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Urban Planet: Rem Koolhaas
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 -
Video Vancouver Original: Winter Solstice Beat
The HD version is highly recommended and available at its Vimeo page. *** Winter in Vancouver is not quite like winter in other Canadian cities. There is...
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Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. The City of Surrey is having a little bit of trouble convincing residents of a plan to...
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January 26, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • $1.4B Evergreen Line to open by 2016 [CBC News] • The Politician’s Quandary – Vancouver and the Insatiable Auto (7) [Price Tags] CANADA • Can...
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Urban Planet: Temporary Architecture
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 -
Emmanuel Buenviaje’s Mount Pleasant Vernacular
Sometimes we need to see our city in a new way to realize what has always been there. That is the case with graphic designer and photographer Emmanuel...
By Yuri Artibise -
January 25, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • 400,000 pieces of evidence moved to sleek new crime warehouse [Globe and Mail] • Polling website helps reap Harvest in Vancouver [Vancouver...
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Release: Part-Time Public Art Position, City of Surrey, British Columbia
PUBLIC ART COORDINATOR Join our Public Art staff team and contribute to the specialized cultural development work related to the administration...
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Urban Planet: Pedestrian behaviour
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 -
Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives
Author: Jarrett Walker (Island Press, 2012) Only if we embrace the facts of transit, and discover the opportunities they present, will our cities, and our...
By Yuri Artibise -
January 24, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • New, spectacular B.C. community centres shedding stereotypes [Globe and Mail] • TransLink pledges to increase bus service and promote cycling in...
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Release: Help Shape and Arts and Culture Advisory Committee for Vancouver
In 2011, Vancouver City Council recommended establishing a committee which will advise on all civic programs that relate to arts and culture. Your opinion...
By Erick Villagomez
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered