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Urban Planet Weird Wednesday: Taiwan’s UFO hotel
Weird Wednesdays on Urban Planet takes a look at obscure, absurd, and curious things about cities around the world. On the outskirts of Taipei sat these...
By Mike Bulko -
Velo-City 2012 Part 2 – Know your cyclists: Increasing cycling mode share around the world.
[Editor’s Note: This is the second and final part of a series looking at some of the interesting issues that were discussed at the Velo-city...
By Andrew Cuthbert -
July 11 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Don’t write Robson Street’s obituary just yet [Vancouver Sun] • Yesterday an Urban Pasture popped up on Robson Street [Price Tags] â€...
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Urban Planet: Beijing’s Olympic Venues in Disrepair
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 -
Grandview-Woodland Transportation Plan workshop
This is an opportunity for residents of Grandview-Woodland to learn about how the high-level directions proposed in the draft Transportation 2040 document...
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The Goethe Satellite: Orbiting Art throughout Vancouver
The Goethe-Institut is pleased to announce four new art projects lined up for the Goethe Satellite Vancouver Series 2012-2013: Goethe Satellite @ Western...
By Spacing -
July 10, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Village on the viaducts and floating neighbourhoods: Public submits bold affordable housing ideas [OpenFile] • Vancouver Park Board considers...
By Spacing -
VHF Places That Matter plaque presentation at Choklit Park – July 16, 9:30am.
Join us in celebrating Choklit Park! The Vancouver Heritage Foundation will be presenting a Places That Matter plaque next Monday 16th July at 9.30am at...
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Price Points: What is Vancouver’s newest neighbourhood?
If you haven’t been down Second Avenue between Cambie and Burrard recently, be prepared for a shock: It’s another instant...
By Gordon Price -
Urban Planet: Subway Readers
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 -
Embracing History: How Memphis is Revitalizing its Downtown
In a series called Detroit Rising, Richard Florida profiled Detroit’s creative renaissance and rebound from economic collapse. It showed how the...
By Jillian Glover -
July 9, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • False Creek residents wonder: what makes a building friendly? [Vancouver Sun] • Plea for pleaching [Stephen Rees’s Blog] • Big Step for Big...
By Spacing
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered