Neighbourhoods

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...

Neighbourhood Watch

A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Kelowna City Hall wants residents to explore new ways to get involved in municipal...

Video Vancouver: A Bicycle Ride-the long version

Shot with a Braun Nizo Super 8 camera mounted on a bicycle. The camera had an intervalometer so it automatically shot a frame of film every so many...

Neighbourhood Watch

A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Delta has decided to sell civic-owned land on Ladner’s waterfront in an attempt to...

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...

Neighbourhood Watch

A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Vancouver’s Reliance Properties is buying the historic Board of Trade Building in...

Bodies out of Place: Representations of Gentrification—May 7, 2013

Come hear SFU visiting scholar Leslie Kern discuss how gentrification is represented in popular media, and what these representations mean in the context...

Invitation to Places That Matter Plaque Presentation at Gibby’s Field!

Neighbourhood Watch

A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. IN an effort to breathe life back into the District of West Vancouver‘s community...

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...

Neighbourhood Watch

A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Victoria Mayor Dean Fortin wants to establish a cycling task force to update the...

Neighbourhood Watch

A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Exactly 20 years after becoming the first B.C. municipality to allow secondary suites in...