Feature Article
Mountain and Ocean Tax: The Vancouver Standard from a Winnipeg Perspective
Photograph by Lisa Ewasko
A look at Vancouver through the eyes of a fellow Winnipeg resident.
By Lisa Ewasko, re:place Magazine
Books
Arctic Perspective Cahier No.1: Architecture
“The Arctic Perspective Initiative (API) is a non-profit, international group of individuals and organizations whose goal is to promote the creation of open authoring, communication, and dissemination infrastructures for the circumpolar region… it is a transnational art, science, and culture work group consisting of partner organizations from five different countries – Germany, Slovenia, UK, Iceland, and Canada. Arctic Perspective uses media art and the research of artists to investigate the complicated, global, cultural, and ecological interrelations in the Arctic, and to develop concepts for constructing tactical communications systems and a mobile, eco-friendly research station, which will support interdisciplinary and intercultural collaborations.”
- from the API mission statement
Edited by Andreas Müller – Published by Hatje Cantz Press (2010)
Review by Sean Ruthen, re:place magazine
TheTransitFan
Freeways, funding, and a flawed 1962 rail plan for Vancouver
This week we look at another transit plan for Vancouver in the context of the freeway debates of the 1960s. Created by the British Columbia Research Council for the Department of Highways, Rail-Rapid Transit for Metropolitan Vancouver examined the feasibility of including a rail-rapid transit system as part of its plan for a freeway and bus rapid transit system.
By John Calimente, re:place Magazine
Cartographically Speaking
Policy, Density and Population Distribution
Legal regulations govern the form of modern cities. This graphic looks at how planning policies have shaped the density and population distribution of Vancouver.
By Erick Villagomez, re:place Magazine
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In Other News
September 2, 2010 Headlines
LOCAL
B.C. government rethinks arts funding [Globe and Mail]
Top Burnaby garden gets massive renovation [Vancouver Sun]
City staff politicized, worn down by aggressive council agenda: memo [Vancouver Sun]
David Suzuki: Our obsession with private automobiles is unsustainable [Stephen Rees's Blog]
Ziplining Past the ‘War in the Woods’ [The Tyee]
CANADA
The end of Canadian real estate insanity [Globe and Mail]
INTERNATIONAL
Most Ambitious Transportation Projects of the 21st Century [AOL Travel News]
This year’s Venice Architecture Biennale is about people, not plans [The Guardian]
Which Way for The Future of Planning in L.A.? [The Planning Report]
Livability in rural and small town America [Transportation for America]
Windy City [BLDG BLOG]
September 1, 2010 Headlines
LOCAL
Oil Sands Pollute with Fish-Killing Toxins, New Study Shows [The Tyee]
Vancouver cycling advocates peddle stop sign rule change [Vancouver Courier]
Gregor Robertson halts housing plan after calling community members ‘hacks’ [Globe and Mail]
Vancouver’s high housing prices threaten growth [Vancouver Sun]
Logging threatens largest Douglas fir on earth, activists say [Globe and Mail]
INTERNATIONAL
The Truth about London’s Cycle Superhighways [The Big City]
FedEx Makes More Efficient Deliveries with Zero Emissions Electric Bikes [The City Fix]
Model city Singapore shows symptoms of urban stress [Yahoo News]
Pakistan Flood Sets Back Infrastructure by Years [The New York Times]
Four powerhouse teams named finalists in central waterfront design [Crosscut]
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