History · urban design

South Granville: Apartments, Commerce and Shaughnessy.

Even though my next Continuing Studies course for UBC hasn’t started yet, the April course has now been set. Here’s the course calendar description. “Once just a trail cut through through the thick forest, today South Granville is a thriving commercial street surrounded by three distinct neighbourhoods. Part of the massive Canadian Pacific Railway land… Continue reading South Granville: Apartments, Commerce and Shaughnessy.

Chinatown · urban design · Vancouver

Chinatown gets a new neon sign

Great Beginnings (3) Originally uploaded by SqueakyMarmot Not just any neon sign, but something almost 50 feet tall hung from the Chinatown parkade at the corner of Quebec and Keefer. The official lighting of the sign takes place on Monday March 15, 2010 at 6:00pm. It’s gratifying to see my chicken scratches on paper show… Continue reading Chinatown gets a new neon sign