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VPSN Weekend Update – plan your public space adventures
We’re just putting the finishing touches on our next newsletter (due out next week and chalk full o’ public space-related updates) – but we wanted to share a few weekend items in advance. Saturday, October 3 – Doors Open Vancouver... Continue reading »
Public space technology: is it time to Strava your commute?
A post by VPSN contributer Oliver Gaskell on one of the many new GPS-linked apps that is helping to change the way we look at – and think about – public space. Strava is a cell phone app which tracks your... Continue reading »
Help needed: Create an online map of Vancouver’s public spaces
Do you have an aptitude for public space and online mapping tools? The Vancouver Public Space Network is looking for a Digital Mapping Whiz to help create an interactive map of Vancouver’s public spaces. Over the past few years, our team... Continue reading »
‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ in Vancouver’s public spaces with the Active Fiction Project
If you try and break the door down, turn to page 20. If you decide to return to the bus, turn to page 32. The thrill of the choice, and the cringe when you choose the wrong door and your... Continue reading »
Beyond Grandview-Woodland: The City As a Living Thing
by YarOn Stern Considering the expression ‘a city is a living thing’, the life of a city is a story of change within the familiar. What happens in one neighborhood might have already happened in another or is about to.... Continue reading »