{"id":12059,"date":"2012-07-04T08:24:26","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T15:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=12059"},"modified":"2012-07-04T18:11:59","modified_gmt":"2012-07-05T01:11:59","slug":"july-urbanist-meetup-sunday-june-10-3pm-5pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/07\/04\/july-urbanist-meetup-sunday-june-10-3pm-5pm\/","title":{"rendered":"July Urbanist Meetup, Sunday, July 8th, 3pm-5pm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/yuriartibise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/metPub.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8032 alignright\" style=\"margin: 8px;\" title=\"metPub\" src=\"http:\/\/yuriartibise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/metPub.jpeg\" alt=\" \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the first week of July (Happy belated\u00a0Canada Day!), and that means it\u2019s time to start thinking about the next Vancouver Urbanist Meetup!<\/p>\n<p>This month we\u2019ll be gathering at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themetpub.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Metropole Community Pub<\/a> in Gastown. The Met is a great example of evolution of Gastown. The pub has retained its original mosaic tile floors, stained glass, exposed brick\u2014and low prices. But more importantly, it remains connected to the local neighbourhood, employing local residents and donating 25% of its profits to community organizations in Gastown and the Downtown Eastside.<\/p>\n<p>Come out and enjoy a cheap drink or affordable bite to eat with your fellow urbanists. There will be a lot to talk about, including the history and evolution of Gastown and the impact of the Woodward&#8217;s redevelopment. I\u2019m also interested in hearing your reports from the recent Vancouver Urban Forum and Velo-City events.<\/p>\n<p>The Metropole Community Pub is located at 320 Abbott St. (<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.ca\/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=The+Metropole+Community+Pub&amp;aq=&amp;sll=49.284688,-123.106806&amp;sspn=0.007152,0.019162&amp;vpsrc=6&amp;gl=ca&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=The+Metropole+Community+Pub&amp;t=m&amp;cid=10510138143051691512&amp;hnear=&amp;ll=49.290202,-123.106785&amp;spn=0.02995,0.076647&amp;z=14&amp;iwloc=A\" target=\"_blank\">map<\/a>) As always, feel free to drop in when you can and stay as long as you want. We&#8217;ll be there from 3 pm until at least 5 pm.<\/p>\n<p>You can RSVP on\u00a0<a title=\"Vancouver Urbanist Meetup - July Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/254924307955628\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a title=\"Vancouver Urbanist Meetup - July Eventbrite\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vanurbanists-july12.eventbrite.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eventbrite<\/a>, or simply show up if you are in the neighbourhood.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the first week of July (Happy belated\u00a0Canada Day!), and that means it\u2019s time to start thinking about the next Vancouver Urbanist Meetup! This month we\u2019ll be gathering at the Metropole Community Pub in Gastown. The Met is a great example of evolution of Gastown. The pub has retained its original mosaic tile floors, stained<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/07\/04\/july-urbanist-meetup-sunday-june-10-3pm-5pm\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;July Urbanist Meetup, Sunday, July 8th, 3pm-5pm&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6024,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[4933,291,789,309,9188,311,214,5957],"class_list":["post-12059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-canada-day","tag-event","tag-facebook","tag-gastown","tag-metropole-community-pub","tag-urbanists","tag-vancouver-2","tag-velo-city"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>July Urbanist Meetup, Sunday, July 8th, 3pm-5pm - Spacing Vancouver<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/07\/04\/july-urbanist-meetup-sunday-june-10-3pm-5pm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"July Urbanist Meetup, Sunday, July 8th, 3pm-5pm - Spacing Vancouver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It\u2019s the first week of July (Happy belated\u00a0Canada Day!), and that means it\u2019s time to start thinking about the next Vancouver Urbanist Meetup! 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