renoviction n . the mass eviction of an apartment buildings tenants because the buildings owner plans a large renovation. blend of renovation and eviction . example citations fortyseven years later mr. mcfall and his surviving sister mary 91 still share a secondfloor suite which is adorned with framed family photos and mementos. if evicted the elderly ......
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on wednesday november 19th the vancouver bc professor gordon price will be giving a free presentation in portland on the elegant integration of transportation and highdensity urban environments. ive seen price speak twice and was really inspired and enlightened both times. two years ago he gave a presentation that made me think about the psychology of driving in a whole new way a......
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as you might or perhaps might not expect of a student of communication media gives me swishy feelings. i got a few days heads up for this which is better than what i usually get. we hashed out the details this morning tomorrow morning i will be up bright and early to talk about the skytrain unconference on citytv breakfast television. colour me excited and terrified. the ......
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i sat down in a local coffee shop opened up my macbook since our mobile gear is missing and had a chat with mark latham of voter media and the vancouver election blog contest . mark explains a bit about his background his passion and his motivation for initiating voter media. here are all of the blogs currently listed in the weekly contest the tyee state of vancouver by f......
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during the 1996 atlanta olympic games incidents of hospitalization for asthma declined by 41 according to an article in the journal of the american medical association. the air quality in beijing over the past two weeks has apparently been better than it has in decades.a one day had an index reading of 12 down from an all time high in december of last year of 500 according to thi......
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in the philadelphia area link via planetizen city officials representing older neighbourhoods and inner ring older suburbs are now working together to promote these communities as great alternatives to far flung distant suburbs they are places that have been long suffering as homebuyers the past few decades have opted for more spacious homes on large lots in new subdivisions on t......
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will the cartropolis come to an enda or will americas suburban style of living survive peak oil.a a few weeks ago i suggested that current gasoline prices will not bring down american suburbia .a i still believe this. a at current prices in the us people could buy more fuel efficient vehicles and continue the lifestyle if they want to do so. but what happens if gasoline......
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ausing roads only for motor vehicles is wasteful.a as gasoline prices reach record highs and increasing numbers of north americans embrace higher density living allowing roads to be more than conduits for cars needs greater consideration. special events would be a place to start. today sunday in north portland an entire region of the city is going car free allowing......
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police one dead after stabbing in albuquerque apartment koat.com albuquerque police say one person is dead after a latenight stabbing in the northeast heights. fire lane albuquerque detail relios jewelry expanding marketing and sales services to retail partners albuquerque n.m. may 7 send2press newswire relios jewelry americas major ma......
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this weekend in nine canadian cities and two american ones volunteer neighborhood residents are offering guided tours of their communities to the public in a national celebration of the late jane jacobs and of cities . as jacobs said to understand cities and to know what will work youve got to get out and walk. some tour guides are well known local urban activists or a......
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a few years ago when a real estate marketing company was promoting a downtown vancouver condo project they argued that a couple who could forgo automobile ownership would save the equivalent per year in expenses that would allow for an additional 100000 worth of a mortgage. that is skip auto ownership and you could afford to spend say 400000 on your home instead of 300000 which would by ......
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albuquerque new mexico hotels restaurants real estate independent opinionated guide to visiting albuquerque. kataklysm return with ninth studio release prepare for summer tour northern hyperblast is back with a bang on prevail the ninth studio release from prolific canadian brutalists kataklysm . following on the heels of 2006s critically acclaimed in the arms of devastat......
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the following is a quick survey of new informational approaches to transport hinging on individual behaviour and engagement via public data. well travel from wifi on buses to designs for timetables embedded in the fabric of stations stopping off at trams in google maps and proposals for roboscooter sharing schemes. data transported and shaped by the internet is increasingly becoming ......
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as i had mentioned previously i met yesterday with translink . if youre curious yes i did ask whether our meeting was bloggable. i met with the manager of public consultations who i had spoken to prior to transit camp and members of their marketing team. this meetings been in the planning since january but availability kept us from having the meeting until now three......
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i didnt watch the abc coverage of new years eve but if this is even possible the major news organizations really need to rethink their techniques. see original full post source link another reason to run for the border privacy international a uk privacy group and the u.s.based electronic privacy information center have put together a world map of surveillance soci......
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