Category Archives: Neighbourhoods
Carts of Darkness
Due to popular demand, the trailer from the documentary Carts of Darkness, which follows the binners of North Vancouver as they ride down mountain roads in grocery carts and scour the streets for recyclables.
Filed under Commuting, Entertainment, Environment, Industry, Neighbourhoods, Transportation, Vancouver
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
Vancouver Province column: Rats may not be a huge health threat, but they certainly can hurt tourism
Monday, September 01, 2008 A couple weeks ago, I found out that a neighbour in my condominium building was having problems with some urban wildlife, and I’m not talking about squirrels. It turns out that rats have been hanging out … Continue reading
Vancouver Province column: Why plague people with trash talk when they’ve got worries enough?
Forget about manicured front lawns, white picket fences and the sound of children at play. According to a growing legion of pundits and “peak oil” theorists, the tidy suburbs of today are the forsaken slums of tomorrow. A recent article … Continue reading
Filed under Architecture, Commuting, Environment, Green Space, Health, Immigration, Law and Order, Media, Neighbourhoods, Politics, Real Estate
Vancouver Province column: Why don’t we hear more rumblings of desire for new streetcar systems?
Monday, July 07, 2008 With gas prices hovering at an all-time high and the B.C. carbon tax in full swing, more and more Lower Mainland drivers are looking to get rid of their car keys in favour of a transit … Continue reading
Province column: Vancouver mayoral candidate must rethink his housing tax plan
The Lower Mainland housing market might be cooling off these days. But glittering highrise condos continue to sprout up across downtown Vancouver. Given the region’s housing crunch, one would assume that locals would be quickly snapping up the units to … Continue reading
Monocle Magazine: Best cities for quality of life
Monocle Magazine has published its “Quality of Life Index” for cities. Editor Tyler Brule wrote about the rankings in the weekend edition of the FT… ” 1. Copenhagen: out in front by virtue of its scale, a good airport, all … Continue reading
Filed under Culture, Media, Neighbourhoods, Urban Planning
Trailer park chic… really
Could trailer park homes become an answer to skyrocketing real estate prices around the world? According to The Financial Times‘ William Little, more and more serious homebuyers are turning to trailer parks for their value, their space, and wait for … Continue reading
Filed under Architecture, Media, Neighbourhoods, Real Estate
The density debate goes sideways
It looks like the EcoDensity bashers in Vancouver are winning the war. They’ve changed the nature of the density debate, so that instead of talking about how to build more compact neighbourhoods with enhanced public transport in the name of … Continue reading
Filed under Architecture, Commuting, Environment, Neighbourhoods, Nimbies, Politics
Price Tags Turns 100
Gordon Price, who heads up the Cities program at Simon Fraser University, commemorates the 100th issue of his Price Tags publication with a terrific resource — an index that spans the publication’s existence. This includes urban journalism and photography covering … Continue reading
Filed under Academia, Architecture, Commuting, Cycling, Journalism, Neighbourhoods
