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February 2, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Fired Vancouver city planner Brent Toderian says he’s proud of his record [The Georgia Straight] • Looking for two testers to test existing...
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Release: City of Saskatoon Request for Qualifications/Expression of Interest Calling Artists, Designers, Historians and Graphic Designers
Request for Qualifications/Expression of Interest: Calling Artists, Designers, Historians and Graphic Designers Moose Jaw Trail Public Art & Heritage...
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Urban Planet: Urban Highway Removal
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 -
Release: Urban Futures Survey 2012 Launched – 40 Year Old Survey Legacy Lives On-line
It started in 1973. It happened again in 1990. And now it’s back. The third Greater Vancouver Urban Futures Opinion Survey has launched, but this time...
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February 1, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Little Mountain’s revised plan includes canals, shops [Vancouver Courier] • Council seeks new direction in ousting of Vancouver’s chief...
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Spacing party in Vancouver this Friday!
WHAT: Spacing’s 2nd national issue release party WHEN: Friday February 3rd, 2012, 9pm-1am WHERE: Canvas Lounge (99 Powell St. in Gastown) HOW MUCH...
By Matthew Blackett -
Urban Planet: Anamorphic Gardens
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 -
High-rise: Idea and Reality
“Despite the trauma of September 11, 2011, the skyscraper still retains much of its appeal in the twenty-first century – both for the representational...
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January 31, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Vancouver planning chief Toderian given the axe [Globe and Mail] • Parking being squeezed out in Vancouver [Globe and Mail] • Tweaks needed on...
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New cartographers: How citizen mapmakers are changing the story of our lives
[Editor’s Note: Former Vancouver reporter Christine McLaren is traveling around the world as the resident blogger for the BMW Guggenheim Lab, a...
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Price Points: Towers in the Bush
You see these towers from Highway 1, heading east, way beyond the Vancouver City border. Why aren’t they in the West End? . . This surprising...
By Gordon Price -
January 30, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Vancouver councillor picks a ruff battle: leash laws [Globe and Mail] • Vancouver commissioner looks to extend life of Riley Park Community Centre...
By Erick Villagomez
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered