Urban Planet: Retrofitting Parisian Towers

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...

One month left to enter our Creative Mapping Contest!

Spacing magazine presents the CREATIVE MAPPING CONTEST Do you love maps? Are you an illustrator, graphic designer, or visual storyteller? Spacing wants...

The Merrick House: Outside and In

Last weekend – on, at last, a sunny day – I cycled out to Eagle Harbour in West Vancouver to check on “an architectural wonder”: the house Paul Merrick...

March 30, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Vancouver to re-define social housing [Vancouver Sun] • Vancouver Park Board commissioner apologizes for ‘naming’ comments [Vancouver...

Urban Planet: Houston’s Crosswalks

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. Reason for concern in Abbotsford with the unemployment rising to 10.5 per cent through...

Video Vancouver: CanucksTV – This Is Our Home – Celebrate Responsibly

March 29, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Rize opponents suggest alternatives to tower density [Vancouver Courier] • B.C.’s TransLink pushing for revenues from transit fines [Globe and...

City of Surrey holding Town Hall Meetings in each Town Centre

As part of its ongoing community outreach efforts, the City of Surrey will be hosting six Town Hall meetings, within one each Town Centre. Residents and...

Urban Planet Weird Wednesday: Yemen’s 16th century skyscrapers

Weird Wednesdays on Urban Planet takes a look at obscure, absurd, and curious things about cities around the world. Residential high rises weren’t...

A HiVE of activity

Imagine arriving to work at a downtown historic building, where your workspace has high ceilings, brick walls, and huge windows. You can meet with clients...

March 28, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • TransLink may close stations if playoffs in Vancouver turn sour [Vancouver Courier] • Biking, Copenhagen-style [Vancouver Observer] • Minister...