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A Year in Five Minutes: Vancouver 1985
1985 saw Rick Hanson’s epic around-the-world Man in Motion tour begin from Oakridge Mall. It also marked the opening of of Skytrain Expo Line and the...
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Can Vancouver become ‘the best place on Earth’?
Is Vancouver truly the ‘best place on Earth’ to live? No it isn’t. But it has the potential. By Liam Lahey, re:place Magazine
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EVENTS: Jan Gehl: Cities for People
Much like Juhani Pallasmaa wowed the crowd at the Vancouver Playhouse over a year ago and David Byrne a few months past, Jan Gehl inspired a capacity...
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Seeing: Arriva Ristorante Italiano – Lessons on turning corners at laneways
Walking along Commercial Drive between Graveley St. and Grant St. – one block north of 1st Ave. – one passes a relatively unassuming building...
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Arriva Ristorante Italiano – Lessons on turning corners at laneways
Although responding to street intersections through thoughtful urban design and architecture is quite common, treating the intersection of laneways and...
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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...
By Chuck Davis
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered