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July 7, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Architect douses Little Mountain tower rumour [Vancouver Courier] • Mayors propose gas tax to fund transit line [Globe and Mail] • Crosscheck...
By Erick Villagomez -
World Wide Wednesday: Renegade infrastructure funding, Brazilian street art, ant planning
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 6, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Vancouver mayor, feds announce completion of Stanley Park improvements [Vancouver Sun] • Downtown Eastside shelter will remain open for year...
By Erick Villagomez -
Fast-Forward Urbanism: Rethinking Architecture’s Engagement with the City
Editors: Dana Cuff and Roger Sherman (Princeton Architectural Press, 2011) In his well-known 1978 book – Collage City – architectural...
By Sean Ruthen -
July 5, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Quebec City, Montreal ‘most livable’; Vancouver highest cost of living: survey [Vancouver Sun] • Liveable v lovable [Financial Times...
By Erick Villagomez -
School Troubles in a Booming Metropolis – Part 2: Intergenerational Communities
[Editors Note: this is a revised version of a four-piece series originally published on Planning Pool. You can read the first part here.] To serve a...
By Vanessa Kay -
June 4, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Oxford to build Vancouver tower [Globe and Mail] • B.C. finds success with controversial carbon tax [Globe and Mail] INTERNATIONAL • Bike-sharing...
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July 3, 2011 Headlines
CANADA The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Greening Cities [The Atlantic] INTERNATIONAL Car Clash: Europe vs. the U.S. [The New York Times] This is your...
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Spacing Saturday: Walk the Region, Moving Day and the World’s Biggest Bike Share
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Spacing Saturday celebrates...
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July 2, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL Pride, bikes and riots: When the mayors of Toronto and Vancouver talk [Globe and Mail] In your backyard: Take a stroll through the idyllic streets...
By Erick Villagomez -
July 1, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL Vancouver city councillors weigh in on riot [Vancouver Courier] INTERNATIONAL Open Source Urbanism [Domus] Increasing Public Transport Use with...
By Erick Villagomez -
Thoughts on the top-ten list of Vancouver’s public spaces…
[The following is a transcript of the presentation given by Vancouver Public Space Network Chair Erin O’Melinn at the launch of the first national...
By Vancouver Public Space Network
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered