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May 24, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Vancouver bike lanes draw unnecessary lines [Vancouver Courier] • Are pedestrian issues too pedestrian for Vancouver’s bicycle-automobile...
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Vancouver’s Beer Scene Heats Up
Specialist beer events have taken off in the last few years, with beer tasting, beer and food feasts, and workshops in the mold that wine connoisseurs...
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Urban Planet Weird Wednesday: The wonky Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Weird Wednesdays on Urban Planet takes a look at obscure, absurd, and curious things about cities around the world. Everyone has probably seen the...
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Winners of 100 Mile House Ideas Competition Announced
The Architecture Foundation of British Columbia (AFBC) in February launched an international design competition to design a house using materials and...
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May 23, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • City council ditches bigger parking discount for motorcycles [Vancouver Courier] • TransLink property sell-off plan startles region’s mayors...
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SFU Free Lecture: Sticks, Carrots and Tambourines: Actively Learning from Copenhagen’s Transport Successes
Sticks, Carrots and Tambourines: Actively Learning from Copenhagen’s Transport Successes SPEAKER: Andreas Røhl, Bicycle Program Manager, City of...
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Urban Planet: Subway System Patterns
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...
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White | Green : Ten projects in the great outdoors
Author by Mark Isitt (Lawrence King Publishing, 2011) Seafoam, cilantro, avocado, mint….no wait pistachio green like the pudding, that is the colour...
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May 22, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Hastings Urban Farm offers food security and connection to land [Vancouver Observer] • Cities deserve bigger share of tax dollars [Globe and Mail...
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Price Points: Music, Transit and Revival
Can you guess where this is by the evidence? Looks like a rapid-transit station – but where? Palm trees suggest it’s somewhere semi-tropical...
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Vancouver Draw Down – Saturday June 9, 2012
Vancouver Draw Down Saturday June 9, 2012 – 27 free workshops at 18 locations all across Vancouver! Think you can’t draw? Think again...
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Bike to School Week 2012: Cycling for All Ages
The newly re-branded HUB: Your Cycling Connection led Bike to florida traffic school online Week from May 14 to May 18; this is their first year of...
By Kathleen Corey
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered