Dan Burden – the Johnny Appleseed of livable communities – passed through Vancouver this weekend, along with 40 acolytes from around North America and the world. Here they are on the downed catalapa tree in Stanley Park, a suitable reminder of the windstorm of 2006 that, I’ve argued, provoked the provincial climate-change initiatives that followed.
Northwest Pacific tour group
After a cycling tour of Stanley Park, downtown and False Creek North, we all ended up at the Olympic Village seawall at Southeast False Creek – a beautiful piece of work by the City. But to top it off, as we were discussing the nuances of sustainable development, some bleating horns and huzzahs from a group of cyclists captured our attention. And no wonder:
Bike wedding
If you wanted to capture the sensibility of Vancouver at this moment in time, you couldn’t have planned it better. Congrats to the happy couple. Long may you cycle together.
Actually, it’s not too hard to capture the character of this city almost anywhere you look – like here at the marina on Granville Island, where a decktop party is in progress.
Looks like a beer ad by Bennetton.
