Housing
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City Conversations: Development, Density, Dollars: What do residents get?, August 1, 2013
Via SFU City Conversations: A regularly-heard Vancouver refrain is that greedy developers are destroying our city’s vaunted quality of life, and that...
By Yuri Artibise -
West Coast Modernism: Showing Vancouver some Mid-Century Love
Starting in the late 1940’s after years of war and economic struggle, the appearance of the North American family home began to change. Post war...
By Vancouver Heritage Foundation -
Video Vancouver: Smaller House Initiative
Smaller houses on smaller lots could once again make housing affordable for young families, and at the same time provide suitable detached suites for...
By Yuri Artibise -
Playing in the Sandbox
The process of urban planning has always been a bit of a mystery to me and I don’t believe I am the only one to feel this way. The technical...
By Natalia Zdaniuk -
Cartographically Speaking: Vancouver Building Footprints
My sincerest apologies to all the map- and info-geeks out there that have followed Cartographically Speaking over the years and have had to endure the...
By Erick Villagomez -
Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
LOCAL • Vancouver looks to fire hall as site for affordable housing [Globe and Mail] • More transit needed for eastern downtown [Vancouver Courier] â€...
By Spacing -
Be an Urban Explorer in Your Own Town
VHF would like to thank this weeks’ guest writer, Karen Russell – Urban Planner. Have you ever walked through a residential neighbourhood...
By Vancouver Heritage Foundation -
Driving Up the Cost – A new perspective on affordability in Vancouver
To say affordability is an important issue in this region would be an understatement. Vancouver has been recognized as one of the least affordable...
By leehaber -
Heritage House Tour Feature: Grandview Woodland
Bordered by Clark Dr, Broadway, Nanaimo St and the Burrard Inlet, this historic neighbourhood tells one of the common stories of Vancouver’s early...
By Vancouver Heritage Foundation -
Densification, Development and Demolition: Heritage and the Three D’s
Dr. Jeff’s was a prominent Vancouver figure in the first decades of the 20th century. He was an Alderman, the City’s Police Commissioner and the City...
By Vancouver Heritage Foundation -
Wood Windows – Making the Case for Sustainability
It is a frequent occurrence in Vancouver. A van pulls up to an old house and within a few hours the house has new windows. It is as easy now to replace...
By Vancouver Heritage Foundation -
Book Review – Torre David: Informal Vertical Communities
We believe that design – whether of buildings, public parks, or infrastructure – is an invaluable tool for improving lives. Torre David, with its...
By Sean Ruthen