Port Moody council...

Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Saturday

LOCAL • Chinese signs in Richmond ‘way out of hand’, says delegation appealing for more English [Vancouver Sun] • Downtown Eastside street cleaners get...