Parks
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Pop-up parks: Surrey Central goes gingham
They’re popping up all over the place! Cities across North America, and perhaps further afield, are creating temporary spaces for citizens to sit...
By Don Schuetze -
What Makes Stanley Park the Number One Park in the World
Vancouver’s 400 hectare urban oasis was recently voted the number one park in the world according to Trip Advisor, a travel website that receives...
By Adam Naamani -
RELEASE: City of Surrey PARKit winners announced
Surrey’s pop-up park is going ‘Gingham Style’ this summer. The classic concept of an outdoor picnic, inspired by the quintessential gingham checkered...
By Spacing -
EVENT REMINDER: Downtown Playgrounds: Reimagined, May 31st
The Vancouver Society of Children’s Centres (VSOCC) and Projects in Place Society (PiPS) are excited to partner in greatly improving licensed playgrounds...
By Spacing -
City of Surrey 2014 PARKit Design Challenge
The City of Surrey is pleased to announce the return of our pop-up park design-build competition, the 2014 PARKit Design Challenge. Individuals and groups...
By Spacing -
Jericho Beach: 1860’s onward
The Jericho Beach area has had a full history over the past century and a half, few traces of which remain today. Named for its lumber history, what is...
By Vancouver Heritage Foundation -
Q & A with Julien Thomas, Mastermind behind the Commercial Drive Parklet
Last week Spacing wrote about a new public space project to land on Commercial Drive in 2014. The project titled Commercial Drive Parklet (CDP) is one of...
By Alicia Medina Laddaga -
Support a new public space in Commercial Drive!
There is an exciting project coming to Commercial Drive on 2014! The Commercial Drive Parklet is one of the selected projects from VIVA Vancouver’s...
By Alicia Medina Laddaga -
GO PLAY IN THE STREET – The Power of PARK(ing) DAY
Public Intervention on Public Space Last Friday (September 20) a special thing happened in parking stalls on streets in many city’s across North America...
By Kathleen Corey -
Video Vancouver: Move
3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage… all to turn 3...
By Caroline Toth -
Invitation to Vancouver Heritage Foundation’s Places That Matter: Wooden Roller Coaster & Pacific Coliseum
PNE Invite
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Introducing Park-A-Park: Vancouver’s Recently Launched Mobile Parklet
If you’ve visited Vancouver’s Commercial Drive recently, and walked by the southwest corner where East 1st Avenue crosses The Drive, you may have caught...
By Liz Vossen