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Jane’s Walk Special: Get with the plan (Marpole version)!
[Editor’s Note: We are happy to present the first of a three InDepth Features covering a trio of special Jane’s Walk neighbourhood tours...
By Ren Thomas -
May 16, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • New wayfinding signage is going up around the region [The Buzzer Blog] • The Name “Grandview” [Grandview Heritage Group] • Vancouver city staff...
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Urban Planet: Bike Score
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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Book Review – From The Stacks: Courtyard Housing in Los Angeles: A Typological Analysis
Authors: Stephanos Polyzoides, Roger Sherwood, and James Tice (2nd Edition, Princeton Architectural Press, 1992) Houses constitute that vast majority of...
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May 15, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Vancouver farmer’s markets spring to life [Vancouver Courier] • Global warming increasing by 400,000 atomic bombs every day [Vancouver...
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Urban Planet: Why Kids Don’t Ride to School Anymore
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...
By Hilary Best -
Stanley Kwok and the Two False Creeks: Part Two – Mirrors, Mirages and Vancouverism in the Middle East
On April 19th, developer-designer Stanley Kwok sat down with architecture critic Trevor Boddy as part of the Museum of Vancouver’s presentation of...
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West End focus group – participants required!
We’re a group of West End renters interested in building a web site and undertaking related activities to provide information to BC renters. In order to...
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May 14, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Langley Township ‘not District 12’ [Globe and Mail] • Natural-gas plans could alter B.C.’s climate-change goals [Globe and Mail...
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Grandview-Woodland Open House Reminders
Sunday, May 13, 11 am – 3 pm – Grandview-Woodland Open House – Mother’s Day Edition We’ll be having a fun, family-friendly...
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May 13, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • COUNTERPOINT | Allen Garr attacks the poor, loses all credibility [The Mainlander] • Vancouver’s second oldest fire station reopens in...
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May 12, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Winters in Vancouver can be dark [Fraseropolis] • Surrey Building Stats from 2003 – 2011 [Civic Surrey] • Reader Soapbox: Son of STIR: New rental...
By Spacing
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered