Big Green: On the pros and cons of the new city megaparks

[Editor’s Note: Former Vancouver reporter Christine McLaren is traveling around the world as the resident blogger for the BMW Guggenheim Lab, a...

Price Points: Beauty = Waste

What’s going on behind the shrink wrap? . They’re doing work on the exterior of the Dal Grauer Substation on Burrard Street (map here...

April 22, 2012 Earth Day Headlines

HAPPY EARTH DAY  LOCAL • Five Fun Things to Do this Earth Day [Vancouver Sun] • B.C. greenhouse uses captured and stored CO2 to grow food [Vancouver Sun...

VIDEO: The Social Life of Small Places

William Whyte got it right: the legendary urbanist created the film “The Social Life of Small Places” that has become one of the best learning...

April 21, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Where there’s smoke there’s fire. How is it that Pot generates one of the City’s largest public events? [Vancouver Sun] â€...

Hot Topics: Space Needs Analysis Workshop: Tuesday, April 24

Hot Topics: Space Needs Analysis Workshop: Tuesday, April 24 If you need answers to any of the following questions , our next workshop, Tuesday, April...

Urban Planet: Scoring Walk 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...

April 20, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Funding shortage cripples (postpones) TransLink’s planned expansion [Vancouver Sun] • New Emily Carr U campus hopes to be a mixed use focal...

Sim City: City Amenities, Inconveniences, Opportunities

Among the many features in Spacington—A university, city hall, jail and courthouse, major league baseball station, golf course, harbour, boat docks and...

Video Vancovuer: The Moscow Metro

Urban Planet: Old Maps Online

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...

Neighbourhood Watch

A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. The Cowichan Watershed Board feels something needs to be done about the fact that 28 per...