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The future of the park board will be put to a public referendum. We support the province introducing this requirement.
10.10.2025 03:19 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
This weekend: a Mid-Autumn festival and "Journey Through the Five Senses - at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden.
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October 4 - 5, 2025
โฐ 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM
๐ Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, 578 Carrall St
๐๏ธ Child (ages 5 -12): $8 | General: $10
A harvest fair, labyrinth performance and lantern procession... all part of the magic at the Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival. Check out this gem of an event tomorrow, Sat Oct 4. Produced by the awesome folks at Still Moon Arts.
stillmoonarts.ca/2025-renfrew...
Further Resources:
*** TRC Calls to Action: nctr.ca/about/histor...
*** Indian Residential School Survivors Society - www.irsss.ca
*** Orange Shirt Day Society - orangeshirtday.org
*** City of Vancouver UNDRIP Action Plan - vancouver.ca/files/cov/un...
At the VPSN, we recommit to
โข Centering reconciliation in our placemaking, public space & city-building activities
โข Advancing TRC Calls to Action & Vancouverโs UNDRIP Strategy
โข Furthering our learning on the unceded territories of the xสทmษฮธkสทษyฬ, Sแธตwxฬฑwรบ7mesh รxwumixw and sษlฬilwษtaษษฌ Nations
On Truth and Reconciliation Day, we take this opportunity to honour the survivors of Residential schools and think of the children who never returned home, their families and communities, and everyone who carries the burden of their loss. /2
30.09.2025 16:23 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0SUNDAY (Sept 7, 1-3): a second Neighbourhood Resilience Walk with Neighbour Lab in and around Cambie Village. Includes a short mapping activity, opportunities to share ideas, connect with neighbours & win prizes!
Registration encouraged: bit.ly/resilientcambievillage
TODAY (Sat, Sept 6, 1-3pm) - How prepared do you & your neighbours feel for an earthquake?
Join Neighbour Lab for a free Resilience Walk of Mountain View - exploring how social connections, local assets, & networks support us before, during, & after emergencies.
Info: bit.ly/resilientmountainview
The Granville Street Block Party is on today and Sunday. All sorts of fun and games to be had in the heart of the city!
23.08.2025 23:47 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Meanwhile, in #Yaletown, several large butterflies have alighted at #BillCurtisSquare. Beautiful!
23.08.2025 01:38 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
At the same time, the new permanent design for Bute/Robson plaza continues to take shape. It's almost nearing completion, and looking good!
22.08.2025 23:55 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Sidewalks along key stretches of Robson Street have been widened - providing a more generous environment for people walking and rolling. The street feels more comfortable as a result, with less lanes for cars and more lanes for public life (and amenities like this rain garden).
22.08.2025 23:54 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Huge kudos to Andrew and Lisa for sticking with this story for months and showing how the VPD slow-walked FOI requests and requests for updated data.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
CMHC Granville Island is prioritizing a new elevator & staircase tower to the Granville Bridge with an observation deck.
It'd be fully integrated with a new additional massive market building with an underground parkade. #vancre #vanre #vanpoli
dailyhive.com/vancouver/gr...
Planning your week ahead? Join us this Wednesday at Trout Lake for our "Public Space Ketch-up!"
16.08.2025 20:48 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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 โ 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.
22.07.2025 03:44 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Commedia dellโArte 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.
11.07.2025 05:26 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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.
The future of Hastings Park - vancouversun.com/news/casino-...
05.07.2025 02:56 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Vancouver's public realm incorporates aspects of architectural heritage - sometimes complete buildings, and sometimes just the building face or faรงade.
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.
01.07.2025 14:37 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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.
