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Book Review: Branding Cities
Edited By: Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, Eleonore Kofman, and Catherine Kevin (Routledge, 2012) Can a city be described in just a few words? Paris as the...
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August 28, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Vancouver’s housing affordability worst in Canada: RBC [OpenFile] • TransLink boosts Surrey-area bus frequency [Surrey North Delta Leader...
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Where are all the commercial vehicles? Surrey.
According to the most recent statistics come from B.C. Stats (via ICBC), Surrey has more licensed commercial vehicles than Vancouver. It looks like...
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August 27, 2012 Headlines
INTERNATIONAL • Collapse of New Bridge Underscores China’s Infrastructure Concerns [The New York Times] • Critic’s Notebook: Frank Lloyd Wright...
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August 26, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Councillor in Vancouver hospital [BC Local News] INTERNATIONAL • Hip-hop architecture goes global [SmartPlanet] • Change on the Horizon [The...
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August 25, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • BC Hydro poll shows strong public backing for its proposed Site C dam [Vancouver Sun] • Forests not just for tree huggers in Vancouver [Globe and...
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Urban Planet: Floating Cycling Infrastructure
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...
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25% off Montreal Metro merch this weekend
WHAT: 25% off Montreal Metro button and magnet sets WHEN: Friday, Aug 24 – Sunday, Aug 26 WHERE: Spacingstore.ca COST: $18.75 buttons/$22.50 magnets...
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Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Highlighting the many land deals that violated several provincial regulations under...
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August 24, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Vancouver’s past and present, merged into one image [OpenFile] • ‘We’ve had it with Surrey’: Homeowner abandons...
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Writing Vancouver – Cool Dark Summer
••• Cool Dark Summer SEAN ORR A cool, dark grey cap of clouds in July makes the light fight even harder for a spot between the maple and cobble The...
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Urban Planet: Wall Street Commuters During the Financial Crisis
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
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered