thiscitylife:

Oh Vancouver, sometimes you give and sometimes you take away.

Moving Forward

This week, I was excited to hear that part of my vision for a more vibrant, Bryant Park-style ambiance at the North Plaza of the Vancouver Art Gallery is coming true with plans to bring food carts en masse to this…

Seriously. TABLES and CHAIRS. How long have urban planners known that adding a few tables and chairs to a space can add so much value? 

Also, that plaza is probably the MOST under-utilized space in the city in terms of it’s potential. Currently, it’s a bunch of mud/woodchips (not grass) and not a place to sit anywhere. 

(via Springtime In British Columbia | Outpost Magazine)

Remember when the Art Gallery had a lawn? 

pasttensevancouver:

The Great Vancouver Paint In, 1966 

When the BC government decided to install a fountain at the court house (now the art gallery), Premier WAC Bennett insisted that the work be kept secret until its official unveiling. In the meantime, a fence was built and Vancouver School of Art students were enlisted to decorate the fence panels. The art was a hodgepodge of styles that included a cartoon of the premier to a mysterious Picasso-esque nude. The secrecy around the fountain was widely criticized and for many the final product was less appealing than the paintings that adorned the hoarding.

Source: Masters Planning 

 Some of my favourite Vancouver history.

New York City’s new urban furniture encourages spontaneous dialogue and random interactions amongst passerbys. 

If you take me to New York, I will do ANYTHING.

(via rpgsa)

inlikewiththecity:

Picnurbia is going to be the first thing I do when I am back in Vancouver.

Too bad they JUST reinstalled the trolley wires overhead. There is be traffic on this stretch of street soon…first time in a few or so years. I don’t understand why we can’t just keep it like this because it’s been close to cars/buses SO long.