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Event: History Talk at West Vancouver Memorial Library, Sept. 14th
Local author Eve Lazarus presents an illustrated talk based on her #1 BC bestseller Sensational Vancouver at the West Vancouver Memorial Library September...
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Events: Happy Streets Living Lab Offers Groundbreaking Public Space Experiment, Sept. 12-14
Around the world, city streets are being transformed into better places to walk, socialize and celebrate. But how do these changes influence the way we...
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Events: Heritage Vancouver Top 10 Tour + Talk: False Creek South & Japantown/North Strathcona
Heritage Vancouver Top 10 Tour + Talk: False Creek South: Past, Present and Future Saturday, September 17, 2016 – 10:00am – 12:00pm Meet at...
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RELEASE: Housing Agency building 400 new affordable rental homes
City of Vancouver contributing four sites worth $50 million; homes will be rented below market rate The City of Vancouver’s Affordable Housing Agency...
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RELEASE: City appoints Gil Kelley as the General Manager of Planning, Urban Design & Sustainability
City of Vancouver News Release: “Gil’s extensive experience in cities like San Francisco and Portland is highly valuable at a time when Vancouver is...
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Video Vancouver: West End 66
West End 66 (excerpts), B&W, 1966 by scottvbc West End 66 was produced for the CBUT ( CBC Vancouver) program Camera West. This visual tour (with a...
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Can a New Community Plan Reverse Population Decline in Vancouver’s Grandview-Woodland Neighbourhood?
For the last 15 years, the population of Vancouver’s historic Grandview-Woodland neighbourhood has shrunk. Recent census data shows that the...
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Poppies Popping Up
What False Creek residents feared would be an ugly gravel pit next to their homes has turned into a wildflower meadow, thanks to the creative teamwork by...
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Video Vancouver: What on Earth!
This vintage (1966) National Film Board of Canada animated short by Les Drew & Kaj Pindal proposes what many earthlings have long feared – that the...
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Lessons on Affordability from Germany and Austria
Vancouver’s City Council Vision Vancouver has implemented a number of creative ways to tackle the city’s affordability crisis. In its most...
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Video Vancouver: Better Governance Model for Cities
Canadian cities were established 150 years ago with a very simple structure. Returning to established principles of good government could lead us to...
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EVENT: Community Land Trusts Lecture and Course — Sept 8 & 9
Lecture: Community Land Trusts: The Solution to Our Affordable Housing Crisis? Details When: Thursday, September 8, 7 pm Where: Room 1400, SFU Vancouver...
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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered