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...

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...