What does a citizen-led public space and street pop-up look like?Check it out: here's a short video of our Cook St Re-Make project, where we worked with The City of Victoria and Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition to demonstrate a "complete street" redesign of a typical Victoria … [Read more...]
Street Re-Make shows power of innovation
The power of citizen placemaking was demonstrated on a blustery winter morning in Victoria when volunteers and City of Victoria staff got together to "remake" a street, intersection and adjacent public spaces. The weather didn't deter the participants or the outdoors-oriented … [Read more...]
We explore the evolution of Oak Bay Avenue
Oak Bay Avenue stretches for about 2 km from (near) the bay after which it is named west to the point where (in true Greater Victoria fashion) it changes name to Pandora Avenue (which continues straight west to the Victoria harbour). On Friday November 27, we joined with students … [Read more...]
‘Make It Happen’ event brings placemakers together
40 keen Greater Victoria placemakers gathered on the evening of September 28 to kick off an ambitious fall calendar for our one-year-old network. Hosted in the gorgeously creative space of The Watershed, the gathering featured small group work on key projects as well as social … [Read more...]
Narrow is better: safer streets by design
This man wants to put the squeeze on drivers. And save lives.Jeff Speck, the best selling author of Walkable City, has recently been making a strong case for the narrowing of "main streets" - the busy collector streets in cities across North America. Speck advocates redesigning … [Read more...]
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