Writing Vancouver – Poem #1

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

Video Vancouver: Populating the New Transit Corridors: Vancouver’s Recent Experience Along the Cambie Corridor…

Urban Planet: LumaHelm – A Gesture Controlled Helmet

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...

L.D. Taylor and the History of Taylor Manor

Thanks to a $30 million anonymous donation last month, Taylor Manor will get a much needed facelift and provide housing for 56 people with mental...

July 12, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Park board pushes seawall extension [Vancouver Courier] • Southern Gateway: An American pipeline giant’s plans for Vancouver [Vancouver...

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...

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...

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€...

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...

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...

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...

July 10, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Village on the viaducts and floating neighbourhoods: Public submits bold affordable housing ideas [OpenFile] • Vancouver Park Board considers...