Commercial Drive History Walk with Jak King

DATE: Saturday, June 9th, 2012 TIME: 9:45am, rain or shine LOCATION: Start at SE corner Venables and Commercial Drive. ADMISSION: $10 donation to...

Urban Planet Weird Wednesday: NYC’s subway animations

Weird Wednesdays on Urban Planet takes a look at obscure, absurd, and curious things about cities around the world. If you’ve been on a...

June 6, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • The Interrupted Seawall [Price Tags] • Public Pores over Plan for Vancouver Without Viaducts [The Tyee] • Buskers wanted! Apply to audition by...

Bicycle Culture by Design: Actively Learning from Copenhagen’s Transport Successes, Part 2

As a follow-up to Monday’s lecture by Andreas Rohl, here’s Part 2 of the Copenhagen success story.  This one will book out fast (already at 180...

Vancouver Viaducts Open House Reminder

Urban Planet: WiFi on London’s Underground

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...

Spacing releases Canada City notebook-sketchbook

The newest item added to Spacing’s e-store is our Canada City notebook/sketchbook. The 5.5-inch by 4-inch book contains 64 blank pages for your...

The Sockeye Special: The Story of the Steveston Tram and early Lulu Island

Author: Ron Hyde (Friesens Corporation, 2011) Slowly but surely, Metro Vancouver is recreating the original interurban rail network developed by the BC...

June 5, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Food cart pilot project launched in Stanley and Queen E Parks [Straight] • The changing landscape of downtown Surrey [Civic Surrey] • The Cambie...

Exploring Neighbourhood Energy Futures Reminder – Saturday, June 9th

Exploring Neighbourhood Energy Futures Saturday June 9th 9:30am -2:30pm Aboriginal Friendship Centre – 1607 East Hastings, at Commercial  City of...

Urban Planet: Retro New York Futures

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...

Barnes on Barnes: Parks Chair Constance Barnes on the Inauguration of Emery Barnes Park

[Beginning of a Multipart Interview of Malcolm Bromley & Constance Barnes] Parks are some of the most significant and meaningful public spaces in our...