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February 23, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Vancouver to build 67 more electric car-charging stations by 2014 [Vancouver Sun] • How London Deals with Fare Evasion [Stephen Rees’s Blog...
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Urban Planet: Chattanooga’s Type Face
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...
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From Chief Planner to “Urban Ronin”? Chatting about legacy, and the future, with Brent Toderian – Part 2
This is the second part of an interview between Spacing Vancouver Editor Erick Villagomez and former Vancouver Director of Planning Brent Toderian...
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Vancouver in 2050: Transit City
[Editor’s Note: We are glad to be present the second part of the newest Tyee Series written by the University of British Columbia’s Patrick...
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February 22, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Highlights of the B.C. budget [Globe and Mail] • Rogers Arena towers proposal: Green roofs, a hockey rink and less viaduct [OpenFile] • Ned...
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Urban Planet: Public Perception and the Economic Benefits of Light Rail Transit
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...
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Power, Energy, Change & Continuity
Yesterday was the first day of Heritage Week, and in BC, the theme is Power and Energy. In celebration, thereof, I offer this 1950 image of BC Electric...
By Jak King -
Book Review – From The Stacks: Street Smart: Streetcars and Cities in the Twenty-First Century
Editors: Gloria Ohland & Shelley Poticha (Reconnecting America, 2006) On June 27, 1890, an event occurred in the little boom town of Vancouver that...
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February 21, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • The New Pattullo Bridge – we want to hear from you! [The Buzzer Blog] CANADA • Covering Canadian Urbanism [The Atlantic Cities] INTERNATIONAL ...
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From Chief Planner to “Urban Ronin”? Chatting about legacy, and the future, with Brent Toderian – Part 1
The early contract termination of Vancouver’s former director of planning Brent Toderian has been a hot topic in planning news, local and abroad. To...
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Release: Hastings Park Open House: New Park Spaces and Greenways
Please join City of Vancouver staff at the second in a series of open houses and help shape new park spaces in Hastings Park. See how initial public...
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Urban Planet: Los Angeles Sidewalk Lawsuits
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...
By Hilary Best
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered