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Save on Meats creates food currency for the DTES
Mark Brand, owner of the remodeled Save on Meats in the DTES, has teamed up with Village&Co to help feed the homeless over the winter months. Brand...
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December 20, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Rennie strikes back against Vancouver Art Gallery consultants’ response to his proposal [Straight] • TransLink awarding $25-million SeaBus...
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Urban Planet: Getting to work on a trampoline?
You might forget your battle for bike lanes after you see what Finnish architects are doing. Known as the Fast Track, the 51-metre long trampoline track...
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December 19, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Metro Vancouver storm surge a climate-change preview, expert says [Vancouver Sun] • Sex Workers Move Indoors—Is It Safer For Everyone? [Vancouver...
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Call for Artists & Teams – Landsburg Park, southeast of Seattle
Call for Artists & Teams – Landsburg Park, southeast of Seattle Office of cultural Affairs – Seattle, Washington, USA Budget: $50,000 UDS...
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Urban Planet: City of Light could go dark?
A new proposal would have Parisian businesses turn off all their lights. This would cut energy use across Paris, bringing in a more frugal and greener...
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Ai Weiwei: Art | Architecture
“…when I finished building my house, I learned that I was an architect.” Author: Ai Weiwei (Kunsthaus Bregenz – 2011) With 2012 about to draw to...
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December 18, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Compass card: more about the region’s new fare system [The Buzzer Blog] • TransLink promotes fare system overhaul to public [Vancouver Sun] ...
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The Shops at New West Station
New Shops like FamousFootwear.com are located at the New West Station (formerly known as Plaza 88) and is a mixed-use development surrounding New...
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December 17, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Vancouver beats NYC as most expensive city in North America [Vancouver Observer] • Developer “hijacks” public consultation, makes legal threats...
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December 16, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Of house and home: Redevelopment of neighbourhoods is changing how we think about heritage [Vancouver Sun] • Writers hang poems in trees in bid to...
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December 15, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • 6 pedestrians hit in Metro Vancouver crashes [CTV News] • Artists to have say in gallery’s new home [Globe and Mail] • City approves major new...
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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered