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Release: Heritage Week Theme Celebrates Energy and Power
Heritage Week 2012 – running February 20-26 – celebrates the theme of “Energy: a Powerful Past, a Sustainable Future”. From the earliest...
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February 7, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Fired Vancouver planning director knew one week before news broke [Vancouver Courier] • Announcing Vancouver’s “affordable housing...
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Price Points: Versailles in Suburbia
Acres of formal gardens, beautifully maintained – inspired by Versailles and Hampton Court, of all places, but mere meters from a SkyTrain...
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Urban Planet: Pedestrian Desire Lines
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...
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Complete Gregor Robertson Interview
[Editor’s Note: As many of you know, we just launched Spacing’s second National Edition with Gregor Robertson’s interview being the main...
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Release: Encyclopedia of Commercial Drive by Jak King is available!
The physical environment, the streets and buildings, are important elements of the Commercial Drive neighbourhood, but they cannot compete in importance...
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February 6, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • City incentives have done little for affordability [Vancouver Courier] • Artist/scientist/diplomat wanted [Vancouver Sun] • Will young homebuyers...
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February 5, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Earthquake shakes near Vancouver Island [Vancouver Sun] INTERNATIONAL • What Taxis Add To Public Transit [The Atlantic Cities] • Ports and...
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February 4, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • A city known for vision loses its planning chief [Better Cities & Towns] • Controversial Vancouver mayor Tom Campbell dies [Globe and Mail] ...
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Spacing Saturday: Transit Planning, the Tall Building Century and Founding Spacington
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. A new city was...
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Release: Granville Street Summer Activations
Five blocks of downtown Granville Street (400 to 800-Block) – near the Canada Line and SkyTrain stations – will be transformed into a dynamic...
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Urban Planet: Super tall
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