Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday

LOCAL • CP Rail uproots community gardens in Arbutus corridor [Globe and Mail] • 1216 Burrard Street [Changing Vancouver] • The Future of the Southern...

Video Vancouver: OSGEMEOS—Transforming Industrial Silos

Imagine a 360-degree, 70-foot (21 metre) tall outdoor mural that’s over 23,500 square feet (7,162 square metres) in size. And it’s not just any mural...

Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday

LOCAL • The NPA plan for more “openness and accountability” at city hall [State of Vancouver] • In five months, all condo owners, businesses have to be...

Video Vancouver: Behind the scenes of Skytrain

Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday

LOCAL • Robertson slams rival’s ‘cheap politicking’ over Vancouver Aquarium [Globe and Mail] • The New Point Grey Road – 26: Toderian checks it out (2...

Events: 5th Annual Autumn Shift Festival & 4th Annual Smoking Sausage BBQ Cook-Off, Mount Pleasant BIA

On Sunday, September 14th the Mount Pleasant Business Improvement Area will host the 5th Annual Autumn Shift Festival and 4th Annual Smoking Sausage BBQ...

Fireworks Barge

Photo by VancouverDoug The Celebration of Light fireworks barge, BC  Contribute photos to Spacing Vancouver’s Flickr Pool

Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday

LOCAL • Along the Number 20 Line [Fraseropolis] • How Vancouver is becoming Silicon Valley North [Globe and Mail] • Union leader says B.C.’s...

Building the Bicycle Culture We Want

Make no mistake, Vancouver has made some tremendous strides as a cycling city in the past five years: the Burrard Bridge, Dunsmuir Cycle Track, Hornby...

Video Vancouver: A Day in the Life of an Urban Reef

Timelapse of the Urban Reef, the 2014 Robson Redux winner.

August Urbanist Meetup—Sunday, August 10, 2014, 3pm-5pm

For August’s Vancouver Urbanist Meetup we are heading to Railtown to check out the Settlement Building at 55 Dunlavey Ave.

Video Vancouver: Monocle’s Quality of Life Cities

Monocle takes a cinematic look at the top cities in their 2014 Quality of Life Survey. They spotlight Copenhagen at number one, Tokyo as our top Asian...