Where's the Square?  Timetable of Events

A calendar of public square activities

 

All Where's the Square? events are free; however for some events seating is limited and requires registration. Specific details on the events will be posted in the weeks prior to each item.

  • Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - Imaginging a Public Square for Vancouver: The Grandest Gathering Place - with Lance Berelowitz, Cornelia Oberlander and Bing Thom
  • October 2008 - Where's the Square? Walking Tours
  • November 10, 2008 - Citizen Square: Shaping the Square We Want (at the VPL; registration required)
  • November 20, 2008 - Design Ideas Competition begins; design brief and criteria released
  • November 26, 2008 - Where's the Square? Presentation - Public Art & Gathering Places - with Adrienne Burk
  • December 11, 2008 - Where's the Square? Politics, Protest & Peace of Mind - Panel Discussion - with Michael Barnholden, Chuck Davis, John Helliwell and 
  • January 30, 2009 - Competition Entrant Forms due
  • February 23, 2009 - Where's the Square? Presentation - Implementing Urbanism - with Scot Hein
  • March, 2009 - Where's the Square? Walking Tours
  • March 20, 2009 - Design Ideas Competition Closes at 5PM PST
  • April 8, 2009 - The Public Square as an Economic Space - Panel Discussion - with Trevor barnes, Andrea Reimer, John Tylee
  • April 28, 2009 - Visions of Vancouver's Grand Gathering Place: Short-listed Entries from the Where's the Square Competition - 6:00-9:00pm at the Roundhouse Community Centre
  • May 27, 2009 - Jury Selection and People's Choice winner(s) announced
  • June - September 2009 - A Square Footprint: Activating the space of the public square...