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Release: Jane’s Walk Vancouver Events!
Only one week away! We are super excited about all the new and returning walks we have this year – check our the full list below! 35 WALKS are...
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Release: Bike to Work Week 2019 Launches with a New Bike to Shop Component
In less than a month, Bike to Work Week presented by Jump kicks off, motivating thousands of people to try cycling to work for the very first time! This...
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Video Vancouver: Should We Tear Down the Seawall?
Via CBC News | Abut Here About Here: Should We Tear Down the Seawall | CBC Short Film The Vancouver seawall draws millions of people every year with a...
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Video Vancouver: Northeast False Creek Plan – Pierre L’Enfant International Planning Award
Pierre L’Enfant International Planning Award Northeast False Creek Plan Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Summary Adopted by the Vancouver City...
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How Should France Rebuild Notre-Dame?
In the Spring of 1163, with King Louis VII and Pope Alexander III present, the construction of Notre-Dame de Paris began. In 1345, it was completed. If...
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Video Vancouver: “Places” by Shane Koyczan
By Shane Koyczan: I was lucky. I found community in Vancouver early on, and when I found myself struggling to make ends meet I had that safety net there...
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Video Vancouver: Surrey Central public artwork by Marianne Nicolson
Via TransLink: Marianne Nicolson is Dzawada’enuxw of the Kwakwaka’wakw peoples. She spoke to TransLink about The Sea Captain, her public...
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Seeing Environment
An announcement from the captivated Oscar Woodbead. I have previously written on my belief that sound should be a more valued component of how we design...
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Chinatown in Colour, Before Condos and Coffee Bars
From sausage makers to seamstresses, a set of recently digitized photographs by Paul Yee reveal life in Vancouver’s Chinatown before the neighbourhood...
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On This Patch of Grass: An Interview with Matt Hern, Daisy Couture, Selena Couture, and Sadie Couture
Parks are an important part of the contemporary city. Yet, the fact that parks are so common place makes critically discussion around them increasingly...
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Release: Leonard Street Neighbour Hub Installation, Victoria
On March 31, neighbours of Leonard Street in Victoria, BC will be celebrating the newest addition to their block: a shared emergency supply bench. The...
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Event: Life Between Umbrellas Design Competition
Vancouver receives the equivalent of over five months of rainy weather a year. How can our public spaces better respond to the wet weather – and the...
By Vancouver Public Space Network
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered