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Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Metro Vancouver politicians are being vocal about wanting the province to take more time...
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August 3, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • The time for ‘thin streets’ in Vancouver is now [Vancouver Courier] • NPA councillor upset over Vancouver’s $100K Olympic trip [OpenFile] ...
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Urban Planet: Urban Maeztro’s Street Art in Tegucigalpa
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 -
Visual Thoughts #7
Last VT image: Laneway south of Broadway and Alma , Vancouver. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an...
By Erick Villagomez -
August 2, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Former planner looks to wide Vancouver streets for housing space [Vancouver Courier] • Gastown’s “historic” 40-year-old...
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Urban Planet Weird Wednesday: That time Paris melted
Weird Wednesdays on Urban Planet takes a look at obscure, absurd, and curious things about cities around the world. From the “we swear it’s...
By Mike Bulko -
Transportation Transformation: Rethink and Repurpose
It is by no means a new idea that car travel and dependency is bad for the environment, health and a host of other derivatives. But as life goes on and...
By Andrew Cuthbert -
August 1, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Gastown’s cobblestones turning into asphalt patchwork [CBC] • Is this the future of the Sears building? [OpenFile] • City launches citizens...
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Urban Planet: How to Disrupt Public Space
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 -
Culture Days 2012 | Vancouver
Calling all painters, musician, dancers, potters, performers, designers, curators, chefs, poets, artisans, photographers, writers, directors, quilters...
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re:THINK HOUSING Winners Announced
Last night the City of Vancouver announced the winners of the re:THINK HOUSING design competition. This is the second ideas and design competition carried...
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Houses Made of Wood and Light – The Life and Architecture of Hank Schubart
“Asked by a client to describe his architecture, Schubart reportedly replied, “Glass and cedar, contemporary West Coast style.” It was more than cedar and...
By Sean Ruthen
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered