Release: Grandview Heritage Group Centenary Houses celebration – Saturday, Aug 18

In recognition of the heritage-rich character of the Grandview neighbourhood, the Grandview Heritage Group (GHG) is officially launching its Centenary...

Video Vancouver: Parkour Playhouse – Abandoned Stadium

Urban Planet: Dutch Intersection Design

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...

Writing Vancouver – The Eight-Year-Olds

Writing Vancouver is a bi-weekly section that highlights local talent in the literary arts. Over the coming weeks, Spacing Vancouver readers will be...

August 9, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Musqueam plan protest near disputed Vancouver site [Vancouver Courier] • New City of Vancouver Website Criticized  [CKNW] • The case for building...

August Urbanist Meetup, Sunday, August 12th, 3pm-5pm

It’s August already, and that means it’s time for the next Vancouver Urbanist Meetup! This month we’ll be gathering at Darby’s Public House in...

Urban Planet Weird Wednesday: Osaka’s stadium neighbourhood

Weird Wednesdays on Urban Planet takes a look at obscure, absurd, and curious things about cities around the world. At first glance, Stadiums tend to seem...

Malcolm Bromley & Constance Barnes Interview – Part 4

Spacing Vancouver Editor Erick Villagomez and contributors Brendan Hurley and Yuri Artibise continue their lively discussion with Vancouver Park Board...

August 8, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Heritage homes hover over Strathcona [Vancouver Sun] • Public pressure builds for change to Sears building [OpenFile] CANADA • Montréal: Lessons...

Release: The City of Vancouver will unveil its new website Wednesday, August 8.

More than a website refresh, this is a completely new website—built from the ground up with modern tools and methodologies to create a new, user-centred...

Urban Planet: Pop-Up Shop as Revitalization Strategy

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...

New Food Scraps Drop Spots added in the Olympic Village and the West End

This summer, two groups of residents in the West End and Olympic Village are joining other high-density Vancouver neighbourhoods in a community effort to...