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Urban Planet: Foursquare Checkins and the Structure of Cities
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 -
City Conversations – Viaducts or Via-don’ts: The future of upper False Creek
Viaducts or Via-don’ts: The future of upper False Creek When: May 17, 2012 Time: 12:30-1:30 pm Location: Harbour Centre, Room 1425 Admission: Free...
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New CoV pedestrian- and bike-related council reports released
A couple of interesting Vancouver city council reports are now publicly posted. The first one is a pedestrian safety study and action plan that is going...
By Erick Villagomez -
Visual Thoughts
Welcome to the first entry of a new section called Visual Thoughts. Taking inspiration from giants like Paul Madonna (All Over Coffee) and the prolific...
By Erick Villagomez -
May 10, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • In Cycling: Vancouver bamboo bikes up the green commuting ante [Vancouver Courier] • Vancouver jazz festival moves into heart of the city [Globe...
By Spacing -
May Urbanist Meetup, Sunday, May 13, 3pm-5pm
This month’s get together is a special event. In addition to the monthly Vancouver Urbanist Meetup, we will also be celebrating last weekend’s...
By Yuri Artibise -
ECUAD: Putting Design in Motion Lecture
Putting Design in Motion A Lecture on the Kinetic Architecture Systems of  TURNER EXHIBITS by Steve Groves, President Wednesday, May 9, 6:00 pm...
By Erick Villagomez -
Urban Planet Weird Wednesday: Neft Dashlari, a community on the sea
Weird Wednesdays on Urban Planet takes a look at obscure, absurd, and curious things about cities around the world. While it looks like an unused set for...
By Mike Bulko -
Stanley Kwok and the Two False Creeks: Part One – Reflections on Developing a Waterfront
The Museum of Vancouver —through its Maraya Project—provided a rare glimpse of the behind-the-scenes world of international city building reflected over...
By Brendan Hurley -
May 9, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Century old school to meet wrecking ball [News1130] • Conflict of Interest at City Hall | Condo Tower Approved in Chinatown [The Mainlander] â€...
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THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME – Grandview-Woodland and West End Storytelling Events
THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME – Community Storytelling Events West End Community Storytelling Event Thursday, May 10 from 7-10 pm Doors open at 6 pm...
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Release: Museum of Vancouver receives second Canadian Museum Association Award of Excellence in three years
Vancouver has one more thing to boast about this spring as its civic museum, the Museum of Vancouver, brings home its second Canadian Museum Association...
By Spacing
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered