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Release: City of Vancouver releases comprehensive study on empty homes
Via: City of Vancouver Responding to public concerns that empty homes could be impacting housing affordability and neighbourhood vibrancy, the City of...
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Book Review: Streetfight—Handbook for an Urban Revolution
Authors: Janette Sadik-Khan and Seth Solomonow (Viking Penguin, 2016) As New York City’s transportation commissioner under Mayor Michael Bloomberg from...
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Release: City of Vancouver and CP agree to creation of the Arbutus Greenway
Via: City of Vancouver, March 7 2016 “Thanks to this landmark agreement, the City will be able to transform the area into an outstanding greenway and...
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The Vancouver Song: “It’s a big big city, but there ain’t no place for me”
“The Vancouver Song” by Tim Sars, 2016 The man in the video is Tim Sars. He is the leader of the Vancouver institution “The Carnival Band...
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EVENT: Streetfight—Janette Sadik-Kahn on the Transformation of Cities
During the time Janette Sadik-Khan was Transportation Commissioner of New York City, the results were transformative—from Times Square to every borough of...
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RELEASE: Council selects Sadhu Johnston as new City Manager
Following a four month international search, Vancouver City Council has selected Sadhu Johnston as the new City Manager for the City of Vancouver. As the...
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Re-Engaging Vancouver’s Waterfront
Vancouver is a beautiful city. Surrounded by the ocean, green mountains and parks, Vancouverites seem to thoroughly enjoy all its natural amenities...
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Book Review: Cold Case Vancouver
Author: Eve Lazarus (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2015) Cold Case Vancouver is a bone-chilling journey into some of Vancouver’s most monstrous and...
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Early Vancouver Tourism: A Natural Industry
Tourism has been a big part of Vancouver’s story since early into its history. Long known as a ‘distinctive destination’, many of the historic places...
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Good Intent and Design Fail in Chinatown
Inserting new structures into older urban environments can be tricky. The rhythm of the street and its storefronts, sidewalk width, building height etc...
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EVENTS: Re-Imagining the city – The (im)possibility of Design forum, March 10/11, 2016
Exactly forty years ago, Vancouver hosted the first UN Habitat Conference. In 1976, cities were struggling to survive, global warming was only feared by a...
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EVENT: Urbanist Meetup—Sunday, February 14, 2016, 3pm-5pm
It’s time for the first Vancouver Urbanist Meetup of 2016. This month, we’ll be meeting on February 14th from 3-5:00pm at the Wolf and...
By Yuri Artibise
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered