June Urbanist Meetup, Sunday, June 10, 3pm-5pm

This month, the Vancouver Urbanists are returning to the West End. We’ll be meeting on June 10th from 3-5pm, at The Fountainhead Pub (1025 Davie...

Grouse Grind: a long way up

Grouse Mountain has become a grand symbol of Vancouver’s recreational and cultural capital coming together. The “Grind” trail up the mountain has a...

“A False Creek”

“A False Creek” An artwork commissioned by the City of Vancouver starting June 2012 Artists: Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky “A False...

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...