September 26, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Light installation has a dark side [Globe and Mail] • Glitzy new addition to wave of new office construction aims to be Vancouver’s greenest...

Songs of the False Creek Flats – TONIGHT!

. 1935. L. Frank, VPL Special Collections 7917″] Looking North over False Creek Flats [three part panorama Western Front Media Arts and Theatre...

September 26, 2011 Headlines

INTERNATIONAL • Parking experiment takes national stage [San Francisco Chronicle] • Groundwater greed driving sea level rises [New Scientist]

September 24, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Public art light installation angers nearby residents [The Georgia Straight] • Vancouver advocacy group creates ‘Yimby’ manual [Globe and Mail] â€...

Release: Museum of Vancouver – Neon Vancouver | Ugly Vancouver

Explore Vancouver’s gritty, urban past at the Museum of Vancouver’s(MOV) upcoming feature exhibition, Neon Vancouver/Ugly Vancouver. Opening October 13...

September 23, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Vancouver city staff derails NPA’s streetcar campaign promise [Vancouver Sun] • Archdiocese drops $1.25 million on Downtown Eastside complex...

Neighbourhood Watch

A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C.

Release: Design Competition invites new ideas for future of Vancouver’s viaducts and Eastern Core

Creative minds with innovative and inspired ideas on the future of Vancouver’s viaducts and Eastern Core are invited to submit their visions to the...

Video Vancouver: Sub City: New York

Ping Pong Party and Opening | 222 East Georgia

This week, 221A Artist Run Centre is pleased to open the doors of a 7000 square foot facility located at 222 E. Georgia St. that includes presentation...

September 22, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • NPA’s Suzanne Anton promises streetcar system if elected [Vancouver Sun] • Public washroom to open at Granville and Robson [Vancouver Sun] â€...

World Wide Wednesday: Shovel ready, transit garden, museum advocacy

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...