March 10, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL Vancouver concrete plant home to bald eagle platform [Vancouver Courier] Plans underway for Surrey Public Market property [Vancouver Sun] Monster...

Spacing Saturday: Downtown Halifax, Evolving Big Box and Demographic Bombs

Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Ottawa’s...

Urban Planet: Insull’s Chicago Transit Posters

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...

SFU Free Public Lecture – Shaping Communities as if Sustainability Mattered

Join us for a discussion with two of Vancouver’s most influential planning academics, Dr. Mark Roseland and Dr. Ron Kellett. Learn more from Mark...

Art Deco chic

Looking to get your urban fix, 1920s-style? Check out the new exhibition at the Museum of Vancouver: Art Deco Chic: Glamourous Fashions of the 1920s and...

March 9, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Campaign seeks to keep A-Amaze-ing Laughter in Vancouver [Vancouver Sun] • Vancouver council candidates reveal eclectic list of campaign donors...

March Urbanist Meetup, Sunday, March 11, 4pm-6pm

This month’s Vancouver Urbanist Meetup has a special twist.  Each Sunday during the month of March, the Museum of Vancouver is hosting SALA SPEAKS...

Urban Planet: DIY Crosswalks in Baltimore

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...

Video Vancouver: All Alone in the Night

Vancouver’s Demographic Time Bomb

[Editor’s Note: We are glad to be present the third part of the newest Tyee Series written by the University of British Columbia’s Patrick...

Neighbourhood Watch

A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Metro Vancouver has watered down its latest attempt to limit the construction of giant...

March 8, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Vancouver mayors eyeing all options for transit revenues [Globe and Mail] • B.C. unlikely to support tolls on all Metro Vancouver roads, bridges...