Click on the image. Construction progress photograph showing signs for E.J. Ryan Contracting Company and for Dominion Bridge and the roof of Wesley United Church, part of the Court House grounds and the west side of the 700 Block of Hornby Street. City of Vancouver Archives Photo 99-3669
From a recent internal memo to Planning Staff “Colleagues in Planning, I have been asked by the CMO to pass along some changes to Departmental procedure that will affect our work. Please make a note. Starting on Monday (technically, Sunday at midnight but for most of us this means Monday!), the following new operating procedures… Continue reading New Procedures at City Hall
New York City has won the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize this year for its urban rejuvenation since the devastating Sept 11 terrorist attacks more than a decade ago. Vancouver was one of 6 finalists selected for special mention from 62 submissions from 27 countries. Vancouver was lauded by the jury for “resisting two… Continue reading New York City Wins Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize, Vancouver Gets Special Mention
From Time Out London: “The air hostess pop-up restaurant is not a new phenomenon – we first reported on Ms Rubbernurse’s ‘Era Flot’ pop-up in 2010. But Era Flot’s just been seriously upstaged by… British Airways. That’s right, the nation’s favourite airline in running a pop-up restaurant in Shoreditch, based around the flight experience, and… Continue reading Pop up Airline Restaurant
“The strategic thinking and designing part of planning will be sidelined in the demand for quick results for more housing affordability, with more emphasis on jobs being created, costs being lowered and not so much on the provision of amenities – a trend already begun with the STIR program.” Some interesting observations on Vancouver’s Planning… Continue reading Gord Price writing in BIV
Join myself and Andy Coupland for a series of tours based on our book Changing City. As usual, they go rain or shine (even snow) and are $10.00 pp. All tours are start at 10:00 am The next set of Changing City tours are moving to Sundays! Coal Harbour – Industry to Luxury: March 18,… Continue reading Changing City Walking Tours
Numerous guidebooks, research papers and reports have been written about Chinatown over the years and many of them talk about the buildings that feature the “typical cheater floor” or the “illegal cheater storey” built to “cheat” either the taxman or building inspector. It is inferred that this is something unique to the Chinatowns in Vancouver… Continue reading Cheater floors in Chinatown
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Why Alleys Deserve More Attention. Most interesting examination of an overlooked part of any city.
CBC.ca | The Early Edition | Brent Toderian. Well worth listening too. It’s just 15 minutes long. Updated: Here’s the direct link to the audio
What Floats to the Top of My Desk 