Vancouver Public Space Network

Weds, Aug 20 @ 6pm - Join us for the VPSN "Public Space Ketch-up!"

A summertime picnic, a gathering of urbanists, placemakers, artists and city-builders – all within one of the sweetest parks in the city.

Free, but registration requested. Details via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.ca/e/public-spa...

More mural fun on Monday, Aug 11, 5:30 to 8:30. Check out the augmented reality activation of Prisicilla Yu's mural at BGO! A free event that's part of the concurrent SIGGRAPH conference. 505 Burrard Street.

Info: www.eventbrite.com/e/siggraph-2...

Coming up: Former collaborators with the Vancouver Mural Fest are keeping the legacy alive with a brand new event - the Astro Arts Festival! Experimental murals, exhibition, graffiti jam, art battle, DJs, and more. Fri to Sunday, Aug 8-10.

Info: www.instagram.com/astroartsfes...

A warm summer's evening... with a band striking a note at the Beatty Street Drill Hall. Public space serendipity.

Commedia dell’Arte is the lively form of professional Italian mask theatre that flourished in 15th C Europe and has influenced sitcoms, comedy sketch shows, cartoons and modern-day clowns.

This Friday, a public space treat!

Classic Italian commedia dell'arte at Pandora Park (Franklin & Templeton, 3pm) and the outdoor piazza at the Italian Cultural Centre (Grandview Hwy & Slocan, 5pm). Both shows free, fun, and fantastic.

Casino, soccer stadium or green space? The battle for Hastings Park is back on Horse racing may soon end at Hastings Park racecourse, and proposals about what to do at the 50 acre site are cropping up

The future of Hastings Park - vancouversun.com/news/casino-...

Vancouver's public realm incorporates aspects of architectural heritage - sometimes complete buildings, and sometimes just the building face or façade.

Check out the following project downtown - at Robson and Beatty.

Keeping cool under the whispering willow. Douglas Park (Heather and W 20th, in #RileyPark).

Let's hear it for our tree friends, providing shade and calm, a soothing rustle and respite on a hot summer's day.

Canada Day 158+

Today we celebrate placemakers, placekeepers and public space advocates from coast to coast to coast. Thank you for enriching our communities and making this such a beautiful place to live. 1/2

Canada Day activities taking place 11-6 at Canada Place:

- Main Stage - w local artists and musicians
- Indigenous Market Place
- Food trucks
- Citizenship Ceremony
- & more!

And for all of you thinking about the good work yet to be done -- to make this country more equitable, sustainable and inclusive... we see you! That, to us, is what #CanadaStrong is all about.

Street poster of the day:

"Room for Rent... Accessibility can vary due to partial detachment from local spacetime grid..."

Dunsmuir, between Cambie and Hamilton.

Summer nights are for sitting on a park bench, catching up, taking in cool jumps, and admiring a fine mural
-- in this case Deborah Sparrow's "Blanketing the City IV" ("showcasing the resurgence and significance of Coast Salish weaving"). Cathedral Square, Downtown.

TODAY. National Indigenous Peoples Day events:
- Block Party Celebration, Carnegie CC, 12-9
- Music & dance at Grandview Pk, 12-4
- Hotlatch - all day party at the Birdhouse
- Katisha Paul & Steven Seegerts at Kitsilano Showboat 7-9

Artwork: “Syewá:l” ("Ancestors"), by Zac George, Skokaylem

Cambie and 18th Plaza, in #CambieVillage, is one of five pop-up public spaces that are receiving upgrades this summer.

The redesigned spaces will transform asphalt roadways and temporary fixtures into permanent public squares. #TacticalUrbanism

Getting ready for a night of music and dancing... underneath the butterflies!

#BillCurtisSquare in #Yaletown hosts jazzy get-togethers throughout the summer. A fun way to enliven this downtown plaza.

Junction Market, at the foot of Granville Street, uses shipping containers to create small-scale commercial spaces for local artisans - like the good folks at Nutri Haven.

It's also a great way to activate a once quiet privately-owned public space. #JunctionMarket #GranvilleSquare #POPS

Have you seen the brand new plaza on Kitchener Street, just west of #CommercialDrive. A great addition to the neighbourhood!

Big props to Livia Forno e Vino - the restaurant next-door - for championing the creation of this new public space. @liviasweets

Even though they are called rain gardens, these examples of blue green infrastructure work year 'round -- providing habitat, supporting water conservation, and adding a splash of colour to neighbourhoods.

L. St. George Rainway (St. George + E 7th)
R. Mosaic Greenway (Woodland + E 2nd)

The Columbus Plaza at Clark and Grandview Hwy. For 38 years running, the loneliest public space in the city.

Part of a suite of "multicultural plazas" that were installed along the Expo Line.

but what if someone sits on the bench and then another person does and the two people started talking to each other

cc @movementyvr.bsky.social @vpsn.bsky.social

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On the cusp of summer… Block party fun in #MountPleasant. Scotia and E 7th.

Gaza is Starving - rally for Palestine. Robson Square.

#StopTheGenocide

Great to see this motion pass unanimously at Council. Fantastic way to honour Trey Helten!

A fresh coat of paint and the street mural at the 1800 Davie Plaza comes alive!

This is one of several dozen "newish" neighbourhood squares around the city - and a great example of transforming streets into people-friendly public space. #westend #tacticalurbanism #publicspace

There are two open house event taking place on Saturday, May 3 and Tuesday, May 6... and an online survey where you can share your thoughts on the proposed changes.

Trout Lake public views update 繁體中文 | 简体中文 The City of Vancouver is proposing changes to the public views from the south shore beach at Trout Lake. These changes seek to balance maintaining the mountain views that are enjoyed by th...

"The City of Vancouver is proposing changes to the public views from the south shore beach at Trout Lake. These changes seek to balance maintaining the mountain views that are enjoyed by the public with the need for more housing near rapid transit."

www.shapeyourcity.ca/trout-lake-v...

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Look for ways to support those impacted by this event, the Filipino community, and others in need.