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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 -
August 25, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • September service changes and optimization [The Buzzer Blog] • Non-profit grocery offers purchasing power in Vancouver [Vancouver Courier] • In...
By Erick Villagomez -
World Wide Wednesday: Bike lights, car decline, rail lines
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 24, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • “Vancouver – Is homeownership becoming a far-fetched dream?” [The Mainlander] CANADA • For Canada to arrive, it needs to be obliterated on film...
By Erick Villagomez -
Transport for Suburbia
Author: Paul Mees (Earthscan, 2010) There are certain books that I know I’m going to enjoy as soon as I see the title. Paul Mees’ book...
By John Calimente -
August 23, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • On the road to another record [The Buzzer Blog] • Vancouver looks for financial and ecological bounce with rubber sidewalk [Vancouver Courier] ...
By Erick Villagomez -
Release: City of Vancouver Poet Laureate Call for Expressions of Interest
The City of Vancouver would like to hear from poets interested in becoming the City’s third Poet Laureate. The call for nominations and submissions...
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Norquay Park: Community by Design (or design by community?)
What makes a public park successful? Perhaps we can glimpse and answer this difficult question through looking closely at Norquay Park – one of the...
By Cameron Barker -
Funding SkyTrain’s Next 25 Years
TransLink formally celebrated SkyTrain’s 25th Anniversary this past week at the Edmonds Yard in Burnaby. As I listened to the speeches, I...
By Brian Gould -
Price Points: Robson and Granville
What’s this about? It’s not often that I cheer the loss of another bit of Vancouver’s past. But this block at Robson and Granville is...
By Gordon Price -
August 22, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Record number of riders use TransLink in 2011 [Vancouver Sun] • TransLink outperforms Olympic year [Price Tags] INTERNATIONAL • Megabus – King of...
By Erick Villagomez
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered