Streetscape

Be an Urban Explorer in Your Own Town

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VHF would like to thank this weeks’ guest writer, Karen Russell – Urban Planner. Have you ever walked through a... Read More

Video Vancouver: A Bicycle Ride-the long version

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Shot with a Braun Nizo Super 8 camera mounted on a bicycle. The camera had an intervalometer so it automatically shot a frame of film... Read More

Heritage House Tour Feature: Grandview Woodland

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Bordered by Clark Dr, Broadway, Nanaimo St and the Burrard Inlet, this historic neighbourhood tells one of the common stories of... Read More

Studies on the West End – Georgia Street

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[Editor's Note: Schools are the repository of ideas and experimentation. All too frequently, however, amazing work never see the light... Read More

Video Vancouver: The Visible City – Virtual Exhibition & Mobile App

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The Visible City is a virtual exhibition and mobile tour that tracks the rise, fall, and revival of neon in Vancouver, shining a light... Read More

Visual Thoughts

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Last VT image: Early morning parking lot food trucks, downtown Portland. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at... Read More

Release: Museum of Vancouver first North American cultural institution to take augmented reality “to the streets”

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The Visible City now available for iPhone and Android Today the Museum of Vancouver (MOV) launches the Visible City, a virtual... Read More

Will Vancouver Replace a Freeway with a Stroad?

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Vancouver’s freeway remnants are finally due for demolition. City staff like to draw comparisons to New York’s High Line and Seoul’s... Read More

Densification, Development and Demolition: Heritage and the Three D’s

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Dr. Jeff’s was a prominent Vancouver figure in the first decades of the 20th century.  He was an Alderman, the City’s Police... Read More

A reluctant cyclist in Europe’s cycling capital – Part 2

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Last Monday, I explored the the remarkable persistence of the Dutch cyclist in all types of weather, the Protestant roots of the... Read More