The Wallflower Diner’s Winning Strategy & Why Public Washrooms are Not Band-AidsDuring the start of the Covid pandemic, bus drivers had a particularly hard time finding places to use washrooms. When…
Main Street Pandemic Purchases? Here’s How British & Canadian Main Streets Are DoingGreat Britain’s “High” or main streets are seeing purchases for things other than food drop by 24 percent in shopping…
The Rise & Fall of the Developer’s Dream Subdivision ~”Montrelynview” There is a large flashy ad on twitter. A new development is being announced in Metro Vancouver. It is…
Granville Street, 1911~Christmas Gift Pieces~”Be Sensible Give Furniture” The D. A Smith Furniture Company appears on Vancouver’s Granville Street and moves into a “larger” premises at 931…
Richmond’s Councillor Steves Pushes for Co-ordinated Strategy for Fraser River EstuaryHarold Steves needs no introduction to people in Metro Vancouver. He is one of the longest serving city councillors in…
Proposed New Port of Vancouver Delta Terminal Done Deal? Hiring for ConstructionWhat does the Port of Vancouver know that it is not telling us? Former British Columbia Premier and former Mayor…
Port of Vancouver’s Deltaport Terminal Two Expansion Decision DeferredIt has been frustrating watching the proposed shipping container terminal expansion at Deltaport near Tsawwassen. This is the Port of…
Free Webinar~Planning for the Post-Pandemic City~SFU Public SquarePlanning for the Post-Pandemic City by Simon Fraser University Public Square When Planning Vancouver Together started in November 2019, no…
Hudson’s Bay Company Paddling Away From Landlord, Employee Obligations?Three years ago I wrote about the turf of the iconic Hudson’s Bay store in downtown Vancouver at Granville and…
London Looks to Maintain Wider Sidewalks, Slower Streets Post~CovidI have written about the City of London England being one of the first cities to embrace the concept of…
Duke of Data Andy Yan~Free Database for Retail Area RecoveryThe Duke of Data Andy Yan seems to be everywhere these days, bringing practical information,municipal data, and a prudent approach…
Are Vancouver’s Talented Tech Employees Cheap Labour ?It has been Duke of Data Andy Yan who has been reminding us forever that there is a radical disconnect…
200 Days In~Free Webinar on Cities, Covid and Winter~How to Prepare?The Canadian Urban Institute presents a free webinar on COVID Signpost 200 Days: How Should Our Cities Prepare for Winter?…
Vancouver’s Chinatown on an Afternoon ~Not What You ThinkThis is the way we like to think of Chinatown~a place to buy fresh groceries with wide sidewalks for stopping…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner