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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday
LOCAL • TransLink 101: Managing major roads and bridges in Metro Vancouver [The Buzzer Blog] • Vancouver cohousing complex draws concern [Vancouver...
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Video Vancouver: Jane Jacob on Visual Order, Art & Life
A short reading from The Death and Life of Great American Cities, by Jane Jacobs. This copy published by Vintage Books, copyright 1961. Chapter 19, Visual...
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Designing Together: the first workshop in MOV’s Upcycled Urbanism series, March 3rd
Designing Together: the first workshop in MOV’s Upcycled Urbanism series Sunday, March 3rd – 2:00PM – 4:00PM @ MOV (1100 Chestnut St)Â...
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Granville Island: 40 Years Later – Authenticity that Ages Gracefully
VHF would like to thank our guest writer for this weeks article Paul Nursey, Vice-President, Strategy and Corporate Communications at the Canadian...
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Book Review: Will Alsop – The Noise
Alsop represents a new and singular breed of architect whose métier appears to close the breach between art and architecture by encapsulating sculpture...
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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday
LOCAL • Marpole shipyard building quietly demolished [Vancouver Courier] • Vancouver invests $50,000 to develop bike helmet dispenser [Vancouver Sun] â€...
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Mark Kingwell on Public Space
At the annual Warren Gill Memorial Lecture held last Thursday at SFU Woodwards, Mark Kingwell was the epitome of the public intellectual. A philosophy...
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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday
LOCAL • Democratizing Urban Design: A Public Square for Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia [Global Site Plans – The Grid] • Canada gets ready to...
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February 24, 2013 Headlines
LOCAL • The New Surrey: Universities lag behind city demand [Vancouver Sun] • Community-centre negotiations grinding on slowly but surely, while objectors...
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February 23, 2013 Headlines
LOCAL • Two downtown sites could become Targets [Vancouver Courier] • The electric vehicle is ready. Are you? [Vancouver Observer] • 17-storey mixed-used...
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Jim Green Memorial Lecture: Observations in Community Development — February 26, 2013
Jim Green Memorial Lecture by Ken Lyotier February 26, 2013 | 7:00 – 9:00 PM FREE, but an RSVPÂ is encouraged. Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema, Goldcorp...
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Chickens in the city: America’s urban farming innovations
In America, several key innovations are making urban farming a sustainable method of food production. Rooftops, window sills and backyards are...
By Jonathan Zettel
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered