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Could bridge tolls solve our transit woes?
Dianne Watts said it best when she asked whether we want to become like Los Angeles. With an estimated million more people moving into the region in the...
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Release: Re:Building Vancouver Explores the Connection Between Social Unrest and Architecture
A new exhibit at the Architectural Institute of British Columbia Gallery offers a unique perspective on social unrest: the connection between human...
By Erick Villagomez -
August 18, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Report targets renter grievances in Vancouver neighbourhood [Vancouver Courier] • Whalley neighbourhood has fewest university degrees per capita...
By Erick Villagomez -
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...
By Erick Villagomez -
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...
By Erick Villagomez -
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...
By Erick Villagomez -
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
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered