{"id":26707,"date":"2015-02-19T11:26:49","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T19:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=26707"},"modified":"2015-02-17T23:41:47","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T07:41:47","slug":"video-vancouver-build-better-city-1964","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2015\/02\/19\/video-vancouver-build-better-city-1964\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Vancouver: To Build a Better City (1964)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18200\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/02\/video-van_feature-VAN.gif\" alt=\"Video Vancouver\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FY5I8h1lJjs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"yt watch-title-container\"><span id=\"eow-title\" class=\"watch-title long-title\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"To Build a Better City - a 1964 City of Vancouver\/CMHC film\">A\u00a01964 City of Vancouver\/CMHC film<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"yt watch-title-container\">There was a time when old poor neighbourhoods were considered an urban blight and needed to be razed to make way for modern concrete towers. This is from 50 years ago, but the very ideology of the thinking involved is like from another planet.<\/p>\n<p>Cinematography Bill Roozeboom<br \/>\nScript Roy Minter<br \/>\nNarration George McLean<br \/>\nSound recording<br \/>\nAnimation Marguerite Roozeboom<br \/>\nProduced by Bill Lindsay and Bill Roozeboom<\/p>\n<p>Produced by Pageant Productions<\/p>\n<p>Another copy of this can be found online at this link<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/A2xdYUk4iAY\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/A2xdYUk4iAY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/A2xdYUk4iAY<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a01964 City of Vancouver\/CMHC film There was a time when old poor neighbourhoods were considered an urban blight and needed to be razed to make way for modern concrete towers. This is from 50 years ago, but the very ideology of the thinking involved is like from another planet. 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