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Urban Planet: Detroit’s Packard plant
The video tells the story of Detroit’s Packard plant. The hundred-year-old building once produced luxury vehicles, but now it sits crumbling...
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Book Review: Urban Wildscapes, Anna Jorgensen and Richard Kennan
Editors: Anna Jorgensen and Richard Kennan (Routledge, 2011) Urban Wildscapes is a diverse collection of essays that provides a critical look at the...
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December 11, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Community Correspondent: Kerrisdale community centre’s legacy a model threatened by city [Vancouver Courier] • Vancouver architect Bing Thom...
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Request for Qualifications: Arlington County – Western Gateway Public Art Opportunity
Request for Qualifications: Arlington County – Western Gateway Public Art Opportunity Arlington County, VA, USA Budget: $200,000 (USD) Submission...
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Bike Rides Society
Earlier this year, a couple of cyclists from Austin Texas popped into Vancouver at the beginning of their tour down to San Francisco. Within every town...
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December 10, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Industrial land bank urged for Vancouver [Globe and Mail] • South Surrey casino claims over 7,000 supporters [Peace Arch News] CANADA • Fissures...
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December 9, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Proposed 37-storey building to be Delta’s tallest [Vancouver Sun] INTERNATIONAL • James Hansen blasts cap and trade [San Francisco...
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December 8, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Vancouver vulnerable to the ravages of global warming, researchers say [Vancouver Sun] • Funding TransLink: Thomas Beyer Has a Little List [Price...
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CityStudio Blasting Off
Friday night was the CityStudio Holiday Blast. Held at the Wise Hall off the Drive, the event was a celebration of the first year of the Studio’s...
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Urban Planet: Mesmerizing visualizations of mass-transit
While you are riding the overcrowded bus to work, it might be impossible to imagine how many other people, on innumerable forms of transit, are scattered...
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Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Metro Vancouver is voting today on whether or not to create hydroelectric power at its...
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December 7, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Vision’s Trojan Train on Broadway [The Mainlander] • Broadway rapid-transit plan comes with density issues [Globe and Mail] • 16th Avenue to be...
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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered