Spacing Saturday: French Highways, Yaletown Park and Collective Imagination

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

October 8, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Metro Vancouver Mayors’ Council vote to approve the “Moving Forward” supplemental plan [The Buzzer Blog] • B.C. to legislate tax hikes for...

October 7, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • City manager envisions turning Port Mann Bridge from parking lot to paradise [Globe and Mail] • Poll: 85 per cent want better transit in Metro...

Neighbourhood Watch

A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Simon Fraser University has a new table…..periodic table, that is. The giant interactive...

Video Vancouver: Childhood Days

October 6, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Messy street patterns boost city’s walkability [Vancouver Sun] • TransLink plan falls short, commissioner cautions [Globe and Mail] �...

World Wide Wednesday: Participatory budgeting and underground parks

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 5, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Vancouver mayor won’t lobby for more drug injection sites [Vancouver Courier] • Vancouver artists getting the boot in city’s aggressive...

Book Review: Block by Block

Not another Jane Jacobs review.  Unfortunately yes.  If you are reading this blog, chances are high that you have a dog-eaten copy of Death & Life...

October 4, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Read the Insite ruling for yourself [Vancouver Courier] • Union urges Vancouver mayors to accept gas taxes to pay for more transit [Vancouver Sun...

Release: Incubating Talent – City to Award Four Artist Live/Work Studios

Initiated in 1996, the City of Vancouver Artist Live/Work Studio Program now numbers four purpose built artist live/work studios awarded to local artists...

Hastings Street: The Pulse of a Community

Downtown Eastside has come to be known as “Canada’s Poorest Postal Code”.  The area radiating from the intersection at Main and Hastings has gained...