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November 24, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Former Vancouver mayors call for softening of marijuana laws [Globe and Mail] • Election Post-Mortem: What we can expect over the next three years...
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World Wide Wednesday: Occupy, Pocket Parks, Traffic Fatalities
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...
By Hilary Best -
Release: Non Profit Cultural Space for sub-lease in the Woodward’s Heritage Building
Geist magazine is one of a number of non profit lease holders in the City-owned Woodward’s Heritage Building. Due to a recent vacancy by two of...
By Erick Villagomez -
November 23, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • The future of Vancouver’s viaducts: equestrian club, farm or park? [Vancouver Sun] • As voted on by the neighbourhood, grocery store coming...
By Erick Villagomez -
New Visions for the Viaducts – Vote for your Favourites!
By Brent Toderian As my last post profiled, Vancouver is creatively working to define the future of our Georgia and Dunsmuir Viaducts –...
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Urban Design and People
Author: Michael Dobbins (Wiley, 2009) “Urban Design is a diffuse and abstract term, it means different things to different people.” With these opening...
By Yuri Artibise -
November 22, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • What the viaducts and Eastern Core could look like [OpenFile] • BC Hydro starts replacing power line spanning Fraser River [BC Local News] ...
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A suburban pilgrimage, Part I: Learning to like Levittown
A Pilgrimage to Levittown, NY (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Burbs) from ResilientPLANET on Vimeo. [Editor’s Note: Former Vancouver...
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Price Points: Naked in Auckland
Where is this street in Auckland, New Zealand, and why is it naked? . . This is Elliott Street in the heart of Auckland’s Central Business District...
By Gordon Price -
November 21, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Vision’s broad-based win reflects a changing city [Globe and Mail] • Vision Vancouver makes homeless shelters a priority [Globe and Mail] • Vision...
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November 20, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Gregor Robertson wins second term as Vancouver mayor [Globe and Mail] INTERNATIONAL • Rethinking urban land use [Chicago Tribune]
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Robertson Returns with 7 Vision, 2 NPA, and a Green
Honestly I’m a little too wired to know what to say about these unofficial results – except that Vision are the clear winners – but...
By Brian Gould
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered