Urban Vancouver

Art Opening - URBANITIES Photography Exhibit

By dubesor on November 4, 2009 - 1:45pm

A selection of works from Andriy Mishchenko's year-long URBANITIES project documenting Vancouver, NYC, Toronto, Montreal, and points in between (more info below).

When: Friday, November 6, 8pm - late
Where: Rootdown Cafe, 128 East Broadway, Vancouver
Who: Andriy Mishchenko, Photographer

What: URBANITIES|09 - This photography series examines our urban spaces + how we inhabit and perceive them. There will also be a preview of an Olympic-related series that's in progress. The photos will be on display (and for sale) at Rootdown Cafe for the month of November 09.

Come on down, check out some photos, have a drink or two, and indie/electro dance dance dance courtesy of DJ Pat Lok! Feel free to invite friends, it promises to be a good party.

Pick up some affordable holiday gifts here - 1/3 of all sales go to a great local cause! You can also sign up for my photo-a-week list, delivering neatness right to your inbox.

* fantastic indie/dance/electro tunes from DJ Pat Lok. You can check out Pat's tunes at http://www.DJPatLok.com
* 1/3 of all proceeds from photos will be donated to the BC Civil Liberties Association, who are helping protect our right of dissent during the 2010 Games.

Cycling East Van to Gastown - N95 Style

By Roland Tanglao on October 3, 2007 - 1:42pm

UPDATE: For those who can't play the Viddler flash version of the movie below, here's the original MPEG-4 movie

I have a brand new shiny Nokia N95-1 phone for a week and have been tasked with recording my commute.

So here's part of my East Van to Gastown commute from yesterday (I would have done the whole thing but I accidentally forgot to turn the recording on).

Cycling Tyee to Gastown

By Roland Tanglao on September 19, 2007 - 12:38pm

Download full res 65 Megabyte MP4 file

Shaky video shot on my Nokia N93 live from my bicycle handheld as I ride from The Tyee school in East Van to Bryght in Gastown.

My bike commute is approximately 5km one way

By Roland Tanglao on September 17, 2007 - 12:46am

According to Google Maps, my commute via bike to/from work in Gastown to home at Woodlands and 15th i.e. Clark Park is approximately 5km.

Check out the map of my bicycling route below. What's your route? Leave a comment.

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Roland's Bike Share Adventure Part 1 - Gastown to Granville Island to East Van

By Roland Tanglao on June 27, 2007 - 10:06pm

[Cross posted from Change Everything]

I have lived in Vancouver since July 12, 1998 but I never biked from Gastown to Granville Island to East Van !

Impressions:

• Columbia Street is a mess. The Carrall Street Greenway will fix this methinks
• As I said to a Vancouver Sun reporter, I want it to be like the bike paths in southern Germany where I lived for 3.5 years. No motorized vehicles because there will always be accidents when the two share the same space.
• Canada Line construction is omnipresent and disrupting every mode of transit!
• Biking is the best way to learn about a city next to walking.

I took 80 photos of my journey today (yes I am crazy enough to take cameraphone pictures everywhere :-) !)

Here are my favourites (guess where they are :-) ! )