March 17, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Upwardly mobile’s answer to affordable housing comes with a view [Globe and Mail] • David Suzuki: The benefits of cycling go beyond reducing...

Spacing Saturday: Food Hub, Market Street and Local Democracy

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

Urban Planet: Pothole Advertising

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...

Video Vancouver: Extreme Walks

March 25, 2012, named Tom Cone Day in Vancouver in honour of the Mayor’s Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement

The Mayor has proclaimed March 25, 2012, as Tom Cone Day in Vancouver in honour of the distinguished playwright, collaborator and philanthropist who...

Sim City: Density Growth

Spacington has grown from a little town to a city. Plenty of single-family homes in each of the neighbourhoods have changed their faces and transformed...

March 16, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Push and pull in Vancouver City’s planning game [Price Tags] • Comparing Portland’s food cart program to Vancouver’s [OpenFile] CANADA...

Urban Planet: Participatory Mapping

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...

Neighbourhood Watch

A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. In the Comox Valley, a local conservation group thinks developments are being approved...

March 15, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Monitoring and tracking Vancouver’s bald eagle population [OpenFile] • “I’m inspired by cities like Copenhagen and Amsterdam,” says Mayor of...

weRecycle – New app helps you recycle in Metro Vancouver

Ever wonder where to find the best places to donate or recycle materials you no longer need? Metro Vancouver has launched a free iPhone app called...

Urban Planet Weird Wednesday: Grand Central’s dirty secret

Weird Wednesdays on Urban Planet takes a look at obscure, absurd, and curious things about cities around the world. High above commuter’s heads...