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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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Streetcrow: Another View of Urban Life
Streetcrow, Vancouver’s most recent social media darling, said goodbye on Wednesday. After his post went out, to more than 3500 followers on Twitter and...
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Urban Planet: Spinning flywheels boost subways
We can only imagine the amount of energy it takes so send subways around the city. Here’s an article that has at least one solution taken from the...
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Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Plymouth elementary may be transformed into duplexes, townhouses, a private school or...
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December 14, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Greenway another step toward walkable city [Globe and Mail] • Vancouver to Surrey: Après vous, mon ami [Price Tags] CANADA • Why walkable cities...
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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered