May 2013
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The BC Election and What It Means for Cities →
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WatchSTREETFACTS #4: Children Have Lost the Freedom to Roam by Streetfilms
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WatchSTREETFACTS #4: Children Have Lost the Freedom to Roam
WatchSTREETFACTS #4: Children Have Lost the Freedom to Roam from Streetfilms on Vimeo.
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How to Be a Citizen Placemaker: Think Lighter,... →
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Today’s Dream House May Not Be Tomorrow’s →
It’s hard to answer many questions about the future housing market — like whether homeownership or renting will be more advantageous.
April 2013
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Vancouver’s former chief planner Brent Toderian... →
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The Ancient Antagonism Between Street Artists and... →
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Why SimCity Has Lost it's Way →
UPDATE // CITY GOVERNMENT FOR THE NEW URBAN WORLD
urbandesignreview:
Editor’s Note: The Forum for Urban Design is embarking on a campaign to collect ideas for compelling projects, plans, and policies to better New York City under the next mayor’s tenure. To tie in with this theme, the Urban Design Review will be featuring lessons from pioneering global cities. ‘City Government for the New Urban World’is the second entry in this series.
The...
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WatchMOVE - A (very) Short Film About Trail Running by Darcy Turenne
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WatchPOP-UPchitecture: 2nd Future Environments Future Generations Workshop by PLAYstudio
WatchPOP-UPchitecture: 2nd Future Environments Future Generations Workshop from PLAYstudio on Vimeo.POP-UP animation showing three future visions of our cities.
Primary schoolchildren and university students share a reflective experience about our cities’ future image, by means of a playful approach to the concept of sustainability.
While video games were the tool for critique and work in the...
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WatchReid Coolsaet in preparation for Rotterdam Marathon by Losse Veter
WatchReid Coolsaet in preparation for Rotterdam Marathon from Losse Veter on Vimeo.
99% Invisible: Episode 76- The Modern Moloch →
99percentinvisible:
On the streets of early 20th Century America, nothing moved faster than 10 miles per hour. Responsible parents would tell their children, “Go outside, and play in the streets. All day.”
And then the automobile happened. And then automobiles began killing thousands of children, every…
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WatchArt Phillips on redeveloping False Creek by PlaceSpeak
WatchArt Phillips on redeveloping False Creek from PlaceSpeak on Vimeo.placespeak.com | When we heard of the passing of Art Phillips, mayor of Vancouver from 1972 to 1976, late last week, PlaceSpeak CEO, Colleen Hardwick recalled an interview she conducted with the former mayor in 2005.
In this segment, Art talks about some of the negotiations and thinking that went into redevelopment of False Creek...
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WatchHelen Dreams of Dumplings by Warren Lane Pictures
WatchHelen Dreams of Dumplings from Warren Lane Pictures on Vimeo.Meet Helen; dumpling maker extraordinaire at Bao Bei Chinese Brasserie. We love Helen for her sweet smiles, dedication, and her special way of folding perfect little dumplings one after another. Not to mention her killer staff meals that remind us of mom.
Bao Bei Chinese Brasserie
163 Keefer Street
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Four Videos About Smarter Cities →
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March 2013
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Will Vancouver replace a freeway with a stroad?
stroadtoboulevard:
Vancouver’s freeway remnants are finally due for demolition. City staff like to draw comparisons to New York’s High Line and Seoul’s famous river daylighting.
However, Vancouver’s current plan appears to be to replace the viaducts with a stroad: a wide, fast street in the city that will endanger and annoy pedestrians and cyclists, while frustrating drivers with its...
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WatchFor the Love of Chinatown by Anthem Jackson
WatchFor the Love of Chinatown from Anthem Jackson on Vimeo.Vancouver Chinatown Night Market
May 17th to September 8th
Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Keefer Street
6pm to 11pm
vancouverchinatownnightmarket.com
Follow us @ChinatownYVR
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How to piss off a Vancouverite →
