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Meeting of the Minds

How to Create Successful Distributed Generation Programs - Market rules and regulations must be clear, simple, and visible to all market participants. They should allow for fair competition and for reasonable ret...
48 minutes ago
Livable Portland

A helpful history of Portland’s neighborhood association system - The pioneering grass roots system is under unprecedented attack with concerted efforts toward marginalization. Before we let the system be destroyed, we o...
3 hours ago
Great Streets San Diego

Tendons Authentic Chinese Food Imperial Mandarin Restaurant San Diego California - More info on Tendons Authentic Chinese Food Imperial Mandarin Restaurant San Diego California
3 hours ago
Small Homes BC Society

Small Housing Summit is live! - On Wednesday, August 15, Small Housing Summit tickets go on sale. Join the small change that’s coming! Download press release here.
4 hours ago
Architect This City

Cities with perfect climates - Last year Nolan Gray mapped out “the cities of the world where you don’t need AC or heat.” And just recently he updated his data with the help of Guardia...
5 hours ago
Jak's View of Vancouver v.3

Night Music: Always On My Mind - Advertisements
7 hours ago
Gordon Price

What Late Summer Brings With It Now - Smoke and filtered light. The haze softens the city with a yellow flush. It’s just on this side of other-worldly. It’s another indicator that the earl...
8 hours ago
Spitalfields Life

Clennell’s London Melodies - Of all the dozens of woodcuts of CRIES OF LONDON I have come across, this anonymously-published set is my favourite – so I am very grateful to historian Dr...
8 hours ago
Shorpy Historical Photo Archive - Vintage Fine Art Prints

Bustling Burlington: 1911 - Burlington, Vermont, circa 1911. "Church street north from College Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
8 hours ago
Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation

Happy Birthday, SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District - GVSHP’s primary focus is between the Hudson and East Rivers, from Houston Street to 14th Street. Still, in 2016 GVSHP fought to secure the Sullivan-Thomp...
13 hours ago
City Observatory

Is St. Louis Gentrifying? - Gentrification Debates Without Gentrification? By Todd Swanstrom Editor’s note: We’re pleased to offer a guest commentary from Todd Swanstrom. Todd is the ...
15 hours ago
urban75 blog

In photos: Blaenau Ffestiniog and a narrow gauge steam journey to Tan-y-Bwlch in Snowdonia, Aug 2018 - Here’s some photos from a recent visit to the slate mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog in north Wales, with our day trip taking in a journey on the Ffestini...
16 hours ago
Smart Growth America

Webinar recap: “People are dying on our streets: Why is this happening and how can we talk about it responsibly?” - In our recent webinar, we were joined by three reporters for a discussion about pedestrian fatalities and how people can talk about the issue in a respo...
17 hours ago
Austin On Your Feet

Opportunity Kicks - The hottest political topic in Austin right now is a proposal by the owner of the Major League Soccer franchise Columbus Crew to lease space on a city-owne...
17 hours ago
The Pop-Up City

Fire Hydrants Reimagined As Drinking Water Stations - With this refreshing design, fire hydrants can double as water drinking fountains for the public and their pets. *Read more →*
21 hours ago
Municipal Dreams

Elisabeth Blanchet and Sonia Zhuravlyova, ‘Prefabs’ Book Review - Elisabeth Blanchet and Sonia Zhuravlyova, Prefabs (Historic England, 2018) We thought we’d reached paradise. The bathroom, indoor toilet, central heating,...
1 day ago
Pedestrian Observations

Bus Stop Spacing and Network Legibility - I had an interesting interview of the annoying kind, that is, one where my source says something that ends up challenging me to the point of requiring me t...
1 day ago
Economics of Place

Podcast 5: A Retrospective with Bill Mathewson- Retiring after 40+ years representing the interests of cities and villages - In today’s fast-changing world, not many people lend their expertise to the same company for their entire career. Bill Mathewson, the League’s recently ret...
1 day ago
Stephen Rees's blog

Book Review: Seaweed Chronicles - Pulls back the curtain on the hidden world of seaweed
1 day ago
Changing City Updates

219 Main Street - When the City of Vancouver developed a new plan for the Downtown Eastside, many areas saw zoning changed to encourage market and non-market rental building...
1 day ago
Sean Bickerton

Bear Bay -
1 day ago
The South Fraser Blog

Riding Light Rail in LA. Similarities to Metro Vancouver. - Currently, I am in Los Angeles as I am taking a bit of a holiday. When most people think of Los Angeles and transportation, it is likely freeways that co...
1 day ago
Changing Vancouver

120 Powell Street - Today, this former warehouse is an architect’s office with six generously sized (and expensive) strata residential units upstairs. First developed in 1910,...
1 day ago
TED Blog

3 reasons why women are still fighting for equal healthcare - TEDWomen co-host Pat Mitchell writes: Once again this summer, I had the privilege of moderating sessions during the Spotlight Health Aspen Institute Ideas ...
1 day ago
Urban Demographics

Urban Picture - Barcelona at day and night, by the talented Henry Do (ht Architecture)
1 day ago
ProtoCity - Prototyping the City

Urban Gardens as Local Food: A Portrait of Voedseltuin IJplein - Voedseltuin IJplein is an urban community garden located in Amsterdam Noord overlooking the IJ. After volunteering there, these are the observations of Bla...
1 day ago
Ephemeral New York

The apartment rooftop that hosted Henri Matisse - French Modernist painter Henri Matisse has many of his still lifes, figures, and landscapes on display in New York’s most distinguished museums, including ...
2 days ago
Free Public Transit

McPherson Paradox: Economic collapse will lead to sudden temperature rise - Add these together: existing high global average temperature no arctic ice more frequent El Niño's grain harvest failure financial collapse economic collaps...
3 days ago
Ryan Gravel

Gravel > Two Thirds Not Served. - (ideas.) This was never the plan, but two thirds of the Beltline may forever move forward without transit. That’s because MARTA is only committed to one th...
3 days ago
ATL Urbanist

A small slice from the large history of discriminatory housing... - A small slice from the large history of discriminatory housing practices in the Atlanta region. Here’s what it took to get 400 white people from DeKalb ...
4 days ago
Average Joe Cyclist

What is a Cyclo-Cross Bike? - A cyclo-cross bike is like a hybrid between a road bike and a mountain bike. Designed for racing on multiple terrains, these bikes have several unique fe...
4 days ago
Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

Why not post outdoor Community Information Boards at public buildings and sites? - I've written a lot about the ability to disseminate community information and community media in the context of a shrinking locally-focused media, and the ...
4 days ago
Worthwhile Canadian Initiative

A well-deserved tribute to Nick Rowe - As you may know, Nick has retired from teaching. His career as a teacher and blogger has earned him this very nice tribute in the pages of The Economist: L...
4 days ago
Modacity

Toronto's 1st Annual Cargo Bike Championship - [image: 2018 JULY 28 CBC POSTER 2018 TORONTO CROP MARKS.jpg] You are cordially invited to join us on the afternoon of Saturday, September 8th, 2018 for To...
6 days ago
Lewis N. Villegas

Vancouver ‘Broadway Subway’ Exposed: The BS Line - JOYCE STATION—TRANSLINK AND ‘GOOD URBANISM’ DON’T MIX Provincial Governments can be accused of hiding the truth about Skytrain for 40 Years: we built skytr...
6 days ago
Beasley & Associates

Brampton 2040 Vision: Community Engagement - Urbanism is nothing without community involvement, and the Brampton 2040 vision is proof. Here are two videos that show how Bramptonians shaped a vision fo...
6 days ago
As Easy As Riding A Bike

Instead of blaming individuals, fix the system - Doubtless many of you will have seen this video of a ‘near miss’ on the A38 in Bromsgrove, in which a child narrowly escapes serious injury, thanks to the ...
6 days ago
Cap'n Transit Rides Again

Can we make the Central Park "drives" two way again now? - They say Central Park is now car-free. The other day I passed five construction trucks, three random cars and four golf carts, one of which was completely ...
1 week ago
The Better Block

Slavic Village Better Block - The great thing about using kids’ finger paint for our street treatments at Better Block is that clean-up is easy. A good rain washes it away. The bad thin...
1 week ago
Connecting Dots . . .

Cranking Up Connecting Dots Again - Well THAT took long enough. Forgive the egregiously long time between posts, dear readers, but I just wanted to let you know that the hiatus is over. I’m...
1 week ago
City Beautiful 21

Meetings on The 203 Project – Library & ArtsCenter Space – TODAY! - Just a quick note to everyone this morning- the Town of Carrboro has been pushing the word out that there are not one but TWO meetings being held TODAY, Au...
1 week ago
This City Life

How to Save Money in the City - [image: image] Vancouver has a bad reputation as one of the world’s most expensive cities. While this has lead to a significant exodus of young professiona...
1 week ago
Slow Streets

Housing and Patios in Cordoba, Spain: An Infill Strategy - Many different cities offer best practices on offering dense and liveable housing options for people. A key ingredient in these best practices is common sp...
1 week ago
Cities Matter

The Bed Tax is a Bad Tax - Auckland Council has introduced a tax on properties providing online accommodation services by way of a targeted rate. This a bad tax and a bad precedent...
1 week ago
Michael Geller's Blog

Opinion Vancouver Courier August 2, 2018 As Vancouver's detached housing stock is demolished, what should be saved? - Vinson House Cottages demonstrates how older homes can be saved and restored in a financially feasible way, through additional density rights. Last mon...
1 week ago
Todd Litman / Planetizen

Affordability Trade-offs - Strategies for increasing affordability often involved trade-offs between various goals and impacts. It is important to consider all of these factors when ...
1 week ago
Witold Rybczynski

POP GOES THE WEASEL - News that the Abrams House in Pittsburgh, designed by Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown in 1979, has been sold and is to be demolished. Apparently, the new ow...
1 week ago
Guggenheim Blogs

“Reality in Themselves”: Herbert Matter’s Photographs of Alberto Giacometti’s Art - [image: Herbert Matter, Cloaked Sculpture in Studio, 1960s. Vintage silver gelatin print. Exhibition records. A0003. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Archives...
2 weeks ago
Market Urbanism

An interesting complementarity in a city: rich & poor - Here’s something I hadn’t thought of in quite this way (but many others probably have): In a living city, space is cheap enough so that people with wacky...
2 weeks ago
Real Estate Defined

Crime in Toronto: Growing or declining? - In light of the tragic and deeply unfortunate events that took place recently on the Danforth and the Yonge Street van attack, I decided to look into histo...
2 weeks ago
CityHallWatch: Tools for engagem...

Heads up: Special Council meeting July 31 to change start time of Sept 18 public hearing - With no further explanation for its rationale, a Special Council meeting for July 31 suddenly appeared on the City of Vancouver web page showing the schedu...
2 weeks ago
Grandview Heritage Group

Grandview Database v.25 - We have today uploaded a new and updated version of the Grandview Database. This version incorporates more than 3,700 new and amended data points since t...
2 weeks ago
Klaustoon's Blog

Processes: Inking a cartoon for Arquine #76: ‘Other Fronts’ (2016) - Click to enlarge (quite a bit!). From the ‘ArquiNoir by Klaus’ section. The magazine can be purchased here. Advertisements
2 weeks ago
Parksify: Exploring Public Space

Finding A Reliable Supplier Of Gaffa Tape - Gaffa tape has a wide array of uses. It’s most commonly used by photographers, but it can also be used by production crews that work in film or live shows....
2 weeks ago
Ombú

CAN PICAFORT Can Picafort • Santa Margalida • Mallorca |... - CAN PICAFORT Can Picafort • Santa Margalida • Mallorca | 2013-2017 By TEd'A Arquitectes
2 weeks ago
Urban Workbench

Prototype Small Scale Solutions - As a resort community, Revelstoke sees a lot of tourist traffic in the downtown, both pedestrians and vehicles. Additionally, as a community to over 7,500 ...
2 weeks ago
Urbanist.co

Claim your own space with a “She-Shed” - Living in the city means you’re in walking distance to some of your favorite shops. The cute little coffee shop is just around the corner. There’s a late...
2 weeks ago
Urban Finland

The Power of DIY Urbanism: How a Group of Skateboarders Changed the City - There’s a lot of talk nowadays (this blog included) about how bottom up movements have become more important in shaping and solving problems of the 21st ce...
2 weeks ago
Thinking City

How does place shape who we are? - by Francesca Perry Sometimes it’s hard to put our finger on it, but part of us knows that where we live, the places in which we spend our time, play a part...
3 weeks ago
Come here to me!

Claude Gunner’s gang (1921) - Note: I’ve previously looked at a criminal street-gang from Dublin’s North Inner city named the ‘Sons of Dawn’ who were also tracked down and arrested by t...
3 weeks ago
Home: Free Sociology!

Fact-checking Vancouver’s Swamp Drainers - [co-authored with Jens von Bergmann and cross-posted with MountainMath] Swampy facts: the dark, broken, and ugly side of housing talk in Vancouver. Down so...
3 weeks ago
The Corner Side Yard

A Personal Segregation Story - Barbecuing in our backyard in Detroit, sometime in 1979. Of course, my dad is taking the picture. Source: Ben Saunders I've written quite a bit about seg...
3 weeks ago
Frances Bula

The farewell note: A senior city-hall employee goes to work for a major developer - Lots of praise for Bill Aujla, the head of real-estate services who is going off to be vice-president of real estate with the Aquilini Group. This move, th...
3 weeks ago
the republic of less

Caught in the Rain - Summer has arrived in our part of the world–long days, heat on your back, first morning coffee on the front step, dinner out on the back deck–so let’s talk...
4 weeks ago
MGA | Michael Green Architecture

Congratulations to Natalie Telewiak - Michael Green Architecture (MGA) is pleased to announce the promotion of Natalie Telewiak from Senior Architect to the newest Principal at the firm. Wit...
4 weeks ago
Born to Walk

Summer paddling - For those of you who don’t live in Canada and/or don’t recognize the iconic building in this photo, it’s the back of the Centre Block on Parliament Hill. I...
4 weeks ago
Geoff Boeing

City Street Orientations around the World - By popular request, this is a quick follow-up to this post comparing the orientation of streets in 25 US cities using Python and OSMnx. Here are 25 more ...
4 weeks ago
Urban Springtime

Playable cities: summary - *Children's daily lives are affected mostly by decisions made by parents, teachers and urban planners. Together they influence where, how and how long chi...
5 weeks ago
mssinenomineblog

I am disabled. Bike lanes are not the problem. Ableism is. - Full Disclosure: Last year I was appointed to the Active Transportation Advisory Council for the City of Vancouver. I had this post in my draft file and ne...
5 weeks ago
rethink urban

Welcome our Newest Partner Consultants - We’re super excited to have Lisa and Bill join the RU Team. They bring a unique set of skills and years of experience to our collaborative as we continue t...
1 month ago
Vancouver Not Vegas

The German Report should be followed by a full public inquiry into money-laundering - June 2018 has seen a return of public interest in casino corruption thanks to the efforts of the BC government and Attorney General Dave Eby, and the repor...
1 month ago
myurbanist

empowering lessons for livable places in tropical Australia - Thanks to the Australian-American Fulbright Commission and UN-Habitat’s World Urban Campaign, fundamental relationships at the heart of urban public health...
1 month ago
AuthentiCity

Strathcona redevelopment files easier to find in the Archives - The Archives’ on-going inventory project has revealed some gems, including records that would be well served with enriched metadata in our AtoM database. T...
1 month ago
BCRobyn

How big is Vancouver Island? - How big is Vancouver Island? It’s big. Bigger than entire countries, states, and provinces. It’s so big, you could spend several weeks exploring Vancouv...
1 month ago
Howard Blackson

Whose City? Podcasting the San Diego urban experience. - A great group of people and organizations are sponsoring a new podcast on San Diego Urbanism. Me and SDSU Professor Larry Herzog are co-hosting with the in...
1 month ago
The Mainlander

Battle for 58 West Hastings: Broken Promises and Co-optation, 2016-2018 - [image: 58 pic 1 [emily vance twitter]]For years, an empty lot at 58 West Hastings has been at the centre of a fight for social housing in the Downtown Eas...
1 month ago
John O'Callaghan

MOBILE VENDING AND OUTDOOR MARKETS FEASIBILITY STUDY - JOC Consulting has been commissioned to deliver a Feasibility Research Report on mobile vending and outdoor markets across the Waverley Local Government ...
1 month ago
The Urbanist

Is Melbourne the new New York? - The Age's comparison of the density of Melbourne's CBD with the density of New York City might massage the prejudices of its readers, but it's rubbish Th...
1 month ago
An Urban Strategist's Musings

Toronto Council needs to take leadership and action on cycling safety - It's the killing field on the streets with the number of cyclist deaths. It must be an election issue. … More Toronto Council needs to take leadership and ...
1 month ago
rjohnthebad

Biblical Precedent for Traffic Calming and restoring sanity to street design - I have purposefully cherry picked two street in Charleston to compare. The Crosstown/US17 which most folks hate and Church Street which is one of the mo...
1 month ago
MetroVanWatch

Port of Metro Vancouver: Land Use Plan amendments (land acquired + divested). Open houses in June 2018 - For public attention. The Port of Metro Vancouver (@PortVancouver) is an important player and land holder in this region. It is acquiring and divesting of ...
1 month ago
City Love Blog

Lessons from GC2018 City Presentation - As tourists and residents, the experiences we have in public spaces is what ultimately defines our very opinions of a “good” or “bad” place. The GC2018 ...
2 months ago
Opticos Design

Rebuilding for Those in Need: Opticos Designs for Wildfire Cottage Initiative - The post Rebuilding for Those in Need: Opticos Designs for Wildfire Cottage Initiative appeared first on Opticos Design.
2 months ago
Blog - Number TEN: architecture, planning, design in Winnipeg & Victoria

Pedestrian bridges a welcome direction - [image: Brent B blog 1] *By Brent Bellamy, Creative Director and Architect* *Republished with permission courtesy of the Winnipeg Free Press. * Winnipeg...
2 months ago
The Urban Observer

Cities must move to fossil-free and car-free for a healthy future - Clean air and clean water are the main things citizens want for their health and well being as residents in a sustainable city, according to a recent globa...
3 months ago
OPEN: design collaborative

Relics of the Future -
3 months ago
Urbium+Orbi

New Urban Realities – AR & VR - Technology is the great economic and societal disruptor, and Virtual Reality (VR) is one of its latest incarnations. What mostly started as a means to crea...
3 months ago
Tribeca Trust

We’re back, with News from Tribeca Trust - In this issue: Update on our lawsuit The Chair of the LPC Resigns! Tribeca Trust Shrinks Cape Advisor’s Overgrown Building on West Broadway Save the Dates ...
3 months ago
5 Kids 1 Condo

Want To Help Me Run For City Council? Here’s How. - DUDE … after watching @kirstendirksen ‘s Vlog post last night how can you not be the wise choice for a sound and sustainable future for Vancouver. https://...
4 months ago
Urbalize

How to lead change in Your City - The Barr Foundation, based in Boston-Massachusetts is one of the most inspiring innovative and active urban change makers we met at the Urban Future Confer...
4 months ago
OpenCity Projects

Ryerson Prof Teaching How to Design for Diversity - OpenCity Projects recently sat down with Zhixi Cecilia Zhuang, an architect-planner and Associate Professor in Ryerson University’s School of Urban and R...
4 months ago
Rebel Metropolis

Driverless Cars Will Be Allowed to Kill Us, Because Capitalism Is A Death Cult - As you likely already know, last week a ‘driverless’ Uber test vehicle made by Volvo struck and killed 49 year old Elaine Herzberg while she was walking he...
4 months ago
Yuri Artibise

Community Land Trusts: Building Homes We Can Afford - Community Land Trusts (CLTs) are a largely “uncharted” vehicle with the potential to retain much needed affordable housing, and finance future sustainabl...
4 months ago
Yurbanism

Community Land Trusts: Building Homes We Can Afford - Community Land Trusts (CLTs) are a largely “uncharted” vehicle with the potential to retain much needed affordable housing, and finance future sustainabl...
4 months ago
The Little Mountain Project

Have you heard me talk recently on CBC or CITR radio? - If you heard me talk recently on CBC or CITR and want to know more about the release date of my feature documentary Champions of Little Mountain follow me ...
4 months ago
Museum of Vancouver

Spring Break Animation Workshop for Kids! - Photo: R2R Film Festival
5 months ago
Spacing Vancouver

Vancouver demographics: brief overview - With over 2,400,000+ population Vancouver is one of the largest cities in North America. It is also one of the …
5 months ago
Architecture Tourist

Terry's #PhoenixFlies2019 Curation: Five Unseen Ponce de Leon Churches - *Phoenix Flies 2019 is only a year way. Here's are some places I'd enjoy seeing at the next #phoenixflies. To my knowledge they've never been on the tour.*...
5 months ago
Urban Scrawl

Pic of the Day: The Evolution of Urban Planning - Urban planning is a surprisingly young professional discipline. It's development over the past century has shaped our everyday lives; what our houses look ...
5 months ago
Rebuilding The Rust Belt

How and where to access the Ben Franklin Bridge walkways - This post is a guide to reaching the south walkway. Another will be published around 1 March 2018 when walkway users are switched to the north walkway. Las...
6 months ago
Buildings are cool

No guts, no glory! - 2018 is going to be a wild year. I am both excited and terrified about 3 new roles I will take on. Despite my fear, I am diving straight in because I emb...
6 months ago
Past Tense

illustratedvancouver: Unpublished draft #2: Here were have an... - Diamond Cabs, Vancouver Illustrated invoice for Diamond Cabs, 1942 Penthouse ad, from the Avon Theatre program, 1954 illustratedvancouver: *Unpublishe...
6 months ago
City Block

693,972 – new DC population estimates - Happy New Year to the very few people who swing by this blog… Ah, the benefits of living in a city-state – the only American city-state. You get your cit...
7 months ago
Richard Campbell

Invest in What People Need Now Not Power That May Never Be Needed – Stop Site C - Below is the personal letter I sent regarding Site C. Managed to connect it to cycling and road safety. If you want to send a similar letter, here are the ...
8 months ago
Urbanthinkers

First blog post - This is the excerpt for your very first post.
8 months ago
A Cartographic View

The Vancouver Is Near Things Maps - From my presentation to the Vancouver City Council on Wednesday, November 29
8 months ago
At the Helm of the Public Realm

Suburbs may be getting cooler, but they will never, ever be as cool as the city - The suburbs may be getting cooler, but they will never, ever be as cool as the city. You might assume they are based on real estate trends and survey resul...
8 months ago
PlannerDan

The Ins and Outs of Sidewalk Cafes -
9 months ago
WorldWide Wickens

My 2013 submissions to Metrolinx and Toronto’s “feeling congested” process - FEEDBACK PROVIDED IN 2013 FOR: – Toronto Planning’s “Feeling Congested” initiative (or why I circled only four of the 14 suggested funding tools instead of...
10 months ago
Mez Dispenser

A beautiful bike for a beautiful family - Two years ago, our community came together to sponsor a Syrian refuge family. They arrived last autumn and have been slowly adapting to their new home. T...
10 months ago
Just Sustainabilities

Call for Papers: The Cosmopolitan Canopy – Reasserting Difference, Diversity and Inclusion in the age of Trump. - The Cosmopolitan Canopy: Reasserting Difference, Diversity and Inclusion in the age of Trump. American Association of Geographers – Annual Conference, Ne...
10 months ago
The Municipal Art Society of New York

Hello world! - Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! The post Hello world! appeared first on MAS.
10 months ago
Mountain Doodles

dot-density - I started writing this blog post in December 2015, when CensusMapper quite a bit younger and I hacked together some basic dot-density maps. I never much ...
11 months ago
Own Your City

A Study in Contrast: or, Getting Density Right - Two articles appeared in the Globe and Mail this week that offer an interesting study in contrast. The first, by Alex Bozikovic, explores the new Residenti...
11 months ago
Next City

A Teenage Throwdown Against Evictions, the Graphic Novel... - A Teenage Throwdown Against Evictions, the Graphic Novel Version No Small Plans follows the neighborhood adventures of teens in Chicago’s past, present a...
1 year ago
The Outlaw Urbanist

MORESO | The Vitruvian Oath - A ‘Hippocratic Oath’ for every person (architects, planners, urban designers, landscape architects, economists, engineers, developers, political leaders, p...
1 year ago
urbanSCALE.com - Resources for Vibrant Cities

29 Ideas to Activate Empty Spaces in Your Community - Do you have empty spaces in your community? Do you have forgotten buildings and corridors in your city? Does your downtown have areas that are sorely und...
1 year ago
Ciudad Saludable

Primer registro de puntos de reforestación y trasplante en la Colonia Industrial y sus colonias hermanas. - #ReforestaciónParticipativa Colonia Industrial, GAM, CDMX. Esta iniciativa ciudadana reconoce que el arbolado de la zona genera innumerables beneficios tan...
1 year ago
Urban Forum Associates / Lance Berelowitz

The New Paris? - A visit to Paris last year revealed a much-changed city from that which I lived in as a much younger man. Of course, you may say. But, while change itsel...
1 year ago
Geoff Meggs

Rejection of 105 Keefer opened the door to new future for Chinatown, but will anyone walk through? - Yesterday’s 8-3 council vote to reject Beedie Group’s proposal to build a 12-story project at 105 Keefer ended the longest public hearing in a decade, a pr...
1 year ago
Restless Urbanist

Bike to Work Day - Bike to Work Day has two important goals: experience and awareness. First, it provides the opportunity for everyone to experience…
1 year ago
In public space we trust

Look upwards! Since 1995 Angie Hiesl has been recruiting people... - Look upwards! Since 1995 Angie Hiesl has been recruiting people aged 60-80 for her street performance *x-times people chair*. The idea is simple: th...
1 year ago
Gehl Architects / making cities for people ...

15 motivos para você agradecer por ser baixinha - 1. Quando você é uma pessoa baixinha, pode ver o copo meio vazio ou meio cheio. Até porque em um copo inteiro você pode se afogar. Brincadeirinha. 2. O mun...
1 year ago
smalltownurbanism

The Parklet Project - The Parklet Project was a success! We set up 3 parklets on Main Street and blocked a section of street to create a pop-up plaza last Saturday. The 3 Main S...
1 year ago
planted city

"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the..." - “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss...
1 year ago
YVR Housing

They are closer - In a previous post I had highlighted the change in population in the City of Vancouver from 2006–2011 and how areas with a high percentage of “single-det...
1 year ago
Urban Food Revolution

Richmond struggles to protect farmland from monster houses - A policy that was supposed to be protection for farmers has become a loophole for property owners building giant houses, sometimes operating them as illega...
1 year ago
Andy Boenau

Hello world! - Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!
1 year ago
Business of Heritage

King of Kitsch: So long Honest Ed’s - I decided to soak up the garish atmosphere one last time before the store closes for good on December 31, 2016. As usual, Honest Ed’s didn’t disappoint.
1 year ago
Blinking City

Barolism - Harvest Time in the Land of Barolo from Blinking City... - Barolism - Harvest Time in the Land of Barolo from Blinking City on Vimeo. Six producers of the famous wine tell the story of the Barolo during the harve...
1 year ago
Ryerson Faculty of Community Services

Making Room for Nature: Eco-villages and the Room for the River Projects, Wet Infrastructure Planning Course, Day 4 - By Andrew Sgro and Christopher Yuen Andrew Sgro and Christopher Yuen are students in their final year of Ryerson’s Master of Planning program. Andrew is f...
1 year ago
Melissa Fong

When your friend is a rapist/ someone you know is accused of sexual assault - In response to the open letter penned/signed by many public intellectuals/writers on the Steven Galloway case…. (see here for story) and my general disappo...
1 year ago
Short-term Consequences

Link to my thesis: Short-term consequences: Investigating the nature, extent and rental housing implications of Airbnb listings in Vancouver - I defended my thesis on September 8, 2016 and have now uploaded the document to the SFU Library, where it is available online. Short-term Consequences: Inv...
1 year ago
South End Community Association

Termimal Nicol Re-Imagined - Over the past year we’ve had an opportunity to hear from many community members during the Terminal Nicol Re-imagined process. Thank you to everyone who h...
1 year ago
Streets for Everyone

City of Vancouver Releases Commercial Drive Intercept Survey Results - Click here to view them: http://vancouver.ca/files/cov/commercial-drive-complete-street-display-boards-oct2016.pdf Some highlights: Over 80% of people surv...
1 year ago
BldgBlog

A Burglar’s Guide to TV - I’m finally back from several weeks of travel and wanted to post some recent news I was particularly thrilled about: my book, *A Burglar’s Guide to the C...
1 year ago
CitySpot

THE CASE FOR HOMELESSNESS - Homelessness is a widely misunderstood and stigmatized concept. Most understand homelessness to be unkempt people, often men, living on the street. The bro...
1 year ago
Urbanism Speakeasy

Seeing better cities through your urban diary, with Chuck Wolfe - More than street photography. Chuck’s latest book is Seeing the Better City: How to Explore, Observe, and Improve Urban Space [pre-order on Amazon]. He l...
1 year ago
City Motions

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A Country of Cities: A Manifesto for an Urban America / Vishann Chakrabarti
A Pattern Language — Towns, Buildings, Construction / Christopher Alexander
Accidental City — The Transformation of Toronto / Robert Fulford
Arrival City — The Final Migration and Our Next World / Doug Saunders
At the World's End — Curt Lang's Vancouver 1937-1998 / Claudia Cornwall
Barcelona / Robert Hughes
Barcelona — The Great Enchantress / Robert Hughes
Bicycle Diaries / David Byrne
Cities and the Wealth of Nations — Principles of Economic Life / Jane Jacobs
City Making in Paradise — Nine Decisions That Saved Vancouver / Mike Harcourt & Ken Cameron with Sean Rossiter
Dark Age Ahead / Jane Jacobs
Dream City — Vancouver and the Global Imagination / Lance Berelowitz
Genius of Common Sense — Jane Jacobs and the Story of The Death and Life of Great American Cities / Glenna Lang & Marjory Wunsch
Happy City — Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design / Charles Montgomery
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts — Close Encounters With Addiction / Gabor Maté, M.D.
Invisible Cities / Italo Calvino
Jane Jacobs — Urban Visionary / Alice Sparberg Alexiou
Makeshift Metropolis — Ideas About Cities / Witold Rybcznski
Rebel Cities — From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution / David Harvey
Staphanger — Saving Our Cities and Ourselves From the Automobile / Taras Grescoe
Startup Communities — Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City / Brad Feld
Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream / Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Jeff Speck
Systems of Survival — A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics / Jane Jacobs
The Battle for Gotham — New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jabobs / Roberta Brandes Gratz
The City After the Automobile — An Architect's Vision / Moshe Safdie with Wendy Kohn
The Death and Life of Great American Cities / Jane Jacobs
The Economy of Cities / Jane Jacobs
The Great Reset — How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity / Richard Florida
The Metropolitan Revolution — How Cities and Metros Are Fixing Our Broken Politics and Fragile Economy / Jennifer Bradley, Bruce Katz
The Nature of Economies / Jane Jabobs
The New City — How the Crisis in Canada's Urban Centres is Reshaping the Nation / John Lorinc
The Power Broker — Robert Moses and the Fall of New York / Robert A. Caro
The Urban Wisdom of Jane Jacobs / edited by Sonia Hirt and Diane Zahm
The Warhol Economy — How Fashion, Art and Music Drive New York City / Elizabeth Currid
Thoughts on Building Strong Towns (Volume 1) / Charles L. Marohn, Jr. PE AICP
Triumph of the City — How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier / Edward Glaeser
Urban Nation: Why We Need to Give Power Back to the Cities to Make Canada Strong / Alan Broadbent
Urban Planning For Dummies / Jordan Yin
Walkable City — How Downtown Can Save America One Step at a Time / Jeff Speck
Walking Home — The Life and Lessons of a City Builder / Ken Greenberg
Why Your World is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller — Oil and the End of Globalization / Jeff Rubin
Wrestling with Moses : How Jane Jacobs Took on New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City / Anthony Flint

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