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Book Review—America’s Urban Future: Lessons From North of the Border
Authors: Roy Tomalty and Alan Mallach (Island Press, 2015) Urban America has a thing or two to learn from north of the border—that is what Ray Tomalty and...
By William Dunn -
Transportation, Technology and Urban Transformation
We are in the midst of a resurgence of interest and investment in transit. Across North America and at nearly every level of government, there is interest...
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Gil Kelley: The Next Leap Forward
Presented by Urbanarium on September 28th, new City of Vancouver Director of Planning Gil Kelley spoke to a full house of architects and planners at the...
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Video Vancouver: Arbutus Greenway
Check out all 11 km of the Arbutus Greenway from False Creek to the Fraser River! (via the City of Vancouver).
By Yuri Artibise -
EVENTS: Re-Imagining the city – The (im)possibility of Design forum, March 10/11, 2016
Exactly forty years ago, Vancouver hosted the first UN Habitat Conference. In 1976, cities were struggling to survive, global warming was only feared by a...
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Museum of Vancouver Launches Your Future Home: Creating The New Vancouver
Following last week’s Vancouver Debates #1 kick off event at the Museum of Vancouver, visitors where invited to the launch of the Your Future Home...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
Monster Home: A Connective Community Approach to Single Family Housing Districts
There is no question that Vancouver is a densifying city. Despite all the excitement and acrimony that comes with that prospective change, the majority of...
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Release: Former Vancouverite launches Ondergronds – Conversations between strangers on metro trains
What if everyone around you had an inspiring story to share? What if we lived in a city where strangers talked to each other? What if there was a way to...
By Spacing -
EVENT: City Conversations—Federal Election Forum on Urban Issues, Oct 1
With over 80% of the Canadian population now living in urban areas, it is time for a national conversation on key issues that affect our cities. For this...
By Spacing -
Video Vancouver: SLIP | Subway Dancers
SLIP | @PhillipChbeeb & Renee Kester | @ElliotMossMusic Everyone will tell you it is hard to let go of pain… and it is. Since we are children we...
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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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Transportation Plebiscite: ‘no’ better engagement strategies?
For the past month, many people have eagerly awaited the result of Metro Vancouver’s Transportation Plebiscite: A non-binding vote on a 0.5% sales tax...
By katelynmcdougall