October 31, 2009 Headlines
October 31, 2009
LOCAL
In troubled Vancouver neighbourhood, a place to grow food - and a fresh start [The Globe and Mail]
New Law Lets Police Force Homeless to Visit Shelter [The Tyee]
Activists interrupt Olympic torch relay [CBC]
B.C. government orders Burrard Thermal writeoff [The Vancouver Sun]
The great B.C. real estate bust [The Globe and Mail]
INTERNATIONAL
Chicago’s Bloomingdale Rail Line to Be a Park in the Sky [Inhabitat]
German solar company SMA to open plant in Denver [Denver Post]
Is our bike scene too white? Local non-profit tackles the issue [Bike Portland]
Save the Planet: Drive a Porsche [Slate]
U.S. Lags Behind World with Its Patchwork Approach to Curbing E-Waste [Scientific American]
Electric bikes trace route of car executives to DC [The World]
October 30th, 2009 Headlines
October 30, 2009
LOCAL
Volunteer spirit alive in Vancouver [Globe and Mail]
Funding Showdown – Part 1 [Price Tags]
Region’s sustainable transit plan must be funded [Stephen Rees's Blog]
New bill to put homeless in shelters not about Olympics: Housing Minister [Globe and Mail]
CANADA
With eyes open to cost of climate change, it’s time for us to decide [Globe and Mail]
INTERNATIONAL
Only in Portland: Protests of ‘motorist discrimination’ [The Oregonian]
Council adopts aggressive Climate Action Plan [Portland Tribune]
Oregon’s Filthy Secret [Portland Mercury]
Proposed Burien levy would pave way to bike-friendly future [The Seattle Times]
Killer foam: Was it a freak event or a warning? [The Oregonian]
Ending homelessness: How are we doing? [Crosscut]
Robot Builds Brick Wall In New York City [Science Daily]
An American Architectural Epoch Locks Its Doors [The New York Times]
A Stalled Vision: Big Development as City’s Future [The New York Times]
Who would want to be an architect? [BLDG BLOG]
October 29, 2009 Headlines
October 29, 2009
LOCAL
A Beacon for Ending Homelessness [The Tyee]
Vision Vancouver double-crosses supporters of wards [The Georgia Straight]
2010 street closures cause Olympic-sized challenges for small Vancouver businesses [The Georgia Straight]
Northeast False Creek density dispute grows [The Georgia Straight]
Ned Jacobs: Citizens’ summits do not compensate for Vision’s abandoned promises [Georgia Straight]
Urban sprawl no fun for kids [Stephen Rees's Blog]
INTERNATIONAL
Of farms, folks and fish [The Economist]
“Agriburbia” sprouts on Colorado’s Front Range [Denver Post]
Daybreak [Triple Canopy]
Fight to allow weapons aboard Amtrak trains could derail transportation bill [The Hill]
TownShift: A Surrey Odyssey
October 28, 2009
Surrey Museum by the Iredale Group
Can we build livability, walkability, sustainability, and residential density around the shopping mall, along the retail strip, beside the rec centre, down the street from bungalows? The City of Surrey presents an ideas competition, as previewed by re:place.
Text and photos by Sean Ruthen
October 28, 2009 Headlines
October 28, 2009
LOCAL
Kits residents want consultation on social housing [The Vancouver Courier]
Central Park: Smoked out [The Vancouver Courier]
VPD facility change could be welcome change to DTES [City Caucus]
Sea to Sky Highway: A long run to Olympics [The Vancouver Sun]
Join the Halloween party on the SkyTrain! [Buzzer Blog]
CANADA
‘Tsunami’ of City Dwellers a Global Threat: Harcourt [The Tyee]
Battle against sprawl hits the Kootenays [City Caucus]
INTERNATIONAL
Industrial Graveyard To Hot Innovation Center [Citiwire]
Cairo: Suburbanizing the Desert [Polis]
NYCDOT Ups the Livable Streets Ante in Revised Strategic Plan [Streets Blog]
What Jane Jacobs Can Teach Us About the Economy [Miller McCune]
The Shrinking of China [Newsweek]
Passerelle of the Month: Kurilpa Bridge [Price Tags]
October 27, 2009 Headlines
October 27, 2009
LOCAL
Mayor Robertson’s green dream is just that [The Vancouver Sun]
A responsible way to protest [The Province]
B.C. arts groups plan day-long ‘grey relay’ in Vancouver [The Globe and Mail]
Weekend report: Two different parties in the Downtown Eastside [State of Vancouver]
CANADA
Imagine the smart city [Financial Post]
INTERNATIONAL
Will new Seattle waterfront be people friendly? [Northwest News]
No great hopes for climate summit [The Vancouver Sun]
Losing While Cruising To The Store: Obesity Linked To Fewer Neighborhood Food Options [Science Daily]
A Year in Five Minutes: Vancouver 1941
October 26, 2009
A hull under construction at West Coast Shipbuilders Limited, September 1941. Photo by W.J. Moore. Item # M-7-19.
Ship builders were working overtime in the Lower Mainland as the war continued to dominate the news in 1941, which was the year of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
By Chuck Davis, The History of Vancouver
Photos courtesy of Vancouver Archives
October 26, 2009 Headlines
October 26, 2009
LOCAL
Special needs transit riders left behind in HandyDart bus strike [The Vancouver Sun]
Thousands rally for action on climate change [The Vancouver Sun]
CANADA
Jumbo Ski Resort Carves New Legal Tracks [The Tyee]
INTERNATIONAL
Clusters of plug-in cars will tax local power grids [CNET]
October 25, 2009 Headlines
October 25, 2009
LOCAL
Thousands march for Cool Planet [The Province]
Green Streets Vancouver [Price Tags]
His brave new world [The Globe and Mail]
Interchange ‘entirely for port,’ says councillor [Richmond Review]
CANADA
IFOA XXX: David Byrne on bikes [The National Post]
INTERNATIONAL
All Planning Is Local [The Architect's Newspaper]
Public spaces make our cities liveable, not superhighways [The Daily Nation, Kenya]
What is traffic engineering? [Naples News]
Infrastructure a key to populate and be prosperous [The Australian]
October 24, 2009 Headlines
October 24, 2009
LOCAL
Vancouver bridge closes for climate rally [CBC]
TransLink fares, gas and parking taxes hiked by mayors [CBC]
Wood stock [The Vancouver Courier]
Dead-zone microbe thriving off B.C. coast [Vancouver Sun]
UPDATE Richmond Dykes [Stephen Rees's Blog]
INTERNATIONAL
Scientists: Biofuel Laws May Harm Environment [NPR]
High-speed rail advocates say $8B is just a start [The Seattle Times]
U.S. inks deal for millions for Portland Streetcar, pledges more nationwide [The Oregonian]
Sentient cities may answer back [BBC]
