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Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. There’s a new community market in Burnaby aimed at helping immigrant and refugee...
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April 5, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Mayors assail TransLink bonus system [Globe and Mail] • Vancouverites embrace organic-waste pilot program [Globe and Mail] • Plans for...
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Urban Planet Weird Wednesday: Hanshin Expressway
Weird Wednesdays on Urban Planet takes a look at obscure, absurd, and curious things about cities around the world. Ever heard of William...
By Mike Bulko -
CAPS 2012 Conference Rundown (Part 2): Touring Around
[Editor’s Note: This is final Feature looking at the 2012 CAPS Conference that occurred in Vancouver in February.] As mentioned in Part One of this...
By Cameron Barker -
April 4th, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • The Frequent Transit Network map [The Buzzer Blog] • The Missing Middle: New housing types for a changing city [Price Tags] • B.C. greenhouse...
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CoV Events: Acheiving New Heights in Architectural Excellence & Special Session of the Urban Design Panel
There are two upcoming events that will be hosted by the City of Vancouver: FREE PUBLIC LECTURE ON ARCHITECTURAL EXCELLENCE IN HIGH-RISE BUILDING DESIGN...
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Urban Planet: Roll-Up Crosswalk
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 -
April 3, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Ayoudo’s Social Garden connects green thumbs across Vancouver [Vancouver Observer] • Vancouver serves up new diversity from food carts [Globe and...
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Sim City: Waterfront
Spacington has gained a waterfront. Surprisingly, Spacington does in fact have a waterfront, and much like Toronto, we’ve endured little interaction...
By Dylan Collie -
Urban Planet: Train above the High Line
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 -
CAPS 2012 Conference Rundown (Part 1): Words of Wisdom from the Speakers
[Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part series focusing on the 2012 CAPS Conference that occurred in Vancouver in February. ] The beginning...
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Price Points: A Village in the City
Once a thriving village of 40 stores and a school prior to World War I, it became a quiet backwater within a decade – and still is. . . This is 3500...
By Gordon Price
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered