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Jul. 25, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Portland Loo Finally Flushes in CRAB Park, Rest of Vancouver ‘Underserved’

After over a year saying they were going to do this,  Vancouver Park Board is finally doing what the City…
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Jul. 13, 2022 / Gordon Price

Bob Ransford: On the Anniversary of the Land Commission Act

Bob Ransford, an occasional contributor to VV, posted this item on a significant event coming up: the 50th Anniversary of…
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Jul. 04, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Overall Vancouver Plan Creates Capacity, Nixes Neighbourhood Input

It is kind of in reverse order, but after passing the Broadway Plan with a myriad of amendments Vancouver City…
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Jun. 22, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

David Ley on Vancouver & Broadway Plans: Tower Densification Does Not Mean Affordability

David Ley is a thoughtful and well known  urban geography professor emeritus at University of British Columbia who is just…
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Jun. 22, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Michael Geller, The Broadway Plan & The Great Myth: Density Does Not Make for Affordability

This week the Broadway Plan will be back at Council committee. Everyone has an opinion on this plan which impacts…
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Jun. 20, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Is It Time to Put Vancouver’s Park Board Out to Pasture?

  In Vancouver there’s a crowded starting line for Mayor, and many people running for Council and Park Board  that…
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Jun. 13, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Urban Designer/Author Scot Hein-Why “Zoning Must Evolve: Because You Forgot About Me”

The Broadway Plan has  shown the Big Cleave, with social media pundits ascertaining commenters as being either “for”  housing or …
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Jun. 06, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Allowing Axing of Private Property Trees Not Such a Greenest City Idea After All

It seemed kind of strange at the time.  You would think during a climate emergency and the need to speed…
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Jun. 02, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Heather Lands Rezoning Approved, Heritage “Class A” Building to be Removed

On Tuesday May 24 Council unanimously approved the rezoning of 4949-5255 Heather Street and 657-707 37th Avenue, which formerly were…
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May. 31, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Ralph Segal, City of Vancouver’s Former Chief Urban Designer on the Broadway Plan

If you worked at City Hall in the 1990’s and 2000’s, you knew Ralph Segal. He was the senior architect/urban…
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May. 26, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

A Solution to Broadway Plan Stalling: Phase, Prioritize & Evaluate Affordable Rental Housing

Earlier this week Viewpoint Vancouver posted about the  Broadway Plan which has a broad brush approach to upzoning eight blocks…
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May. 19, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Tsawwassen Mills Mega Mall Ownership Transferred to Chinese Development Company

Viewpoint Vancouver has been covering the story of Metro Vancouver’s latest mega mall, the 1.2 million square foot Tsawwassen Mills…
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May. 16, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Time to Rethink Construction Site Trucks in Metro Vancouver Neighbourhoods

Everything stops when the unbelievable happens-a 14 year old student was killed by a dump truck in the first week…
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May. 12, 2022 / Gordon Price

Ken Cameron: How the Spadina Expressway Gave Vancouver SkyTrain

Ken Cameron, the now-retired strategic planner for the Greater Vancouver Regional District (now Metro), asked me recently whether I had…

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