April Urbanist Meetup, Sunday, April 15, 3pm-5pm

After a week’s delay due to Easter weekend, the Vancouver Urbanists Meetup is back! This month marks a making a long overdue return to Commercial...

Urban Planet: Jungles in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward

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...

City of Surrey Call for Proposals: Surrey Urban Screen

Call for Proposals: Surrey Urban Screen, City of Surrey Surrey, British Columbia, Canada Submission Deadline: May 8, 2012, midnight PST Surrey Urban...

Call to Artists or Artist Teams: Urban Art Project “InSitu”, Confederation Boulevard, Ottawa

Call to Artists or Artist Teams, National Capital Commission Urban Art Project: InSitu, Confederation Boulevard, Ottawa Budget: $45,000 Deadline: May 7...

Video Vancouver: Handling Cycle Paths: Mayor Gregor Robertson

Neighbourhood Watch

A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Many residents in Coquitlam are cheering with recent news of the significant drop in...

Michael Kluckner’s latest book – Vanishing Vancouver: The Last 25 Years

Spacing Vancouver is excited to announced the launch of Michael Kluckner’s newest book – Vanishing Vancouver: The Last 25 Years. This is the...

April 12, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Vancouver’s urban farmers [CNN] • The Commissioner’s review and planning for the future [The Buzzer Blog] • Vancouver changes its tune, lets...

Urban Planet Weird Wednesday: Plan your zombie escape route

Weird Wednesdays on Urban Planet takes a look at obscure, absurd, and curious things about cities around the world. Ever visit a new city and have a hard...

Parks Board Meeting – “A-maze-ing Laughter” at Morton Park

The result from the public consultation in March of the proposed long term loan/donation of “A-maze-ing Laughter” at Morton Park will be presented to the...

Making Space for People on Robson Street

Finding a place to sit on Robson Street can be tricky, especially when the sidewalks are overflowing with people. With the lines of buildings fixed, it...

April 11, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Residential development proposed for Avalon Dairy property [Vancouver Courier] • CNN profiles Vancouver in two-part series [OpenFile] • Richmond...