Already February!

My, my, oh my, January went so fast, I haven't had the time to update you folks!
Thanks to Lauren, Danielle and Shannon, I do have some nice little links to display for the time being.
For the landscape lovers who are up to here with the jargon, you'll be able to have a laugh out of it right here
Looking to know how walkable is your study area? Shannon recommends WalkScore

Finally, Danielle sent me an interesting link on this californian project where a local organization wants to transform Alcatraz into a Global Peace Center.

From what I saw online, the project is ambitious and kind of appealing on paper, but visually speaking, it's like seeing tie-die getting upgraded to web 2.0.

Creative City Network of Canada

"An organization of people employed by municipalities across Canada working on arts, culture and heritage policy, planning, development and support."
Here's their latest newlestter

Le site est bilingue, mais pour l'équivalent au Québec, il faut aller voir Les arts et la ville

Shadow Cities

Robert Neuwirth's look on shanty towns. The last five minutes are particularly interesting for planners.

Landlines by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

The January 2008 issue of the Land Lines quarterly magazine (vol 20, no 1) is now posted on our Web site here. And it's free!
Some of the items on the menu include planning for climate change and housing inequalities in China.

20 years ago

As we're about to say goodbye to 2007, I thought it would be nice to see some pictures of Montreal, 20 years ago. 

Here are some pictures from a Concordia alumni, Mickey G, which he was nice enough to share on Flickr. 

Bangkok RailMarket

This is a little video submitted by Danielle H. We thought it might speak to those who got to work on Parc-Ex!