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Arbutus_Greenway Crossing - Joep O Back on track: Vancouver resumes Arbutus Greenway construction and consultation

by Naomi Wittes Reichstein, VPSN communications coordinator and Arbutus Greenway project lead Photos by Joep Olthuis In October, we reported on Vancouver’s unprecedented rail-to-trail Arbutus Greenway project and on the VPSN’s advocacy for making the most of this corridor as... Continue reading »

January 28, 2017   |   0 comments
NEFC Park Design Program Update #2: Northeast False Creek Park Design Advisory Group

by Wendee Lang, VPSN Open Spaces  The Northeast False Creek consultation process now finds itself nearly six months deep and the subject of VPSN’s second update on the topic (see my first post here). December marked the third meeting between... Continue reading »

January 17, 2017   |   0 comments
Robson Square redesign concept Robson Square update: City releases “high level concept” for 800-block

Exciting news! The City has just released their high level concept for the redesign of the 800-block (and expansion of Robson Square). It was prepared by the a design team that included Nick Milkovich Archtects, Hapa Collaborative and Studio Parsons.... Continue reading »

December 8, 2016   |   1 comment
D-Day Practice - Kitsilano Brach Public Memory: Remembrance Day in Vancouver

The annual Remembrance Day celebration takes place this Friday, November 11 – with the main ceremony taking place at Victory Square, where it has been held for the past 92 years. Details of the event can be found in the... Continue reading »

November 10, 2016   |   0 comments
human-scale Featured Event: The Human Scale: Film Screening And Discussion

If you’re not otherwise sitting on pins and needles as the fate of the free world is being decided, why not come out to a film screening on a subject that feels… decidedly more humanistic than much of the US election. This... Continue reading »

November 6, 2016   |   0 comments