January 15, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Behind the changing face of Vancouver’s Chinatown [Globe and Mail] • Urban Design Studio: Vancouver’s Waterfront Evolution – 1888 to Present...

January 14, 2013 Headlines

LOCAL • Waldorf “love-in” brings crowds to embattled hotel and concert venue [Vancouver Sun] • NDP Seeks BC Place Probe [The Tyee] • Foes of...

Call for Artists – Songshan Station, Taipei, Taiwan

Call for Artists – Songshan Station, Taipei, Taiwan Department of Rapid Transit Systems Taipei City Government, Taiwan, R.O.C. Budget: NT$15,000,000...

January 13, 2013 Headlines

INTERNATIONAL • Artists take Metro commuters on another kind of journey [The Los Angeles Times] • How Google Earth Revealed Chicago’s Hidden Farms...

January 12, 2013 Headlines

LOCAL • Mayor Robertson hopes city can help save Waldorf [Globe and Mail] • Robertson scrambles to get out in front of Waldorf Hotel mess, looking for...

Release: UBC Centre for Cultural Planning and Development Announces New Online Courses in Cultural Planning

Cultural planning is a rapidly evolving integrated approach to the development of well-planned and creative communities supported by vibrant cultures and...

Urban Planet: NASA-NOAA cities at night

Check out these stunning space visuals of sprawling city lights etching their way across the earth. Scientists from NASA and NOAA are using these...

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...