By scothein
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_________ Oriented Development (Please fill in)
Ok, so we Lower Mainlanders are well positioned to land world capital in the form of new addresses that will continue to pay their property taxes (whether...
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Practicing Bad Habits
Stupid is as stupid does. We’ve forgotten how to make cities that work for everyone. Critics will say that our local affordability crises can be...
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Observations on Bill 47
The City of Vancouver image above summarizes the province’s intention to introduce 20 storey towers at the center of each concentric ring where transit...
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Why YIMBYs and NIMBYs Need Each Other
PREAMBLE I will continue to work hard to find new opportunities for what I refer to as “those left behind”. This drives me daily and why I will never give...
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Towards a More Compassionate, Productive Civic Governance for Vancouver
I am struggling to distinguish between most of the parties vying for our vote on election day this Saturday. Those that have been around awhile (The NPA...
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The Vancouver Plan: A Letter to Council from Abroad
Dear Mayor and Council, Thank you for this opportunity to share just a few thoughts on the recently released draft Vancouver Plan 2050 that you will...
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Broadway and Commercial: A Public Process Failure?
Last week, the proposed development in the Featured Image above, located at the Broadway and Commercial “Safeway Site” (BCSS), was referred to...
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The Jericho Lands Need a Human-Scaled Rethink
Vancouver is destined to have a new neighbourhood on its west side, one so densely populated that Council recently approved routing the proposed subway to...
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Graphic Novella: You Forgot About Me! – Part 3
By Scot Hein with illustrations by J.G. This is the final part of a three-part graphic novella, bookending the Zoning Must Evolve series and offered as a...
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Zoning Must Evolve – Part 5
Demonstrated Resiliency – False Creek South False Creek South (FSC) was borne from Vancouver’s humanist legacy that includes Greenpeace...
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Zoning Must Evolve – Part 4
Zoning for Resiliency Zoning regulation in Vancouver is like playing Monopoly. We can purchase the little green pieces (which represents a monopoly on...
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Zoning Must Evolve – Part 3
Vancouver’s housing market is obscenely broken. Time has run out for those left behind who have inherited a cruel reality where housing costs steal their...