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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday
LOCAL • Waste-to-energy plant’s high price tag gives B.C. politicians pause [Globe and Mail] • Melissa Fong: What are we going to do about Vancouver’s...
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Rewilding a City
As a relatively young, modern city nestled between the North Shore mountains and surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, it is not hard to imagine Vancouver’s...
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Conserving Heritage through Re-imagining of Space
In the conservation tool kit, heritage enthusiasts have several methods to support the preservation of historic spaces. Preserving ‘as-is, where-is’ can...
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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...
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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday
LOCAL • Province softens stance on timing of transit referendum [Globe and Mail] • Vancouver agents, builders greet signs of a rebound with glee [Globe...
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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...
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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday
LOCAL • Vancouver non-profits caught in rent squeeze [Globe and Mail] • Delta asks for Terminal 2 environmental review [Globe and Mail] • Vancouver...
By Tessa Holloway -
Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday
LOCAL • This Week: Images of Pittsburgh – 1 [Price Tags] • Mayor plans trade mission to Far East, even though UBC study suggests these junkets don’t...
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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
LOCAL • Generation Rent: The Secret to a Great Rental Home [The Tyee] • Developing a homeless transit plan for Vancouver [Vancouver Observer] â€...
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Housing meets the Sharing Economy – NEXT TUESDAY!
The Laboratory of Housing Alternatives (LOHA) is hosting a storytelling night on Housing and the Sharing Economy. Don’t miss out this event next...
By Alicia Medina Laddaga -
Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
LOCAL • Delta’s real-estate market could be set to boom [Georgia Straight] • British Columbia’s Traffic Delusion [Sightline Daily] • Concord Pacific...
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LOHA Housing + Sharing Storytelling Event, Oct 22nd
SHARING is a hot topic these days! Think of the way companies like Car2Go, Airbnb, Grupon and Kickstarter are changing how we live, work, move and spend...
By Alicia Medina Laddaga