Urban Planet: Urban Plant Tags

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...

Vancity Call to Artists Expressions of Interest for site-specific art commissions for redesigned Vancity branches

Vancity Call to Artists – Expressions of Interest for site-specific art commissions for redesigned Vancity branches The cities of Vancouver and...

Video Vancouver: Venice in a Day

Andrews on 8th

I haven’t been past the Blue Building for several months, so it was a nice surprise to drop in for coffee and a veggie panini at Andrews on 8th. Don’t let...

June 14, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Vancouver bike rental plan will cost nearly $2 million [Vancouver Courier] • Metro Vancouver losing out on millions from diverted waste [Vancouver...

Call for Artists 2012 Public Artist Roster, Washington State Arts Commission

Call for Artists, 2012 Public Artist Roster Washington State Arts Commission Budgets: $25,000 to $300,000 Deadline: June 26, 2012, at 5pm Pacific Time The...

Urban Planet Weird Wednesday: Civilization in the year 3991 AD

Weird Wednesdays on Urban Planet takes a look at obscure, absurd, and curious things about cities around the world. A decade-long computer simulation has...

HUB Q&A with Steph Gray

Last month, we celebrated cycling to school during Bike to School Week from May 14 to May 18. The event, coordinated by HUB: Your Cycling Connection, was...

June 13, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • The Interrupted Seawall: Why wait ’til September? [Price Tags] • Transit-oriented buildings fetch higher rents [Globe and Mail] • Soapbox...

Call for proposals from Artists for Fieldhouse Studio Residencies in Parks

Call for proposals from Artists for Fieldhouse Studio Residencies in Parks Deadline for Proposals: July 9, 2012 The Fieldhouse Studio Residency Program...

Urban Planet: Popularise – Collaborative Planning Online

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...

City Rules: How Regulations Affect Urban Form

Author: Emily Talen (Island Press, 2011) American cities are now saddled with rules that work against the formation of compact, diverse, walkable, urban...