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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...

See the Sexy Side of Vancouver Specials

In Vancouver, few forms of housing are more derided that the Vancouver Special. Love them or hate them, they have been come an integral part of...

Release: City of Vancouver Neighbourhood Matching Fund Fall deadline October 31, 2011

The Vancouver Park Board is now accepting applications for the fall deadline of the Neighbourhood Matching Fund. The Fund supports projects by...

September 21, 2011 Headines

LOCAL • Bicycle-related collisions by the numbers [OpenFile] • Building Green from the Ground Up [The Tyee] INTERNATIONAL • Special Districts Getting All...

Yes is More – An Archicomic on Architectural Evolution

 Author: BIG Bjarke Ingels Group – Evergreen (2009) Part architectural monograph, part manga comic book,  Yes is More – An Archicomic on...

September 20, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • In big upset, Tim Louis wins COPE nomination [The Mainlander] • MLA pushes for private foot ferries between Vancouver, Nanaimo [Vancouver Sun] â€...

An insider’s view of Spacing’s Top Ten Public Spaces for Vancouver

The launch of Spacing’s National Edition featuring the 100 best public spaces in Canadian cities at the beginning of the summer  provoked a lot of...

Price Points: P2

Where is this? It’s two parking levels under the street at 605 Expo Boulevard (map here).  It’s under the downtown Costco, which in turn is...

September 19, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Vancouver civic party dumps sitting councillor [Globe and Mail] INTERNATIONAL • Architecture, urbanism, design and behaviour [Design With Intent...