Housing
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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€...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday
LOCAL • Cycling advocates urge B.C. parties to steer $75-million a year into biking strategy [Globe and Mail] • Downtown New West goes for the big time...
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Vancouver City Council Approves City’s First Co-housing Proposal
Earlier this week, Vancouver City Council approved Vancouver’s first co-housing project (pdf), only the tenth in Canada. The project is the first to be...
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Foreign Investment in Vancouver’s Real Estate Market–March 20, 2013
In Vancouver, there has been a lot of speculation about the impact of foreign investment on our real estate market and marijuana penny stocks company...
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Laneway Housing Event: March 20, 2013
The Emerging Green Builders of Metro Vancouver are proud to invite the general public to a special presentation by top laneway housing experts on this...
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Housing Justice Dialogue #1 – February 20, 2013
Via Housing Justice Canada: Responses to Films Created by Young Artists on the Housing Crisis in Metro Vancouver A screening of youth artist films on...
By Yuri Artibise