Streetscape
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Granville Island: 40 Years Later – Authenticity that Ages Gracefully
VHF would like to thank our guest writer for this weeks article Paul Nursey, Vice-President, Strategy and Corporate Communications at the Canadian...
By Vancouver Heritage Foundation -
Video Vancouver: One City – Eight Artists – Seven Days: Baltimore
This short film documents the work of eight street artist over the course of a week.
By Caroline Toth -
Video Vancouver: 1.8 gigapixel ARGUS-IS
The ARGUS array is made up of several cameras and other types of imaging systems. The output of the imaging system is used to create extremely large...
By Caroline Toth -
Vancouver’s Gritty History: Social Views and the Urban Landscape
In an urban setting it is easy to get lost in the everyday of concrete, cement and asphalt. Colour becomes a beacon that cuts through the grey and entices...
By Vancouver Heritage Foundation -
The West End On-street Mural Project
The West End On-Street Mural Project is a collaborative public art pilot project created with the aim of strengthening community bonds. This summer, it...
By Spacing -
Video Vancouver Original: Winter Solstice Beat
The HD version is highly recommended and available at its Vimeo page. *** Winter in Vancouver is not quite like winter in other Canadian cities. There is...
By Kathleen Corey -
Vancouver’s Love-Hate Relationship with Neon
The history of neon in Vancouver reflects the history of the city itself. Neon first symbolized Vancouver’s arrival as a booming metropolis in the 1920s...
By Yuri Artibise -
“This is my favourite street in Surrey”
“This is my favourite street in Surrey,” my wife said as we turned onto Central Parkway, the street the Surrey Central Skytrain station is on...
By Don Schuetze -
How to Transform an Alleyway into a Thriving Public Space
Peek down an alleyway in any city and what will you find? Shadows, garbage bins, concrete, perhaps danger. With an aim to demonstrate how to transform...
By Liam Lahey -
Origami City: Transportation 2040 planning to bring Vancouver closer together
When Spacing made its formal debut in Vancouver this June, the city’s new urban generation was able to make good use of the bar on one side of the...
By Brian Gould -
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...
By Erick Villagomez