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World Wide Wednesday: Luminaires, Luminato, Graffiti Surge
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 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...
By Erick Villagomez -
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. Â 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...
By Erick Villagomez -
August 7, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Seawall Interruptus: Coal Harbour Connection now open [Price Tags] INTERNATIONAL • Six Years Later: Katrina Cottages take hold [PlaceShakers] â€...
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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...
By Marcus Bowman
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered