Vancouver Urbanist Meetup: Sunday, October 16th, 3pm-5pm

Now that Thanksgiving is over and the leftovers are gone, It’s time to reconnect with your fellow city geeks at the monthly Vancouver...

October 14, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • The instigator: Adbusters founder on sowing the seeds of the ‘Occupy’ revolution [Crosscut] • Bike advocate touts two-wheel commute...

Video Vancouver: Cycling For Everyone

Heritage Vancouver Bulletin: Demolition threat – historic Legg Residence (1899)

The City has received an application that seeks to demolish the Legg Residence, one of the city’s three remaining grand estate homes from the turn of the...

October 13, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • An interview with Metro Vancouver about growth south of the Fraser [The Buzzer Blog] • Knowing your civic election candidates [OpenFile] â€...

Release: CoV Cultural Services’ Projects: FREE Grant-writing Workshop

City of Vancouver Cultural Services staff will present two grant-writing workshops on October 19th and 24th, 4:00 – 7:00 pm; for non-profit...

World Wide Wednesday: Stolen bridges and brutalist preservation

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...

October 12, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Vancouver’s Parade of Lost Souls finds new stroll [Vancouver Courier] • SkyTrain upgrades communications network [Vancouver Sun] INTERNATIONAL â€...

Socialist Modernism

Edited by: Inka Schube (Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2010) After five years of traveling Eastern Europe and Russia as a magazine photographer and scholar, Roman...

October 11, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Occupy Vancouver protest set to hit downtown October 15 [Vancouver Sun] • Campaign strategy in Vancouver: VV ‘Not a slam dunk’; NPA, Go after the...

Vancouver Helps Launch the CanU

If this article is the first you’ve heard of the Council for Canadian Urbanism, you’re not alone. Its board is a veritable who’s who of...

Release: Heritage Vancouver Walking tour of East Vancouver with James Johnstone

Join East End-based house history researcher and blogger, heritage advocate and history walk guide James Johnstone for a tour of Vancouver’s East...