January 16, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Paint store sale heralds major East Hastings redevelopment [Globe and Mail] • Composter the last piece of Vancouver firm’s recycling puzzle...

Price Points – Visions of Metrotown

Yes, this is a vision of Burnaby’s Metrotown – from 1971. Here’s the map of this region’s first purpose-built town centre.  And...

January 15, 2012 Headlines

INTERNATIONAL • See and Hear LACMA’s Zippy New Mini-City “Metropolis II” [Curbed LA]

January 14, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Bid to expose Vancouver’s worst landlords reveals need for a public advocate [Globe and Mail] • Tsawwassen band paves way for controversial...

Spacing Saturday: Urban Screen, City Place and the Family Motel

Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Toronto’s...

January 13, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Proposed Tsawwassen First Nation malls to make area a ‘shopping destination’ [Vancouver Sun] • Douglas Coupland goes pop with QR Codes...

Event: re:generation – how we move our city

Ever wonder about Vancouver rail transit in the 1950s? Or the future of automobile ownership? Or wondered what “Active Transportation” was? …. Elders...

Neighbourhood Watch

A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Let’s start with big TransLink news as their plan to raise transit fares an...

January 12, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Burnaby Mountain Gondola Business Case [The Buzzer Blog] • The Law of Traffic Congestion, according to “The Flash!” [Brent Toderian...

Video Vancouver: CHRIS BURDEN – Metropolis II

World Wide Wednesday: Dark and empty places, neighbourhood names and parking lots

Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...

Event: Day of the Dedos – The Art of Dying While Living

Artshow for Legendary Vancouver Graffiti artist Dedos. Day of the Dedos – The Art of Dying while Living OPENING: Friday, January 13, 7pm-11pm...