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The top reads of 2010
Another year has passed and it’s time for the third annual list of our favourite reads from the past year. By the re:place team
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A Year in Five Minutes: Vancouver 1984
Pope John Paul II in Vancouver. Photo courtesy of Joe Marquette This year saw the well-received arrival of Pope John Paul II – his first visit to...
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A Year in Five Minutes: Vancouver 1983
Vancouver Art Gallery. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia. The year 1983, saw the creation of the Province newspaper in tabloid format, the formation of the...
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A Year in Five Minutes: Vancouver 1982
Coach Roger Neilson and his Stanley Cup finalist Vancouver Canucks. Photo courtesy of Canucks Central. This important year saw the temporary Arts...
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Boat Buses
What can cities learn from the public transit in Abidijan, Ivory Coast? Marco Chown Oved gives us a glimpse into their system of bateaux buses. Photo and...
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High(er) Speed Rail May Yet Reach Vancouver
As always, events south of the border will have an immediate impact upon Canada. In the case of high(er) speed rail, the recent announcement of $161...
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A Year in Five Minutes: Vancouver 1981
Kwantlen University College’s Richmond campus. Photo by Arnold C, wikipedia. As the city’s population dipped in 1981, most of the suburbs were...
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Infiltrating Spaces
Urban explorers live and spelunk by their own code of conduct. By Liz Clayton, originally printed in Spacing Magazine Photo by Michael Cook
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Remembering Chuck Davis (November 17, 1935 – November 20, 2010)
A personal reflection on Chuck Davis…. By Erick Villagomez, re:place Magazine
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Amtrak Cascades to Portland for Railvolution (Pt.2)
October 16th was my first opportunity to ride the direct Amtrak Cascades train from Vancouver to Portland. Part one is here, read on for part two. by John...
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A Year in Five Minutes: Vancouver 1980
The Carnegie Building, photographed here under construction in 1902, reopened in 1980. Item # CVA 1376-27. 1980 saw the start of Terry Fox’s Marathon of...
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Riding the Amtrak Cascades to Portland for Railvolution
My October 16th trip to Portland for the Railvolution conference was going to be my last chance to ride the Amtrak Cascades train direct from Vancouver to...
By John Calimente
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered