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Aug. 30, 2016 / michaelkluckner

The value of a commuter's time

An interesting article in the Globe and Mail on Saturday, describing the sale of space in HOV lanes to single-occupancy…
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Aug. 26, 2016 / michaelkluckner

Tall Timbers

This via Neil Lamontagne via Ray Spaxman … The world’s tallest timber tower, at UBC near the old Student Union…
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Aug. 11, 2016 / michaelkluckner

A Cry for Help for Renters

Jessica Barrett’s article in the Courier explores the long list of shortcomings in government policy to protect renters. We’re taught…
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Aug. 01, 2016 / michaelkluckner

Small one-bedroom, $17K

Not sure where Mark, Luke and John are living.…
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Jul. 29, 2016 / michaelkluckner

Grandview-Woodland plan approved

The exhaustive and exhausting G-W Community Plan process came to an end Thursday when council approved the last iteration (with…
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Mar. 18, 2016 / michaelkluckner

Adieu and POETS day

I’ve enjoyed guest-editing this week, and all (okay, most) of the comments. This is Friday, called POETS day in Australia…
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Mar. 18, 2016 / michaelkluckner

Airbnb uber allies?

A screenshot from yesterday’s airbnb site, featuring two complete units for short-term “holiday” rental (probably taking them out of the…
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Mar. 18, 2016 / michaelkluckner

Who does density better?

In the wake of the NDP monster rally about housing affordability, reported below, provincial Housing Minister Rich Coleman rose in…
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Mar. 18, 2016 / michaelkluckner

"Streetcar desired"

The illustration, above, is from a Courier article by Mike Howell yesterday on the Arbutus Corridor. I posted earlier in…
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Mar. 17, 2016 / michaelkluckner

NIMBY or not NIMBY

The Kettle-Boffo assisted-living/condo proposal at Venables and Adanac in Vancouver’s Grandview neighbourhood flamed brightly a couple of weeks ago, with…
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Mar. 17, 2016 / michaelkluckner

Where do the babies live?

In Grandview, a rapidly gentrifying “streetcar suburb” from the Vancouver of a century ago, I have a neighbour who’s an…
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Mar. 17, 2016 / michaelkluckner

The foreign-ownership/affordability imbroglio…

MLA David Eby at the packed meeting last night at the Hellenic Centre, as reported in the Sun today. “People…
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Mar. 16, 2016 / michaelkluckner

Another data storm…

Another data storm passed over Vancouver last week, causing flooded minds but doing no other damage. There was little illumination…
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Mar. 16, 2016 / michaelkluckner

Emergency housing forum tonight

MLA David Eby’s emergency housing forum at the Hellenic Centre Vancouver tonight is sold out – all 750 seats, apparently.…

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