Articles

Featured image for “New Book: “Public Realm The New Makers Handbook” by Michael Von Hausen”
Dec. 16, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

New Book: “Public Realm The New Makers Handbook” by Michael Von Hausen

Books on how to create and support good urban design and public space are hard to find. There is a…
Featured image for “Not Brutal But Hostile: Artist Sarah Ross Addresses Hostile Architecture”
Dec. 15, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Not Brutal But Hostile: Artist Sarah Ross Addresses Hostile Architecture

Brutalism or Brutalist design came out in the mid 20th century as a blocky concrete style with lots and lots…
Featured image for “The Iconic Vancouver Special: Alex Saar’s Latest Lego Hack”
Nov. 07, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

The Iconic Vancouver Special: Alex Saar’s Latest Lego Hack

Designer Alex Saar is a local creative genius blending in current culture and the popular lego toy. When the Barge…
Featured image for “A Green Party Vision for Our Housing Future”
Sep. 23, 2022 / Gordon Price

A Green Party Vision for Our Housing Future

Here’s the Green Party’s housing platform.  Here are three points from it: Implement a simple menu of repeatable building forms,…
Featured image for “Former City of Vancouver Senior Architect Ralph Segal on Broadway & Vancouver Plans: A Rejection of Core Vancouver Planning Principles?”
Sep. 22, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Former City of Vancouver Senior Architect Ralph Segal on Broadway & Vancouver Plans: A Rejection of Core Vancouver Planning Principles?

Ralph Segal  was the senior architect/urban designer/development planner in charge of the Planning Department’s Urban Design and Development Planning Centre…
Featured image for “Is this the Updated “Vancouver Special” of Richmond Hill Ontario?”
Aug. 16, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Is this the Updated “Vancouver Special” of Richmond Hill Ontario?

Sixty years ago if you wanted to build a detached house in Vancouver you were limited by square footage on…
Featured image for “The Return of the Corner Store?”
Jul. 07, 2022 / Gordon Price

The Return of the Corner Store?

Ah, the romance of the corner store.   Like the Wilder Snail in Strathcona:   Or Le Marche in Mt. Pleasant:…
Featured image for “Paris: Favourite Flowers”
Jun. 29, 2022 / Gordon Price

Paris: Favourite Flowers

So much of Paris looks the same – beautiful, majestic, harmonious but mostly of Lutetian limestone (known as Paris stone). …
Featured image for “The Transformation of Rue de Rivoli”
Jun. 21, 2022 / Gordon Price

The Transformation of Rue de Rivoli

The first in a series on contemporary urbanism in European cities.   The Rue de Rivoli is one of the…
Featured image for “Nathan Edelson on the Broadway Plan: “Vancouver Needs More False Creek Souths””
Jun. 01, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Nathan Edelson on the Broadway Plan: “Vancouver Needs More False Creek Souths”

On May 31,  Council concluded the public hearing in the Broadway Corridor Plan and will be deliberating on the plan…
Featured image for “Ralph Segal, City of Vancouver’s Former Chief Urban Designer on the Broadway Plan”
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…
Featured image for “A Solution to Broadway Plan Stalling: Phase, Prioritize & Evaluate Affordable Rental Housing”
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…
Featured image for “Mount Pleasant Residents Bristle Against Park Board Plans for Local Outdoor Pool”
May. 25, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Mount Pleasant Residents Bristle Against Park Board Plans for Local Outdoor Pool

Here we are in Vancouver, a city that is basically surrounded by water but we have few outdoor pools in…
Featured image for “The Vancouver Plan: More Housing, But Less Talk about How We Get There”
May. 09, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

The Vancouver Plan: More Housing, But Less Talk about How We Get There

Nearly four years ago in pre-pandemic times, the newly minted Vancouver City Council members publicly expressed how important the Vancouver…

Articles

See All

Featured image for “Human Rights and Cities – How Can Municipalities Do the Right Thing?”
Dec. 22, 2022

Human Rights and Cities – How Can Municipalities Do the Right Thing?

David Sadoway

Featured image for “Goodbye and Thanks!”
Dec. 21, 2022

Goodbye and Thanks!

Sandy James Planner

Featured image for “Free Webinar: Jonathan Cote on Transforming Urban Leadership”
Dec. 20, 2022

Free Webinar: Jonathan Cote on Transforming Urban Leadership

Sandy James Planner

Featured image for “Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their Time”
Dec. 19, 2022

Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their Time

Sandy James Planner

Subscribe to Viewpoint Vancouver

Get breaking news and fresh views, direct to your inbox.

Join 7,275 other subscribers

Show your Support

Check our Patreon page for stylish coffee mugs, private city tours, and more – or, make a one-time or recurring donation. Thank you for helping shape this place we love.

Donate to VWPT
Patreon Perks

Popular Articles

See All

All Articles

Featured image for “50th Anniversary of the Agricultural Land Commission Act”

50th Anniversary of the Agricultural Land Commission Act

Apr. 17, 2023
Featured image for “Viewpoint: end of an era”

Viewpoint: end of an era

Mar. 17, 2023
Featured image for “Human Rights and Cities – How Can Municipalities Do the Right Thing?”

Human Rights and Cities – How Can Municipalities Do the Right Thing?

Dec. 22, 2022
Featured image for “Goodbye and Thanks!”

Goodbye and Thanks!

Dec. 21, 2022
Featured image for “Free Webinar: Jonathan Cote on Transforming Urban Leadership”

Free Webinar: Jonathan Cote on Transforming Urban Leadership

Dec. 20, 2022