A Very Good DealThe Mayor is proposing a ground-breaking deal to preserve rental accommodation along the Broadway corridor. The draft plan includes compensation…
Draft Vancouver Plan: First ImpressionsThe Draft Vancouver has been released here: The first coverage is coming out. Here’s Dan Fumano in The Sun, and…
Revising the Grand Bargain – with Rob GrantIf the Grand Bargain is going to be discarded or majorly revised, there needs to be a new bargain –…
Michael Geller at Expo2020 and the best of public spacesBy Michael Geller Throughout history, World Expositions have introduced innovations that eventually become commonplace. Examples include the elevator, first displayed…
Brandon Donnelly: On Inclusionary ZoningAs I’ve said before, Toronto-based designer-developer Brandon Donnelly is the best urban blogger in the country for those of us…
Gord Price in Dubai – Is it the City of the Mid-21st Century?Seriously? I first went to Dubai in 2015. It lived up and down to its reputation: Absurd. Unsustainable. Hypocritical…
Big Towers, Big Problems at Vancouver’s Shangri-La & NYC’s 432 Park AvenueAt Viewpoint Vancouver we previously wrote about some of the ongoing issues that happen in tall tower strata buildings which…
Vancouver’s Downtown Hudson’s Bay Flagship Hauling Anchor, Sailing to New Future?In no surprise to anyone, the Hudson’s Bay store downtown at Granville and Georgia Streets is announcing plans to redevelop.…
Jack Webster Looks At Granville Street Mall in 1978-Has Very Much Changed?A blast from the past that has some relevancy today-from February 1987 here is Jack Webster a journalist who was…
Vancouver Council Explores Six Strata Units on Single/Duplex Housing Lots-Is it Enough?Developing innovative housing policy in single housing areas is a natural progression. Thirty years ago suites in basements were illegal,…
Housing Reform: Why don’t we just go Kiwi? Here’s the clearest explanation of what New Zealand has done to address housing need and affordability – in a…
Revising History with Sam Sullivan: The TEAM EraThe fourth and final video of Sam Sullivan’s four-part development history of Vancouver. Full playlist here. An Alternative Opinion…
Billionaires’ Row: The Tall & Skinny on New York City’s SupertallsIn Viewpoint Vancouver we have previously written about the supertalls in New York City A “supertall” tower is classified…
Impermanence and the pandemic: Street design evolvesTwo years into the pandemic. Responses and innovations in street use have been tried out, tested and are now evolving. …
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner