Video Vancouver: Oppa Gangnam “West Coast” Style

Spacing Express: Duelling Commerce

A lot of media attention has been given recently to the B.C. government’s new $15 millon “HIPSTER is not A REAL JOB” ad campaign. But...

October 25, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Bike to Work Week starts next week, Oct 29-Nov 2, 2012 [The Buzzer Blog] • Burrard Hotel – Cordova and Homer [Changing Vancouver] INTERNATIONAL â€...

Vancouver Heritage Foundation Hycroft Evening Lecture with John Atkin

Vancouver Heritage Foundation – Hycroft Evening Lecture Series Catalog Shopping for Homes: Early Vancouver Houses with John Atkin. Many early homes...

October 24, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Richmond to open its street corners to food vendors [Richmond Review] • Walking With Ghosts in Haunted Vancouver [TravelLady Magazine] • Former...

Urban Planet: The Cardboard Bicycle

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...

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...

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...

October 23, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Vancouver City Hall approves condo development that will demolish Ridge bowling alley and theatre [Vancouver Sun] • Province gives Vancouver...

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...

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...

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...