Urban Planet: North Korea’s Skatepark

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...

Neighbourhood Watch

A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. BC Ferries has appealed their Land Assessment for the Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal...

23 November, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Secret sign maker renames Vancouver’s Guelph Park as ‘Dude Chilling Park’ [Province] • City studying the effects of green actions [Globe&Mail...

The Story of Brock House

I’m a huge fan of Samuel Maclure, a BC-born architect with an incredible design range. Maclure designed almost 500 houses in his 40-year career including...

22 November, 2012 Headlines

Apologies: Headlines are LATE today. While working on them this morning at a Starbucks near the Vancouver Police Headquarters and Olympic Village this...

Urban Planet: Mission San Francisco de Asis

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...

Video Vancouver: Vancouver Honeymoon 1960

Visual Thoughts #15

Last VT image: People waiting near Broadway Station, Vancouver, BC. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also...

Guillermo Penalosa: People Moving Cities: Part I

  Guillermo Penalosa is considered one of the premier voices on the vitalizing nature of human powered transportation and public spaces in Cities. He is...

Call for Artists, Dallas Arboretum

Call for Artists, Dallas Arboretum City of Dallas, Texas, USA Budget: $120,000 USD Deadline: December 17, 2012 at 5:00 pm CST The Public Art Program of...

The Co-operative CIty Conference: Friday, November 23rd

Details Host: British Columbia Co-operative Association Date: Friday, November 23, 2012 Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (PST) Location: SFU Woodwards, 149 West...

20 November, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • West Vancouver ordered to repay $750K in property taxes after Ferry Terminal re-assessment… Is Delta next? [CBC-BC] • SOLEfood Farm changes...