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Tag Archives: Vancouver
From protective to active – repurposing historic city walls
When we think of city walls, some of the first images that come to mind are imposing structures erected as a protective or defensive barrier. More often than not, city walls were constructed from stone, masonry, brick, and/or concrete. Unfortunately, … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, bicycling, Canada, cities, culture, economic development, entertainment, environment, Europe, fitness, geography, health, hiking, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, placemaking, planning, recreation, revitalization, spatial design, topography, tourism, transportation, Travel, walking
Tagged Canada, Duchess of Lucca, Fort Wayne, history, Italy, levee, Lucca, parks, planning, recreation, seawall, Vancouver, walls
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Five Chinatown Gates in eleven days
Here are photographs taken of Chinatown Friendship Gates in Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver, and Victoria, Canada; as well as Seattle Washington during our recent train trip across Canada and the Pacific Northwest. In Winnipeg, there is an especially lovely Chinese Garden … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, Asia, Canada, China, cities, diversity, downtown, geography, land use, landscape architecture, North America, peace, pictures, placemaking, third places, tourism, Travel, Welcome
Tagged Canada, China, chinatown Gates, cities, gardens, land use, Seattle, Toronto, tourism, travel, Vancouver, Victoria, Winnipeg
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Riverine airports – potential promises and pitfalls
In this post, I am referring to those rivers that have commercial airport runways running through, across, adjacent or within them. In a surprising number of locations in the United States and Canada, cities have utilized the riverine floodplain for siting … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, architecture, Canada, cities, commerce, Communications, deregulation, economic development, economic gardening, environment, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, logistics, nature, North America, placemaking, planning, product design, spatial design, States, Statistics, sustainability, technology, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel, urban planning, Wildlife, zoning
Tagged air travel, airport planning, airports, aviation, Cincinnati, delta, emergency esponse, environment, Harrisburg, Iowa City, islands, Kansas City, Knoxville, La Crosse, la Guardia, land use planning, Little Rock, Lunken, nature, New York City, Omaha, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, riparian, riverfront, riverine, rivers, Sioux City, St. Joseph, St. paul, transportation, urban planning, Vancouver, Washington, waterfront
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25 Most transit-friendly cities of Canada
Below is a list of the 25 most transit-oriented cities in Canada based on data provided by MoneySense utilizing 2006 Census transit data. The percentage given represents the percent of commuters who utilize mass transit. As one can see, the race for the top spot … Continue reading
Posted in bicycling, Canada, cities, civics, climate change, culture, density, energy, environment, geography, infrastructure, land use, new urbanism, North America, planning, pollution, rail, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, technology, transit, transportation, urban planning, walking
Tagged bus, Calgary, Canada, cities, commuting, environment, Halifax, mass transit, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, rail, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Winnipeg
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