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August 31, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Petition calls for car-free Robson Square [Vancouver Courier] • The Economist stands by its geographically challenged Vancouver downgrade [Globe...
By Erick Villagomez -
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...
By Sean Ruthen -
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...
By Erick Villagomez -
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...
By John Bautista -
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...
By Gordon Price -
August 29, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Precarity and its Vicissitudes: The Reproduction of Poverty in Vancouver [The Mainlander] • Paving history – or protecting it? [Surrey Leader...
By Erick Villagomez -
August 28, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Port Mann Bridge hits 50 percent completion point [Vancouver Sun] INTERNATIONAL • Connections: The New Normal [Price Tags] • Zeilgalerie Media...
By Erick Villagomez -
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...
By Marcus Bowman -
August 27, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Moving Forward public meetings [The Buzzer Blog] • City, BC Housing on Little Mountain’s hard lessons [OpenFile] • Vancouver laneway housing...
By Erick Villagomez -
August 26, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Knee deep in it: Vancouver’s sewer jobs [OpenFile] • More than a third of Chinatown residents can’t speak English [Vancouver Sun] • Subversive...
By Erick Villagomez -
Picnurbia/VIVA Vancouver
The HD version is highly recommended and available at its Vimeo page. *** Granville Street, despite heavy foot traffic provided by transit service, is a...
By Brian Gould -
Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Cities are always grappling with containing costs particularly when it concerns...
By Liam Lahey
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered