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This week at City Council and Park Board: week of March 26, 2012
Vancouver City Hall – Photo by Ken Stewart A full slate of meetings at City Council and the Park Board this week – with lots to keep public space aficionados busy. In this edition: Parks – New Festival, Food Carts,... Continue reading »
St. Patrick wants you to enjoy the city and its strangers
Despite forecasts of flurries this weekend, St. Paddy has delivered us some stunning sunshine. Get out there while you can. There are public festivities happening at Georgia and Granville, as well as in Gastown, where I saw these lively Celtic... Continue reading »
What next for the Sears Building?
You may have read that Sears is closing its downtown Vancouver store, located in the block bounded by Howe, Granville and Robson. They’ve had the remainder of their lease bought out by property-owner Cadillac-Fairview for the princely sum of $170million…... Continue reading »
Featured Events: Tangential Vancouverism and Technology
Rain Urbanism by Matthew Soules We arrive at the first weekend in March with not one but two interesting events to profile. Good news for urbanists and city-lovers out there! First up is this evening’s launch of the Tangential Vancouverism... Continue reading »
VPSN Idea Slam Dunk!
Last night, a giant group of us got together at SFU Woodwards and slammed on a ton of great ideas to improve public space in the city in 2012. We had little ideas, great big ones, and some ideas that... Continue reading »