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Last Candidate Standing – By Rounds and Sets
On Sunday, November 3, 2014, the Vancouver Public Space Network held the third edition of Last Candidate Standing, an election debate unlike any other in the current municipal campaign. As with previous editions (in 2008 and 2011), the 2014 version saw... Continue reading »
Last Candidate Standing: 2014 Recap
The 2014 edition of Last Candidate Standing wrapped up with another amazing event of great debate and excitement among independents, party-affiliated candidates running for mayor or council and everyone who came out! The event started off with an introduction by Paola, chair of... Continue reading »
Where in the world is…
compiled bi-weekly by Brittany Morris ART Les Passages Insolites is an urban public space art festival that brings a vibrant kaleidoscope of contemporary art installations to Quebec City’s forgotten passages, making the invisible, visible. DESIGN Forget the urban highway... Continue reading »
Healthy City for All
by Christie Wall On Wednesday, October 29, Vancouver City Council will review Phase I of ‘A Healthy City For All’, which could become a new municipal plan for supporting Vancouverites to be physically, mentally and socially healthy. The strategy backs... Continue reading »
Urban Acupuncture: A focus on the Pigeon Park Street Market
by Wendee Lang From street hawkers to pop-up parks, from the New York High Line to Barcelona’s La Boqueria, urban acupuncture materializes in many different ways. Its principle, however, remains static in that it is seeks to re-energize communities through small-scale... Continue reading »