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Citizens of No Place
Author: Jimenez Lai (Princeton Architectural Press, 2012) Citizens of No Place is my kind of book, 90% diagrams and 10% text. This architecture graphic...
By Alicia Medina Laddaga -
July 17, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Urban wildlife here to stay so get used to it [Vancouver Courier] • Park commissioner wants to protect private rental companies from...
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Urban Planet: Bicycle Monuments
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 -
Malcolm Bromley & Constance Barnes Interview – Part 1
Parks are some of the most significant and meaningful public spaces in our cities. As traditional spaces of leisure, nature, and sport, parks have played...
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July 16, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Turning parks into housing bad urban policy: Planners Beasley & Toderian [VancouverSun] • Big Steps for Big City Farming [TheTyee] • Expert...
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Price Points: Nicest Corner in the West End
Sure, ‘niceness’ is subjective.  But there are some objective reasons. The Haro and Cardero corner (map here) is just a block from the...
By Gordon Price -
July 15, 2012
INTERNATIONAL • Past Its Golden Moment, Bogotá Clings to Hope [The New York Times] • Radical Cartography Produces Unlikely Maps and Design Partnerships in...
By Erick Villagomez -
July 14, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Guiding themes for planning a transit network [The Buzzer Blog] • Vision Vancouver hits rough patch on housing, seawall [Vancouver Courier] â€...
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Earthwalks Vancouver
Three local non-profit groups – Little Mountain Neighbourhood House, Village Vancouver and the False Creek Watershed Society have partnered to offer a...
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LAST DAY To “Talk Transportation” to Vancouver
“Talk Transportation to Us” Vancouver’s public engagement wing for Transportation Issues is closing comments for the Draft Directions...
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Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Teck Resources has generously donated $1 million to complete the sections of the Trans...
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July 13, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Is Vancouver a Nimby City? [OpenFile] • Let the Children Pedal! Lessons from Velo-City [Tyee] • The Suns Version of the Coolest Buildings in the...
By Spacing
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered