{"id":30322,"date":"2017-07-27T14:01:02","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T21:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=30322"},"modified":"2017-07-27T14:04:30","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T21:04:30","slug":"release-vpsn-laneway-living-rooms-grandmas-house-july-29th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2017\/07\/27\/release-vpsn-laneway-living-rooms-grandmas-house-july-29th\/","title":{"rendered":"RELEASE: VPSN, Laneway Living Rooms: Grandma\u2019s House, July 29th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Laneway Living Rooms: Grandma\u2019s House<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WHEN: <em>12pm \u2013 9pm Saturday, July 29th, 2017<\/em><br \/>\nWHERE: <em>1027 Commercial Drive laneway<\/em> (south of Venables St between Parker St and Napier St)<\/p>\n<p>Kitsch, cookies and nostalgia with an East Van twist \u2013 Welcome to Grandma\u2019s House! Grandma\u2019s House is the first of the Vancouver Public Space Network\u2019s two Laneway Living Room activations taking place this summer. The intent of this tactical activation is to demonstrate the potential to rapidly and inexpensively transform unloved and underutilized laneways into people-friendly public spaces. We invite you to come hang out in Grandma\u2019s House!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Laneways take up a significant amount of land in Vancouver, and yet only a handful of these spaces are welcoming for people. In the early 2000s the City of Vancouver-led Country Lanes initiatives added substantial greenery to three laneways. From 2011-2014 the grassroots group Liveable Laneways programmed laneway spaces with events from markets to fashion shows. Last year the City committed $100,000 to fund the long-term, large-scale transformation of three laneways including (Alley Oop).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">This summer the <a href=\"http:\/\/vancouverpublicspace.ca\/\">Vancouver Public Space Network<\/a>, with a grant from VIVA Vancouver and support from great neighbours, is transforming two laneways (for one day each) into fun and friendly spaces using upcycled furniture, flea market finds, and pallets. East Van is the first neighbourhood up! Join us for Grandma\u2019s House \u2013 a laneway activation taking place south of Venables between Parker Street and Napier Street (address is 1027 Commercial Drive) on Saturday, July 29th. This activation will use some creatively upcycled materials to recreate Grandma\u2019s House (yours? mine? somebody\u2019s!) You can expect food, games, big band music, classic movies, and maybe even a spot of afternoon tea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Isn\u2019t it time you paid your grandma a visit?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/VPSN_LanewayModel_600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30325 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/VPSN_LanewayModel_600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/VPSN_LanewayModel_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/VPSN_LanewayModel_600-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em>For more information, visit the Vancouver Public Space Network <a href=\"http:\/\/vancouverpublicspace.ca\/\">website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laneway Living Rooms: Grandma\u2019s House WHEN: 12pm \u2013 9pm Saturday, July 29th, 2017 WHERE: 1027 Commercial Drive laneway (south of Venables St between Parker St and Napier St) Kitsch, cookies and nostalgia with an East Van twist \u2013 Welcome to Grandma\u2019s House! Grandma\u2019s House is the first of the Vancouver Public Space Network\u2019s two Laneway<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2017\/07\/27\/release-vpsn-laneway-living-rooms-grandmas-house-july-29th\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;RELEASE: VPSN, Laneway Living Rooms: Grandma\u2019s House, July 29th&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6018,"featured_media":30323,"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":[13,11230,20,26,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-civic-engagement","category-community","category-events","category-neighbourhoods","category-streetscape"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>RELEASE: VPSN, Laneway Living Rooms: Grandma\u2019s House, July 29th - 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\/2017\/07\/27\/release-vpsn-laneway-living-rooms-grandmas-house-july-29th\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RELEASE: VPSN, Laneway Living Rooms: Grandma\u2019s House, July 29th - Spacing Vancouver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Laneway Living Rooms: Grandma\u2019s House WHEN: 12pm \u2013 9pm Saturday, July 29th, 2017 WHERE: 1027 Commercial Drive laneway (south of Venables St between Parker St and Napier St) Kitsch, cookies and nostalgia with an East Van twist \u2013 Welcome to Grandma\u2019s House! 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