Category Archives: Gentrification
Vancouver Province column: If meltdown hikes Olympic price taxpayers deserve a greater say
October 12, 2008 It’s been a turbulent couple of weeks for the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee. Last week, at a Toronto forum on amateur sport, federal politicians scrapped over the long-simmering issue of including women’s ski jumping at the 2010 … Continue reading
Province column: The Lower Mainland may have fine upscale eateries, but where’s the beef?
Monday, May 26, 2008 It’s celebration time these days for gourmands in British Columbia. According to a ranking published earlier this month by Food & Wine Magazine, Vancouver is one of the 10 best restaurant cities in the world. That … Continue reading
Filed under Culture, Food and Dining, Gentrification, Health, Tourism, Vancouver Province Columns
Province column: Designer dogs take place of kids as schools shut for lack of pupils
The Province Monday, March 17, 2008 These are gloomy days for dodgeball, hopscotch and other staples of the traditional school recess in British Columbia. Over the past decade, playgrounds and sports fields across the province have gone quiet as a … Continue reading
Lamenting the NYC “Yuppie Ghetto”
Is Manhattan essentially a “gated community”? That is how it is described by the Economist-Free Exchange blog this week in a post sure to raise eyebrows with those who follow these kind of urban gentrification discussions. The writer, a 7-year … Continue reading
Filed under Commuting, Gentrification, New York
Vancouver Province column: City leaders must take strong stand against this downtown lawlessness
A friend who moved to the edge of the rough-and-tumble Downtown Eastside last year was recently on the receiving end of a 4 a.m. emergency alarm — forcing him to evacuate his highrise condo until firefighters arrived. It turns out … Continue reading
The bobo sanctuary, exposed
The Economist’s Free Exchange is caught up in the debate this week about the possible downsides of urban renewal and gentrification. Case in point: a New Yorker magazine article about Red Hook, Brooklyn, described as somewhere between “hipster outpost and … Continue reading
Filed under Gentrification, Neighbourhoods, New York, Real Estate
Vancouver Province column: Let’s stop measuring progress by by the number of condo projects
The Province Tuesday, August 7, 2007 Vancouver is a great city with a pathetic bar scene. Don’t take my word for it. Just ask those Canadians who took part in an opinion poll released last week by Angus Reid. In … Continue reading
