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Urban Planet: Plastic Bottle Fish Sculpture
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 -
Writing Vancouver – The Fire Before
Writing Vancouver is a bi-weekly section that highlights local talent in the literary arts. Over the coming weeks, Spacing Vancouver readers will be...
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Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. With help from Housing Strategies Inc., the District of Elkford and the District of...
By Erick Villagomez -
June 29, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Mayor’s task force member Michael Lewis says community land trusts promote affordable housing [The Georgia Straight] • Thirst for affordable...
By Spacing -
Urban Planet: Urban Umbrella
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 -
Forbidden Vancouver
I took the Forbidden Vancouver Walking Tour with my friend Sharon Rowse this past Saturday night. Sharon writes historical mysteries set in Vancouver and...
By Eve Lazarus -
June 28, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Welcome to Taxiland [The Dependent] • Company peddles bike helmet vending machines in Vancouver [Vancouver Courier] • Alta Bicycle Share hopes to...
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Full-Scale Model of Bombardier Flexity Freedom Coming to Surrey (July 1) and Vancouver (July 5-8th)
It’s been 2 years, one month, and three days since the Bombardier Olympic Streetcar got sent back to Belgium for good. But who’s counting...
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EVENT – re:THINK Housing Competition entries
To answer the question “What can be done to address Vancouver’s affordable housing crisis?” the Mayor’s Task Force on Housing Affordability launched the...
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Vancouver’s Cambie Corridor Plan selected for 2012 Award for Planning Excellence!
It is with great pleasure that Spacing Vancouver announces that Vancouver’s Cambie Corridor Plan has just been selected for the 2012 Award for...
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Urban Planet Weird Wednesday: US school suspends cycling students
Weird Wednesdays on Urban Planet takes a look at obscure, absurd, and curious things about cities around the world. At my high school (and most others...
By Mike Bulko -
Re:THINK Housing Nerd Jam
Last Friday June 15th the City of Vancouver in partnership with GenWhy Media and the Vancouver Design Nerds held a ‘Nerd Jam’ to get the wheels turning...
By Alicia Medina Laddaga
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered