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Tag Archives: urban design
Jane’s Walks come to Surrey this Saturday
Two Jane’s Walks will showcase Surrey on foot this Saturday, the first time ever the Walks have been held in the City. Jane’s Walks, started in Toronto in 2007, are meant to celebrate the birthday and legacy of Jane Jacobs, … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Development, Events, South Surrey, Whalley
Tagged city centre, downtown, jane's walk, semiahmoo, surrey, tour, Town Centre, urban design, walk
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TownShift: Phase two begins
TownShift, Surrey’s successful urban design competition, is about to enter a new outreach phase. Under the moniker TownShift: Connected, the City will embark on a series of community consultations to discuss the ideas that were presented in the competition and … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Cloverdale, Events, Fleetwood, Guildford, Newton, South Surrey
Tagged bc, Cloverdale, competition, Fleetwood, Guildford, Newton, surrey, townshift, urban design
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TownShift: An ideas competition for Surrey’s Town Centres
On November 2nd, 2009, the City of Surrey will launch an international design competition known as TownShift. Following in the footsteps of FormShift, a similar competition in Vancouver, TownShift will challenge planners, designers, and the general public to transform suburban … Continue reading
Posted in Cloverdale, Development, Events, Fleetwood, Guildford, Newton, South Surrey, Town Centre
Tagged city building, competition, formshift, international, new urbanist, placemaking, planning, suburbia, town, townshift, urban design
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New bus shelters coming in December [exclusive]
Civic Surrey has obtained a rendering of the new bus shelters that will go up across the City in December, according to an official City of Surrey poster. The City has been working over a year on the design of … Continue reading
Posted in Transport
Tagged bus shelter, street furniture, surrey, transit, translink, urban design
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Newton Town Centre draft plan unveiled – It’s Spectacular!
Thanks to major land ownings in the area, the City of Surrey and TransLink had previously agreed to set off on a joint planning study to develop a new Neighbourhood Concept Plan to help revitalize Newton Town Centre. That planning … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Newton, Transport
Tagged brt, Development, ecodensity, festival street, green street, livable, lrt, main street, newton town centre, park, planning, surrey, sustainable, transit, translink, urban design, wave pool, ywca
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