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Release: Adorno and Nose
Adorno and Nose by Doupé and Whitman launched into transit shelters August 15 A new project by the City of Vancouver Public Art program invites the public...
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World Wide Wednesday: Cycling monuments, Endangered places, Pop-Up Playgrounds
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...
By Hilary Best -
August 17, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Suburban planners struggle to boost cycling [Globe and Mail] • New Surrey library to lend people out as ‘living books’ [Vancouver Sun...
By Erick Villagomez -
#urbnpalooza 2011
We are an emerging group of local urbanists that are in search of spirited debate and lively discussion on the future of development and decision-making...
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Release – A Sign for the City
A Sign for the City, a year-long public art project by Sabine Bitter/Helmut Weber, continues in transit shelters August 15. The regular nightly boom of...
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Book Review – From The Stacks: Crabgrass Frontier- The Suburbanization of the United States
[Editor’s Note: In the rush to get the latest books, we often forget some of the classics. This is why we’ve created “From the...
By Erick Villagomez -
August 15, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Despite critics, Vancouver will keep its cycle tracks [New Urban Network] • Heritage foundation touts laneway housing in Vancouver [Vancouver...
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Tom Carter: At the Intersection of Art and Urbanism
Art and urbanism rarely intersect. Sure, people talk about the ‘art of’ city planning; and street art is a staple of many cities. But capital ‘A’ fine-art...
By Yuri Artibise -
Price Points
What’s this about? Yes, it’s a gas station. Not much different than the other 12,684 stations in Canada. But this one is exceptional: it is...
By Gordon Price -
August 15, 2011 Headlines
INTERNATIONAL • City limits [The Economist] • BART Redesign: Plans For BMW-Designed Fleet Of The Future Revealed [The Huffington Post] • How America Could...
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August 14, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Speed of London rioters’ punishments put Vancouver to shame [Vancouver Sun] CANADA • Car, bike sharing programs gearing up as Canadian gas...
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August 13, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Surrey Rapid Transit – May/June 2011 summary report and UBC Line Rapid Transit March/April summary report [The Buzzer Blog] • Case against bike...
By Erick Villagomez
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered