Rather than a book you sit down and read, Soft City is a book that invites you to explore what it has to offer. It is highly visual, filled with primary colours, useful case studies, original ideas, inspiring photographs, and helpful graphics. As such, it is highly recommended that you forgo the e-book version and get yourself a physical copy.
Streetfight offers an empowering road map for rethinking, reinvigorating, and redesigning city streets to work better for everybody that use them.
For Park(ing) Day 2011, I’ll be joining a small but dedicated group led by the Vancouver Public Space Network. Here are the details.
Brian Gould—a fellow Vancouver urbanist—captured what Picnurbia on Robson St in Vancouver was all about before it is removed.
This week’s events of interest to Vancouver urbanists.
Here’s what’s going on this weekend in Vancouver.
Unlike most other cities of it’s size (and indeed most cities), Vancouver lacks a large public square for public gatherings.
Last Tuesday, Spacing.ca visited Vancouver to launch their first national issue which includes a top 100 list of public spaces in Canada.
Here’s what I’ll be up to this week in Vancouver.
This week, the City of Vancouver is hosting three open houses to seek public input on the proposed redevelopment of the Plaza of Nations.