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VPSN Public Space – Weekend Update (Halloween Edition)
This newsletter contains a number of items that will be of interest, including fun stuff like tomorrow’s VPSN Halloween Skytrain Party and our ongoing Active Fiction walking tours, opportunities for you to provide input on parks, plaza, transit and biking facilities. Finally,... Continue reading »
[UPDATED] – 10th Annual Halloween SkyTrain Party
It’s back! The 10th (yes, believe it!) annual Halloween SkyTrain Party. Gather your public space, public transit loving friends, costume up in your wildest, sassiest, most-creative attire, and join us for a ghoulish ride on the crazy train! In-flight entertainment... Continue reading »
VPSN offers continued support for removal of Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts
For the last several years, the VPSN has been following the discussion around the potential removal of the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts. It’s a proposal that our members have given considerable thought to, and we’ve enjoyed some good debates about the pros, cons and... Continue reading »
Engage: Jim Deva Plaza, a new park at Smithe & Richards… and removing the Viaducts
Three important public space related engagement opportunities are taking place this week. Please consider participating; these events are an important way to influence the design and development of the city’s public realm. 1) Final Concepts for the Jim Diva (“Heart of Davie”)... Continue reading »
Walk your way into the story… with Active Fiction
The VPSN’s Active Fiction Project creates short, fictional, ‘choose your own adventure’ stories that take place in a Vancouver neighbourhood. The self-guided stories are ‘hidden’ in public spaces for readers to discover by walking, or biking, through the same neighborhood in which... Continue reading »