Video Vancouver: Vancouver State of Mind

Release: VPSN Robson Square Petition

The 800-block of Robson Street – between Hornby and Howe – is one of Vancouver’s preeminent public spaces. Located at the heart of Robson Square, the...

September 1, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Vancouver party hires firm credited with Toronto mayor’s election [Globe and Mail] • Does ‘livable’ mean ‘unaffordable’? [Globe and Mail...

World Wide Wednesday: Slow streets, city centre, airport bees

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...

August 31, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Petition calls for car-free Robson Square [Vancouver Courier] • The Economist stands by its geographically challenged Vancouver downgrade [Globe...

All Over the Map: Writing on Buildings and Cities

Written by Michael Sorkin (Verso, 2011) Thirty years and ten books later, architect and critic Michael Sorkin has given us All Over the Map: Writing on...

August 30, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Vancouver port braces for increased oil tanker traffic [Vancouver Courier] • Vancouver drops from number 1 spot in livability survey for first...

Studio Marpole: Looking at Marpole through the eyes of UBC design students

It is customary for different groups to be involved in development projects that will greatly affect the existing urban fabric of a city or a...

Price Points: Arterial

Where is this? Could be any suburban strip.  The woman, unable to navigate the uneven surface of the asphalt sidewalk, is smoking grimly as she steers her...

August 29, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Precarity and its Vicissitudes: The Reproduction of Poverty in Vancouver [The Mainlander] • Paving history – or protecting it? [Surrey Leader...

August 28, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Port Mann Bridge hits 50 percent completion point [Vancouver Sun] INTERNATIONAL • Connections: The New Normal [Price Tags] • Zeilgalerie Media...

Spacing Saturday: Suburban Transit, Gentrification Agents and Neighbourhood Watch

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