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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...
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Zoning Must Evolve – Part 1
“To Serve and Protect” – The Before Times Our shared affordable housing challenge is becoming a wicked problem. We’re not there yet, but...
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Zoning Must Evolve – Introduction
Vancouver’s Worst Zoning – 4743 Belmont Avenue, Vancouver (recently sold for $42 million). Image Credit: boomerinvancouver.com $42 Million? Really...
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Graphic Novella: You Forgot About Me! – Part 2
By Scot Hein with illustrations by J.G. This is the second part of a two-part graphic novella, here offered as a backgrounder that introduces development...
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Graphic Novella: You Forgot About Me! – Part 1
By Scot Hein with illustrations by J.G. This three-part graphic novella, “You Forgot About Me!” is offered as a backgrounder that introduces...
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Understanding Affordability: A Partial Picture – Bertaud’s Response
EDITOR’S NOTE: On December 20, 2019, I published Understanding Affordability: A Partial Picture. The piece focused on implementing the method used...
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What Did Vancouver Just Do to the Future of Co-op Living?
It’s surprising how relatively minor issues, such as a citywide street parking fee of $45 a year attracts so much press attention while the potential...
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Urban Reflections Series: Prologue
June 8th 2015: Adam wakes up to a sunny Monday morning; a blessing any Vancouverite appreciates. He does his daily routine of brushing his teeth...
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Book Review | Mid-Century Modernism and the American Body: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Power in Design
Author: Kristina Wilson (Princeton University Press, 2021) In Mid-Century Modernism and the American Body: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Power in...
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On Kwikwetlem territory, a new vision for Riverview
The Riverview Lands, on the slope above the Coquitlam River, were known as a storied place. Settlers will remember the area most for its mental health...
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Cartographically Speaking – Vancouver’s District Lots
For a larger image click here. Any aspiring urban historian or property owner looking to renovate will quickly encounter the confusing smattering of...
By Erick Villagomez