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Book Review – Torre David: Informal Vertical Communities
We believe that design – whether of buildings, public parks, or infrastructure – is an invaluable tool for improving lives. Torre David, with its...
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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday
LOCAL • Long-shot longhouse dreams gain support [Globe and Mail] • East Vancouver residents want Prior Street to remain residential after viaducts are...
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Malls Are the New Urban
To a passerby, the construction taking place at Metrotown’s Station Square may look the same as any of the others taking place on nearby plots where...
By Zak Bennett -
Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Saturday
LOCAL • British Columbia’s transit dreams [Globe and Mail] • Former Vancouver mayor Art Phillips dies [Globe and Mail] • BC’s Real Social Housing...
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Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. The provincial government was right to choose SkyTrain technology to build the Evergreen...
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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday
LOCAL • Pete McMartin: Change is frightening to everyone, but it’s on its way to the Downtown Eastside [Vancouver Sun] • Arthur Erickson’s home...
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Video Vancouver: Motorville
The map of an american city goes on a quest across the world to find oil in order to feed its body, made of streets, highways and freeways.
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Win $12,000 to create your own PARKit
The City of Surrey is calling for submissions in its PARKit Design Challenge, a competition for the design and installation of a summertime pop-up park in...
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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday
LOCAL • Richmond councillor worried about pollution from plan to barge millions of tonnes of fossil fuel [Vancouver Sun] • Most in Metro Vancouver would...
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Call for Credentials for Artists – Toronto, ON, Canada
Call for Credentials for Artists – Toronto, ON, Canada Budgets: Future individual public art installations may range between $100,000 – $1.2...
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Video Vancouver: The STROAD
From Charles Marohn, Executive Director at Strong Towns. When you combine a street and a road, you get a STROAD, one of the most dangerous and...
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CityStudio: Engagement Expo, April 5-6
CityStudio invites you to Engagement Expo from April 5 – 6, 2013! Come to eat and talk with influential Vancouverites at our long table dinner, join...
By Spacing
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered