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Women and Public Space
Helena Gutteridge, first woman elected to Vancouver City Council (Photo: BC Archives, Call#C-07954) Today is the 99th anniversary of International Women’s Day. Over the past few decades, attention to the role that gender plays in city-building and the public realm has... Continue reading »
Going for the gold?
For those with an interest in municipal infrastructure and how it gets used, it appears that we have, collectively, been caught with our pants down. One of our sources at Metro Vancouver ‘leaked’ us this revealing image. It’s a graph... Continue reading »
Post-Games media: Jackie Wong on gathering people and moving them around, Travis Lupick on surveillance
This just in from Jackie Wong at the West Ender – a fine article on the idea of public gatherings being the true legacy of the Olympics. The unprecedented number of people that took to the streets, animated downtown public... Continue reading »
Yaletown Park is finally getting it’s art!
As a part of Vancouver Biennale, Igor Mitoraj’s sculpture titled “Eros Bendato Scrippolato” was installed on Thursday morning, March 4, 2010 in Yaletown Park. Here’s what it looks like: This unique space had been “vacant” so to speak for almost... Continue reading »
The Gold Medal for Street Food?
With Olympic crowds animating city streets and venues, there has been a steady rumbling of Olympic-sized appetites roaming in search of food and drink. Despite all the foot traffic, the culinary options that have been set up as part of... Continue reading »