Infrastructure
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The Hotels Vancouver: How One Name Graced Three Buildings
From right after the Great Fire in 1886 until present day, Vancouver has always had a structure titled “The Hotel Vancouver”. Always influential, often...
By Vancouver Heritage Foundation -
RELEASE: Metro Vancouver’s Only Local Carshare Coop Celebrates Milestone with 300th Vehicle
Founded 16 years ago with two cars in Vancouver’s West End, Modo The Car Co-op is celebrating a milestone achievement this month, adding its 300th vehicle...
By Spacing -
Generation Rent: San Francisco’s Citizen Tenants
[Editor’s note: Beautiful, eclectic, iconic, Pacific harbour towns: the words describe both Vancouver and San Francisco. Yet the two cities have...
By Jackie Wong -
The Vancouver Connection to an American Housing Project
Tonight, Tuesday October 22nd, VHF will be showing “The Pruitt-Igoe Myth” at the Hollywood Theatre on Broadway as part of our Architecture & Design...
By Vancouver Heritage Foundation -
Cities of Renters: While Vancouver worships homeowners, San Francisco tenants are first-class citizens. First in a series.
Click to see full Infographic: Cities of Renters, Vancouver vs. San Francisco By Jackie Wong, Tyee Solutions Society [Editor’s note: Beautiful...
By Jackie Wong -
Vancouver Cityscape: Retailers who Shaped our City
Vancouver’s historic retailers have helped shape the appearance of our city. More than just places to purchase goods, some of the city’s most notable...
By Vancouver Heritage Foundation -
Moving In Metro: A Discussion on Mobility Pricing, October 22, 24, 28, 29
Metro Vancouver is a region that relies on many modes of transportation to keep its economy, and its people moving; from trucks to trains to cars to...
By Yuri Artibise -
Booming Vancouver: The Beginning of the Vancouver Special
Much of Vancouver has been shaped by periodic large influxes of residents, resulting in major housing booms. Much like today with the on going...
By Vancouver Heritage Foundation -
Video Vancouver: Move
3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage… all to turn 3...
By Caroline Toth -
The End of Hogan’s Alley – Part 3
The second part of this three-part series described the rise and reaction against the Vancouver Transportation Study (VTS), proposed during 1967. A...
By curtisscott -
Disasters by the Book
Would you be able to rely on your neighbors in the event an earthquake struck your home? How helpful would public institutions remain if a flood swept...
By YarOn Stern -
The End of Hogan’s Alley – Part 2
The first part of this series ended with the introduction of Vancouver Transportation Study (VTS), a report that included the destruction of the...
By curtisscott