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Warren Gill Memorial Lecture: Is Public Space a Public Good?—November 8, 2012
Is Public Space a Public Good? Public space is routinely seen as the cure to every imaginable urban ill, from air quality to obesity. But how much of...
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Stan Douglas – Abbott & Cordova, 7 August 1971
I wasn’t interested in the image conveying a single message. I was more interested in facilitating a conversation between people about a historical...
By Sean Ruthen -
October 23, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Vancouver City Hall approves condo development that will demolish Ridge bowling alley and theatre [Vancouver Sun] • Province gives Vancouver...
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Urban Planet: Citizen as Designer
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
Urban Lighting: Planning for Public Spaces
Much of the form and function of public space at night is determined by artificial light. Light guides cars and bicycles along roads and paths, and...
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October 22, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • The Lower Mainland: hub of farming in B.C. [Fraseropolis] • See Mother Nature at work as salmon life cycle unfolds at Vancouver Island park...
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October 21, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Earthquake disaster simulation hits Vancouver [Vancouver Sun] • Bodega Hotel – Carrall Street [Changing Vancouver] INTERNATIONAL • Clean streets...
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October 20, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Vancouver’s first street soccer court planned for Hastings Park [Vancouver Courier] • Seaspan kicks-off billion-dollar B.C. shipyard construction...
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Urban Planet: Brooklyn Grange Farm
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
RELEASE: “City Museums: Collisions I Connections” conference at Museum of Vancouver
“City Museums: Collisions I Connections” – Museum of Vancouver October 24-26, 2012 The International Committee for the Collections and Activities of...
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Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. The new $38-million Carson Graham secondary school was unveiled this week in North...
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October 19, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • New policies will not make Vancouver housing affordable [Vancouver Sun] • Mayors give province an ultimatum on coming up with new transit-funding...
By Spacing
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered