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RELEASE: New Westminster Affordable Housing Projects on Small Sites: Request for Proposals
The City of New Westminster is requesting proposals (RFP) for innovative affordable ownership or rental housing projects for two city-owned sites. The...
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Identifying Intangible Heritage Values for Vancouver’s Chinatown
Heritage BC is conducting a public process around Identifying Intangible Heritage Values for Vancouver’s Chinatown. Submit your comments by August...
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EVENT: City Conversations—Re-Imagining Downtown Vancouver, August 20
When: Thursday, August 20, 2015 12:30 PM Where: Lot 19 Perch, North end of Hornby St. at W. Hastings St. How do you want downtown Vancouver to look...
By Yuri Artibise -
The Case For Bus-Only Lanes on Georgia Street
At Slow Streets, we believe in quick and effective results that are measurable and observable. We call for maximizing the utility of current...
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Visual Thoughts #57
Last VT image: View from Jericho Beach, Vancouver, BC. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator...
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EVENT: Kwantlen Richmond St. Market, Sept 8th
Not just another farmers market, the Kwantlen St. Market promises to entice the entire community. On Tuesday, September 8th 2015, from 11am to 3pm, the...
By Spacing -
EVENT: Urbanist Meetup—Sunday, August 9, 2015, 3pm-5pm
It’s back! The Vancouver Urbanist Meetup is returning with a special summer edition! This month, we’ll be meeting at the Food Cart Fest next...
By Yuri Artibise -
EVENT: City Conversations—Future of the Viaducts
When: Thursday, August 6, 2015 12:30 PM Where: Room 1600, SFU Vancouver at Harbour Centre, 515 W. Hastings St. Two years ago, a unanimous City Council...
By Yuri Artibise -
Modernist Vancouver: The Award-Winning Buildings of the Post-War Era
While Modernism began as early as the late 1910s and early 1920s, the period after World War II gave a major push in ideology and material development...
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EVENTS: #ThisIsHowWeRollVan
Via Momentum Mag #ThisIsHowWeRoll celebrates everyday cycling and walking in Vancouver. Walk, ride or roll to one of three locations in July as local...
By Yuri Artibise -
EVENT: The Granville Social, July 18 & 19
Watch, play, mingle and meet: all in the street! Check out The Granville Social, a weekend event that will transform the Granville strip into a public...
By Yuri Artibise -
Video Vancouver: It’s Smart To Be Dense
Via Streetfilms Urban density is fundamental principle of sustainable development. Density supports economic and creative vibrancy, social integration...
By Yuri Artibise
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered