February 28, 2009 Headlines
February 28, 2009
LOCAL
Province to foot entire cost of new Port Mann Bridge [CBC]
Can Nothing Kill Highway Expansion? [Stephen Rees's blog]
Canada Line should be operating by ‘early fall’ [The Vancouver Sun]
January building permits down 54% in Vancouver from 2008 [The Vancouver Sun]
City may get new $45-million museum [Richmond News]
Architecture of Hope Revisited [The Tyee]
BC’s Coleman presses Ottawa to loosen strings on housing funding [The Hook]
Carole James Caves to Blacktop Politics [The Livable Blog]
CANADA
Council considers $100M plan for bike lanes and trails [CBC]
INTERNATIONAL
Miles and Miles [WorldChanging]
Bloomberg Puts Forward a Bold, Transformative New Vision for Broadway [StreetsBlog]
The Beauty in Brutalism, Restored and Updated [The Wall Street Journal]
Release: CoV Basement Suite Public Open House
February 27, 2009
By the City of Vancouver, Planning Department
On June 10, 2008, Vancouver City Council instructed staff to report back on “Enabling basements that can accommodate suites …”. This is one of the recommendations in EcoDensity Action C-6: “More Options for Rental Secondary Suites”.
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February 27, 2009 Headlines
February 27, 2009
LOCAL
Feds unveil plan to get tough on gangs [The Province]
City wants to rent public spaces for 2010 parties [The Province]
Feed the Pigeon [The Vancouver Courier]
Mystery construction site worries residents [The Vancouver Courier]
CANADA
Government secrecy ‘grim,’ watchdog says [Globe and Mail]
INTERNATIONAL
L.A.’s business improvement districts help reduce crime, study finds [LA Times]
Can Development Reduce Poverty? [Miller-McCune]
Mayor Plans to Close Parts of Broadway to Traffic [NY Times]
Central CT regenerating [iafrica]
In Focus: Ode to Kingsway
February 26, 2009
Drawings & Statement by: Bambi Edlund
Kingsway cuts a diagonal swath through East Vancouver and South Burnaby, with pockets that have barely changed in decades, interspersed with nondescript stretches of buildings that it’s impossible to even assign a time period to. Read more
Cities
February 26, 2009
Author: John Lorinc (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2008)
It is now common knowledge that the world is the most urban it has ever been in the history of humankind. With 2008 marking the pivotal moment when more people were living in cities than in rural location, our urban centers have been forced to engage this new condition and confront the many wonderful and frightening issues that this entails. Read more
February 26, 2009 Headlines
February 26, 2009
LOCAL
Cops probe councillors over Olympic Village leak [Vancouver Courier]
Harper expected to announce $1.4 billion for Evergreen transit line [Vancouver Sun]
Deck done on Golden Ears Bridge [The Province]
Down-and-out Pigeon Park poised for facelift [The Province]
Robertson pulls together green team [THe Province]
Putting off the Ritz [Globe and Mail]
Map Scopes Region’s Power Future [The Tyee]
A thousand car-free days in Vancouver not about to bloom [State of Vancouver]
INTERNATIONAL
Farming Fuels [Infranet Lab]
Building Green Houses for the Poor [Time]
The property rights problem [Guardian]
S.F. to study restricting cars on Market Street [San Francisco Chronicle]
Assessing affordable housing in the Bay Area [San Francisco Chronicle]
February 25, 2009 Headlines
February 25, 2009
LOCAL
Downtown Vancouver no longer puttin’ on the Ritz [The Globe and Mail]
Life on the lane [The Vancouver Courier]
City council ponders affordable housing at Olympic Village [The Vancouver Courier]
12th and Cambie [The Vancouver Courier]
Map Scopes Region’s Power Future [The Tyee]
How the Carbon Casino Pits Ecologist Against Ecologist [The Tyee]
NDP’s Crowder says BC should grab STV opportunity [The Hook]
CANADA
NIMBYism just might blow it for wind farms in Toronto [Excalibur Online]
Obama Hoping to Reinforce U.S. Trade Relationship With Canada [The Washington Post]
INTERNATIONAL
Tough Times in Troubled Towns [TomDispatch]
How will we fit 15 more Seattles here? [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
Row over Venice Coke sponsorship [BBC]
February 24, 2009 Headlines
February 24, 2009
LOCAL
How to influence people [Stephen Rees Blog]
Keep affordable housing in Olympic Village, council told [The Vancouver Courier]
No Money Down Mortgages Still a Good Idea? This One Works [The Tyee]
Mayor Gregor Robertson hopes to firm up city-related 2010 security costs over next month [The Georgia Straight]
INTERNATIONAL
Are malls a dying breed? [Pittsburgh Post Gazette]
It’s Time for Cities to Favor People, Not Cars [Wired]
Small, Green and Good [Boston Review]
Taking the Slum Out of ‘Slumdog’ [NY Times]
An architecture critic tries building his own home [Crosscut]
Beware greens pushing Transit-Oriented Development [Crosscut]
February 23, 2009
February 23, 2009
LOCAL
A resident advocate’s view of the Downtown Eastside [State of Vancouver]
Mr. Mayor gets a warm reaction from developer crowd [State of Vancouver]
B.C. posts biggest drop in retail sales [Vancouver Sun]
NDP criticizes B.C. Place roof funding plan [The Province]
City to close ‘community garden’ loophole used by developers [The Province]
Design the Next Vancouver [The Tyee]
Parks board gives Jericho Wharf new hope, again [The Vancouver Courier]
CANADA
New sewage price tag for Victoria: $2 billion [Vancouver Sun]
Good times for smart building [Toronto Star]
INTERNATIONAL
Transit zoning bill gets remake [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
America’s Fastest-Changing Cities [Forbes]
A World Without Water [The Nation]
Is Seattle’s growth unstoppable? [Crosscut]
A Year in Five Minutes: Vancouver 1909
February 23, 2009
The Granville Bridge, 1909. Item # Br P14.1
By Chuck Davis, The History of Vancouver
Photo courtesy of Vancouver Archives
The Main Events: The second Granville Street Bridge opened; a new ferry service
On September 6, 1909 Governor General Earl Grey officially opened the new Granville Street bridge. Lady Grey cut the ribbon, as Mayor Charles Douglas looked on. The new bridge, east of the original (1889), extended from Pacific to 4th Avenue. This 1909 span would last until 1954, to be replaced by the present bridge. Read more
