December 30, 2008 Headlines
December 31, 2008
LOCAL
Year in review [Vancouver Courier]
Land development, city projects worry residents around the city [Vancouver Courier]
INTERNATIONAL
Seattle may ease rules to encourage affordable housing downtown [Seattle Times]
Rail Takes Back Seat as States Target Obama Stimulus for Roads [Bloomberg.com]
New York, New York: America’s Resilient City [NY Times]
In San Francisco, ‘congestion pricing’ is something they’re sneezing at [Los Angeles Times]
December 30, 2008 Headlines
December 30, 2008
LOCAL
Newsmaker of the Year [Vancouver Courier]
Sam’s forces win the NPA board battle [Frances Bula]
Vancouver’s long-time planning voice silenced [Frances Bula]
Economy has builders eyeing a return to rental apartments [Globe and Mail]
December 29, 2008 Headlines
December 29, 2008
LOCAL
‘Rebuilding’ next step for Non-Partisan Association: Anton [Vancouver Sun]
INTERNATIONAL
The world’s 10 best commutes [msnbc.com]
Nearly the End of the Line for S.U.V.’s [NY Times]
A Year in Five Minutes: Vancouver 1901
December 28, 2008
Chinese Arch on Hastings Street, east of Carrall Street, Sept. 28, 1901. ITEM #: M-3-31.4
By Chuck Davis, The History of Vancouver
Photos courtesy of Vancouver Archives
Main Event: Carnegie says OK to a Library; Our First Royal Visit
Carnegie Library
Vancouver owes its first purpose-built public library to an American steelmaker and philanthropist. Andrew Read more
December 28, 2008 Headlines
December 28, 2008
LOCAL
Public art hits the road on Main Street [Buzzer Blog]
Beneath a sobering portrait of a province’s drinking habits [Globe and Mail]
INTERNATIONAL
In China, overambition reins in eco-city plans [Christian Science Monitor]
Over a barrel [Financial Times]
Nuclear Urbanism [Bldg Blog]
The Novel That Predicted Portland [NY Times]
Decoding paradise - the emergent form of Mediterranean towns [Emergent Urbanism]
December 27, 2008 Headlines
December 27, 2008
LOCAL
New budget in the works for VANOC next month [CTV]
Life on the streets seen through a simple lens [The Vancouver Sun]
As China’s ‘Concrete Dragon’ Devours Nature [The Tyee]
December 26, 2008 Headlines
December 26, 2008
LOCAL
Civil rights group lauds homeless activists [The Globe and Mail]
Whistler sends a message after Vanoc proposes cuts [The Vancouver Sun]
Council losers ask court for new election after recount [The Vancouver Sun]
INTERNATIONAL
Architects create American-style suburbs overseas [The Associated Press]
The city is as strong as its people [The Age, Australia]
World’s Greatest Architect: Making, Meaning, and Network Culture
December 25, 2008
Author: William J. Mitchell (MIT Press 2008)
William J. Mitchell, Professor of Architecture and Media Arts at MIT, has once again delivered a timely polemic of our present age, much as his Placing Words did in 2005, this time with World’s Greatest Architect. Filled with apt observations of our current trends and technologies, these 32 short essays provide poignant commentary of our modern age’s obsession with gadgets, box stores, and bottled water among other things, while occasionally commenting on some of the more serious events of our age, as in his essay on post-Katrina New Orleans. Read more
Our top reads of 2008
December 24, 2008
By the re:place team
re:place is pleased to release its first (to-be-)annual list of the ten best books we’ve encountered in the past year. In 2008 we’ve read many books - new and old - relating to issues regarding the urban landscape. Read more
December 24, 2008 Headlines
December 24, 2008
LOCAL
Idea #3: Embrace the Mediocrity Principle [The Tyee]
Economy has builders eyeing a return to rental apartments [The Globe and Mail]
New mayor is familiar face to Victoria’s homeless [The Globe and Mail]
Temporary homeless shelter open under bridge [The Vancouver Courier]
Charities struggle with growing need for ‘urban relief’ [The Vancouver Courier]
