The Olympics are really exposing some of the darker impulses in Vancouver. Now there's an effort to keep a local paper off the streets. Megaphone, has been distributed in Vancouver for 16 years."City...
created by mtippett | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 412 views | 10 recommendations | 4 comments
A group of Calgarians managed to grab some prime street parking spots. But, instead of parking cars, they created a temporary park — complete with grass, trees, and benches.Calling the city’s newest park...
created by Grant Neufeld | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 329 views | 25 recommendations | 5 comments
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I never wanted to open an art site on the web. As a visual artist, the conventional way to show my work is to open an exhibition in a gallery (Kibbuts Gallery), to invite friends family critics and...
created by korzac | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 351 views | 10 recommendations | 2 comments
So, a raft of new public toilets for the City of Vancouver. Great idea! But additionally, something jumped out at me from the press release. "The toilets are supplied by
CBS/JC Decaux (formerly...
created by kate | 2 years ago 2219 views | 15 recommendations | 3 comments
I just read about the Vancouver Public Space Network and am very excited about their new initiative to repopulate parts of Vancouver with Western Red Cedar trees, using guerrilla gardening tactics. Love...
created by kate | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 847 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Check out the Little Mathletics interview with Myfanwy Ashmore where, amongst other things, she talks about her response to Clear Channel pulling her Mario Trilogy videos from the March exhibition of Transmedia :29:59
created by mikey | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1510 views | 0 recommendations | 3 comments
$18 MILLION IN
FEDERAL HIGH LINE FUNDINGOn Thursday, August 4,
Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Charles Schumer and Congressman Jerrold
Nadler announced that they have secured $18 million in capital funding...
created by bicyclette | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 218 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments