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August 10, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Vancouver gets a new faux summertime beach [Vancouver Sun] • Connections: What They Don’t Say [Price Tags] • PRT at Heathrow [Stephen Rees’s...
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Re:post – Thrown Out: Fight Grinds on Against ‘Renovictions’
[Editor’s Note: Vancouver revels in its reputation as North America’s most ‘livable’ city. Yet for as many as half of Vancouver’s...
By Jackie Wong -
Price Points: Skaters on the Seawall
WHAT’S THIS ABOUT? Just a few of the hundred or more skateboarders who were rolling towards Brockton Point on the Stanley Park Seawall (map here) to...
By Gordon Price -
In the Wilds: Drawings by Nigel Peake
Into the Wilds is an incredible collection of hand-drawings by Irish artist, Nigel Peake. Created over the course of three months, Peake uses illustrative...
By Elle Ziegler -
Re:post – No Room to Rent in the Livable City
[Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of cross-posts with The Tyee looking at “renovictions” in Vancouver. Survey after poll...
By Jackie Wong -
August 9, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Vancouver city planners court resident input for neighbourhood plans [Vancouver Courier] • Vancouver housing plan sets stage for debate on...
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Meet Your Fellow Vancouver Urbanists This Sunday
As great as learning about our great city online can be, nothing beats getting together and sharing our experiences in person. Vanouver readers are...
By Yuri Artibise -
Thinking outside the (newspaper) box
Though the summer weather has stayed away, Vancouver is experiencing a growth in street activity. The increased number of specialist food vendors is...
By Chris Quigley -
August 8, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Anthropologist believes he has found B.C. village that may be 10,000 years old [Globe and Mail] • Canada Line on right track for success in...
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August 7, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Seawall Interruptus: Coal Harbour Connection now open [Price Tags] INTERNATIONAL • Six Years Later: Katrina Cottages take hold [PlaceShakers] ...
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Spacing Saturday: Surprise Appearances, Making Space for Recreation and a Resident’s Alliance
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Joel Thibert looks...
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August 6, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Story tellers [Vancouver Courier] • “Wait for Me, Daddy”: Culture runs deep in Vancouver suburbs [OpenFile] • The ghost ships of Royston...
By Erick Villagomez
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered