Neighbourhoods

Release: Next CoV Community Plans – Terms of Reference

The Next CoV Community Plans – Terms of Reference Administrative Report dated March 7, 2012, will be considered by Vancouver City Council’s Standing...

Commercial Drive’s Historian: An Interview with Jak King

Jak King knows a lot about the history of Commercial Drive. In his recently released The Drive: A Retail, Social and Political History of Commercial Drive...

From Wasteland to Condo-Land: Documenting Vancouver’s Olympic Village

One of the most talked about sites in Vancouver’s recent history is the former Olympic Village. From the Olympic celebrations to the eco-sustainability of...

The Gastown Project: JIM GREEN

Go East, Young City, Security and Aesthetic improvements

“The Burns Block is named for its original owner and builder, Patrick Burns of P. Burns & Company, who had it built in 1909 as the headquarters...

Release: Urban Futures Survey 2012 Launched – 40 Year Old Survey Legacy Lives On-line

It started in 1973. It happened again in 1990. And now it’s back. The third Greater Vancouver Urban Futures Opinion Survey has launched, but this time...

Voices of Grandview-Woodlands

How well can you really know any neighbourhood? Yes, one can recite the history, the dates and times of developments, the influx of immigrants and the...

Release: City of Vancouver Neighbourhood Matching Fund Fall deadline October 31, 2011

The Vancouver Park Board is now accepting applications for the fall deadline of the Neighbourhood Matching Fund. The Fund supports projects by...

Studio Marpole: Looking at Marpole through the eyes of UBC design students

It is customary for different groups to be involved in development projects that will greatly affect the existing urban fabric of a city or a...

The Viaducts: Past, Present and Future – Part 2

This is the second part of a series – in tandem with In Focus: The Georgia and Dunsmuir Viaducts photo essay – looking at the past, present...

The Viaducts: Past, Present and Future – Part 3

This is the third and final part of a series – in tandem with In Focus photo essays – looking at the past, present and future of the Georgia...

The Costs of Unaffordability – Part 5: Epilogue

Locally, the public is constantly bombarded by politicians and municipal officials who state that they are doing everything within their means to tackle...