A Year in Five Minutes: Vancouver 1934
August 31, 2009
Mayor Gerry McGeer and his wife in 1936. Item # Port N157.2.
Main Event: Gerry McGeer elected
1934 saw a new mayor who would leave his mark in the history books, the birth of the Malkin Bowl and big-name celebrities descend on the city. Plus racial tensions explode in Chinatown.
By Chuck Davis, The History of Vancouver
Photos courtesy of Vancouver Archives
August 31, 2009 Headlines
August 31, 2009
LOCAL
Bird-brained anti-homeless plan in Surrey stinks [The Vancouver Sun]
Bowen Island: Tough choices for us carbon pigs [The Vancouver Sun]
Arts groups angry at cancelled grants [The Province]
“Wake up and smell the exhaust” [Stephen Rees's Blog]
CANADA
Climate change adaptation not optional [The Vancouver Sun]
INTERNATIONAL
Architecture review: Anaheim’s rail hub [The Los Angeles Times]
Upgrading the Way We Do Politics [Yes! Magazine]
August 30, 2009 Headlines
August 30, 2009
LOCAL
Stats show fewer cyclists, pedestrians, and drivers use Burrard Bridge [The Georgia Straight]
Editorial: A waste of time (Critical Mass) [The Province]
CANADA
We define ourselves by our neighbourhoods [The Toronto Star]
INTERNATIONAL
The Economic Benefits of Parks [The Dirt]
The vegetable gardeners of Havana [BBC]
Construction That Fueled Growth in the Sun Belt Slows [The New York Times]
Small Lots, Big Deal [Architect's Newpaper]
August 29, 2009 Headlines
August 29, 2009
LOCAL
Bowen Island residents race for affordable housing [The Hook]
Canada Line gets enthusiastic response [The Hook]
White Rock welcomes scrapping of trash trains [BC Local News]
Sink or Swim [Planning Pool]
How to Engage Citizens on a Municipal Website [Creative Class Exchange]
B.C. wildfires expected to flare again [CBC]
INTERNATIONAL
Portland vs. Vancouver Smackdown [Sightline Daily]
The legal issues in ‘backyard cottages’ [Crosscut]
Oregon Looks to Clean Tech for Revival [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
Measuring the Damage of our ‘Water Footprint’ [Der Spiegel]
August 28, 2009 Headlines
August 28, 2009
LOCAL
Victoria backs Cache Creek landfill expansion [The Vancouver Sun]
Peak Oil? Urban Farms? Cuba’s Been There, Done It [The Tyee]
Tolls not deterring Golden Ears crossings [The Vancouver Sun]
Bike trial still a bust for business [The Vancouver Courier]
Motorists paying for right turn off bridge [The Vancouver Courier]
Hotter water linked to poor sockeye returns [The Georgia Straight]
Northeast False Creek plan gets first review: too disconnected, too bland [State of Vancouver]
Why not revisit idea of a waterfront stadium? [The Vancouver Sun]
INTERNATIONAL
The best suburb in America [Price Tags]
Our region is losing the race against sprawl [Crosscut]
From Sewage to Artichokes [Miller-McCune]
Spotlight Vol. 8, No. 14: Playing in The Streets [Regional Planning Association]
Architecture That Imitates Life [Harvard Magazine]
If You’re Not Seeing Data, You’re Not Seeing [Wired]
Who owns transit data? [CNET]
Square Feat: Foot Steps [GOOD Magazine]
New high-speed rail plan unveiled [BBC News]
Release Lost Stream Walks
August 27, 2009
By the False Creek Watershed Society
To support September 2009 as Wild Salmon Month in the City of Vancouver, the False Creeek Watershed Society we will be offering walks in the city to remember the salmon that once lived in our city limits. Read more
August 27, 2009 Headlines
August 27, 2009
LOCAL
B.C. budget could stall social housing projects [The Georgia Straight]
Vancouver to launch new shelter project downtown [The Globe and Mail]
Keep it in our backyard: B.C. plans to outlaw international export of trash [Vancouver Sun]
Metro Vancouver looks at Burns Bog as its last resort for dumping trash [The Vancouver Sun]
INTERNATIONAL
The Highline day and night [Price Tags]
Dense, denser, densest [Crosscut]
Micronations of the World [Smithsonian Magazine]
The Asian TOD [Reconnecting America]
Where are the kids? - Children under three years old
August 26, 2009
The first of a five-part series looking at the spatial distribution of children throughout Vancouver.
By Erick Villagomez, re:place magazine
Building Commons and Community
August 26, 2009
An expert in community design shares his insights, experiences and lessons learned from more than forty years creating neighbourhood commons. Karl Linn truly appreciated what was needed to make a public space that everyone could enjoy.
Author: Karl Linn (New Village Press, 2007)
Reviewed by Leszek Apouchtine, re:place magazine
August 26, 2009 Headlines
August 26, 2009
LOCAL
Feds to fund housing project for mentally ill homeless [The Vancouver Sun]
Is a jail also a home? [Price Tags]
“We don’t care anymore,” says councillor about Vancouver’s homeless [City Caucus]
Squatters face eviction from Crown land [The Vancouver Sun]
Social housing activists charge IOC with changing Olympic bid system [The Vancouver Sun]
Resident says ‘crack hotels’ ruining neighbourhood [The Vancouver Courier]
Richmond Olympic Oval up for World Building of the Year award [CBC]
Where have all the salmon gone? [The Vancouver Sun]
What constitutes the Lower Mainland? [The Vancouver Sun]
Vancouver’s Garden of Gardeners [The Vancouver Observer]
CANADA
Communes of the green generation [The Gazette, Montreal]
INTERNATIONAL
Portland federal building due for big green makeover [The Oregonian]
More room: the demise of the ultra small flat [Building]
Urban Harvest [Governing Magazine]
