July 10, 2011 Headlines

INTERNATIONAL • Revitalizing City Communities with Parks [Planet Forward] • Slums, Titles and the World’s Simplest Zoning Code [Old Urbanist] â€...

July 9, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Finally – a place to park your interplanetary space cruiser, thanks to TransLink [Globe and Mail] • Regional Cycling Strategy [The Buzzer Blog] â€...

Vancouver Design Nerds/Livable Laneways – Laneway Markets

A combined group of Livable Laneway enthusiasts and the Vancouver Design Nerds has been selected by the City’s VIVA Vancouver program, which is intended...

July 8, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Mayors vote to hike gas tax to fund Evergreen Line [Vancouver Sun] • Mayors favour gas tax, but differ on road tolls and vehicle levies [Vancouver...

Free Outdoor Movies Vancouver 2011!

Our apologies for being a tiny bit late on this one everybody…the Spacing Vancouver launch has been monopolizing our time here. Nonetheless, every...

Light Rail from Surrey City Centre to Guildford

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...

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...

July 6, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Vancouver mayor, feds announce completion of Stanley Park improvements [Vancouver Sun] • Downtown Eastside shelter will remain open for year...

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...

July 5, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Quebec City, Montreal ‘most livable’; Vancouver highest cost of living: survey [Vancouver Sun] • Liveable v lovable [Financial Times...

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...