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Aug. 08, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

2018 Vancouver Mural Festival — In Progress 2

Another set of pix from the 2018 Vancouver Mural Festival, this time including the emerging phenomenon of organized tour groups. …
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Aug. 07, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

2018 Vancouver Mural Festival – In Progress 1

Out early on a beautiful sunny Monday and found the 2018 Vancouver Mural Festival, these murals and even a few…
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Aug. 04, 2018 / Colin Stein

China’s Bike Bubble Aftermath

From The Atlantic, via PT correspondent Michael Alexander, one of two dozen artful (and depressing) images of the aftermath of…
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Aug. 01, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

A Summer Night With Vancouver’s Biennale

Doin’ Vancouver stuff the other night and strayed purposefully to check out two sculptural pieces and a film event from…
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Jul. 24, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Liverpool’s Umbrella Project, 2018

From Alice Fraser in Great Britain comes this wonderful image of an installation in Liverpool called “The Umbrella Project” with…
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Jul. 16, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The B.C. Suburb Where You Can’t Play on the Street

Even BBC News picked up the absolutely unbelievable story of this “no fun” suburban neighbourhood. The community of Chemainus (part of…
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Jul. 15, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Let’s Go to the Vancouver Folk Fest!

“But what about parking?” “There’s lots, don’t worry”. At the Vancouver Folk Music Festival 2018, now in its 41st year.…
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Jul. 09, 2018 / Colin Stein

The Language of New Urbanism: From Abutter to Numtots to YIMBYs (oh my)

“It was a coving Boomburb lacking ekistic viewsheds, but that terminating vista created by the setback on Sally’s abutter is…
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Jul. 06, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Big Bang Fireworks, Forest Fires, and the Emergence of the Drone

Price Tags has been asking the question: In a “green” city, why do we still insist on big bang fireworks, that…
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Jul. 04, 2018 / Gordon Price

The Panda in Summer

The Panda lives here.…
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Jul. 03, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Why is Vancouver Still Using Big Bang Fireworks?

There’s a funny thing about calling Vancouver a ‘green’ city. While we may judiciously recycle, reuse and repurpose, we’ve still…
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Jun. 28, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

New York City’s Tom Bob Repurposes Street Utilities into Whimsical Wonders

Photo: Mindcircle.com From curator and exhibition designer Catherine Clement comes this New York City story about artist Tom Bob, who turns the…
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Jun. 22, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Vancouver Biennale: Paradise Has Many Gates

A mosque is rising at Vanier Park in Vancouver. It’s part of the 2018-2020 Vancouver Biennale, which has brought public…
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Jun. 22, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Voyeurism, Urinals and the Opus Hotel

In the “what were they thinking” department, Jody Paterson reports in the Tyee that Vancouver’s Opus Hotel is going to remove video…

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