On Rize (Or Forcing A Luxury Highrise On A Neighbourhood That Really Doesn’t...
UPDATE: This disastrous, precedent-setting development was passed by our City Council, dominated by supposedly “green” Vision Vancouver, in a 9-1 vote. It was not sent back to design; only vague...
View ArticleInterior design and architecture in a world gentrifying at a surreal pace
In case you think that what follows is an exaggeration, please take a quick look at the recent articles listed below. They are only a small selection from a rising wave of articles on gentrification...
View ArticleImminent demolition of 122 year old building in Vancouver’s old Japantown
The frantic festival of demolition continues in Vancouver, a city whose demolition rate is double that of Toronto’s. And Toronto is no paragon of heritage either. The City of Vancouver is attempting to...
View ArticleDowntown Eastside Local Area Plan or DTES LAP
The Downtown Eastside Local Area Plan or DTES LAP is a comprehensive plan for a significant area of downtown/East Vancouver. It goes before City Council this week, where Council seems likely to pass it...
View ArticleA friend put this captioned magazine page through my mailbox
This made me laugh quite hard. Also, courtesy of the enjoyable fuckyournoguchitable tumblr: antlers, actual real taxidermy, fake taxidermy, steer skull and cardboard antlers. Meanwhile, as Vancouver’s...
View ArticleThe “Non-Partisan” Association, Vancouver’s zombie political party
This post is for Vancouverites who are either new to the city or who are urban or civic politics nerds but may not be acquainted with the early historical roots of the local civic political party...
View ArticleCity of Vancouver’s disastrous new logo
New City of Vancouver logo, in un-kerned Gotham typeface I still can’t entirely believe it, but this bland, amateur wordmark is the City of Vancouver’s new logo—or to be more accurate, since it barely...
View ArticleOn Rize (Or Forcing A Luxury Highrise On A Neighbourhood That Really Doesn’t...
UPDATE: This disastrous, precedent-setting development was passed by our City Council, dominated by supposedly “green” Vision Vancouver, in a 9-1 vote. It was not sent back to design; only vague...
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