Urban Planet: London’s New Recycling Bins

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...

A Day In The Life Of A Bus Driver (1965)

Release: Emily Carr University of Art + Design – Spring 2012 Walking Tours

Join independent curator and vice-chair of Vancouver’s Public Art Committee, Rachel Rosenfeld Lafo, for a lively exploration of art in public spaces...

Neighbourhood Watch

A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. The 8,000 square foot multi-million dollar Vancouver Island Mountain Centre sitting on...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...