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...

Price Points: The L.A. Boulevard – Ready for its Close-up

Last February, just before I left for a study tour of L.A., I posted this image and asked: What is it about that shot, taken in the early 1930s, that is...

June 4, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Vancouver park board chairwoman seeks NDP nomination for local riding [Vancouver Sun] INTERNATIONAL • Paul Krekorian: City’s Budget & Finance...

June 3, 2012 Headlines

INTERNATIONAL • Will SmartPhones make location irrelevant? [New Urbanism Blog] • Will the 2012 Olympics revitalize East London? [The Washington Post] â€...

June 2, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Neighbour pans Ridge development plan [Vancouver Courier] • Land-rich boomers buying nests for their young [Globe and Mail] • Changes to planned...

Urban Planet: Disaster City

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...

Sim City: Disaster hits Spacington!

In conjunction with our newest Disaster issue we thought we’d see what it would be like if a couple disasters hit our very own, Spacington. This...

Video Vancouver: A Bicycle Ride