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July 25, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Bike lane connects to Spirit Trail [Vancouver Sun] • City drastically reduces housing goals [The Mainlander] • Sell naming rights to Skytrain...
By Erick Villagomez -
July 24, 2011 Headlines
CANADA • Central Canada could win big in the battle of shipyards [Vancouver Sun] INTERNATIONAL • Jane Jacobs on Neighborhoods, Placemaking & Active...
By Erick Villagomez -
July 23, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Sole links in Vancouver’s 1960s freeway plan may be razed [New Urban Network] • Vancouver aims for massive expansion of social housing stock...
By Erick Villagomez -
Spacing Saturday: Transportation 2040, New Regionalism and Guerilla Gardening
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Noting that cities...
By Marcus Bowman -
July 22, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Law and Order and Parking Lots [Sightlines] • West End residents rally against rezoning [Vancouver Courier] • Vision Vancouver stands by bike...
By Erick Villagomez -
Release: San Francisco Bay Area Hosts First International Green Schoolyard Conference
Berkeley, July 21, 2011—Around the globe schools are tearing up their cement yards and replacing them with green gardens. Schools in many different...
By Erick Villagomez -
ROAD SHOW: Last stop, Halifax (on Monday)!
The tenth and final stop on the Spacing Road Show hits Halifax on Monday. Make sure to come out! When: Monday, July 25, 6:30-9pm (panel starts at 7pm...
By Matthew Blackett -
Hammock Coffee Table in the City
Hammock Coffee Table in the City from Distortion Productions on Vimeo.
By Caroline Toth -
July 21, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • A Friendly Invasion from Spacing [The Tyee] • Historic rock garden in Stanley Park gets recognition [Vancouver Courier] • Mayor’s wild green...
By Erick Villagomez -
World Wide Wednesday: Climate bowls, city cams and carmaggedon
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 -
July 20, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Steam-powered treasure moored in Vancouver’s False Creek [Vancouver Courier] • B.C.’s open-government websites called a good start, but more work...
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No More Play: Conversations on Urban Speculation in Los Angeles and Beyond
Author: Michael Maltzan (Hatje Cantz, 2011) Through conversations with a photographer, journalist, urban planner, futurist and a number of...
By David Peacock
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered