Neighbourhood Watch

A selected image from the Spacing Vancouver Flickr pool. Image courtesy of Stephen Rees. A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C...

January 11, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • NPA wants food cart program re-examined [Vancouver Courier] • The story behind The Waldorf’s displacement from the Hastings Corridor [The...

Release: Waldorf Hotel closes it doors

[EDITOR’S NOTE: The unfortunate news about the Waldorf has sparked a lot of heated debate, and is sure to cause more in the days ahead.  As a...

Video Vancouver: The ABC of Architects

January 10, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Patrons lament closing of Waldorf Hotel after sale to condo developer [Globe and Mail] • Phase 1of the Main Street-Science World Station upgrades...

January Urbanist Meetup—Sunday, January 13, 2013, 3pm-5pm

Happy New Year! What better way to start off the year than by getting together with your fellow urbanists at January’s Vancouver Urbanist Meetup...

International Call for Artists – SkySong Temporary Public Art Project, Scottsdale Public Art

International Call for Artists – SkySong Temporary Public Art Project, Scottsdale Public Art Scottsdale, AZ, USA Budget: Approximately $150,000 USD...

Urban Planet: Soda bottle lights

In low income communities across the globe, natural light is often unavailable in windowless homes crowded together under corrugated metal roofs. Even on...

January 9, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • City explains housing project at former Ramada [Vancouver Courier] • Cost and convenience won’t add up to increased transit ridership [Vancouver...

Urban Planet: Walkability boosts city’s ecomony

After being hit hard by the national housing crisis, the city of Lancaster in California, was looking for ways to grow. With the newly built Lancaster...

Call for Artists – Port Metro Vancouver Low Level Road Construction Project, North Vancouver

Call for Artists – Port Metro Vancouver, Low Level Road Construction Project City of North Vancouver, BC Budget: $30,000 Deadline: January 18, 2013...

Echoes Across Seymour

Author: Janet Pavlik, Desmond Smith and Eileen Smith (Harbour Publishing, 2012) A couple of years back I interviewed Charles Van Sandwyk in his Deep Cove...