1960’s Hippies of Fourth Avenue: Vancouver’s Haight AshburyThe City of Vancouver was wondering what to do with the “hippies” who were concentrated largely in the Kitsilano area.…
View from the 1920s: “Indian Park” and a DrivewayMichael Gordon, doing research in the bunker we call an Archives, came across “a proposal to declare the still-existing Kitsilano…
Stan Douglas’s Art in the Moynihan Train HallThe greatest loss in the heritage history of America was the demolition of Pennsylvania Station in 1964. From the grandeur…
Recommended: “The Address Book”Here’s a recommendation for a book I haven’t even finished yet. Yes, a whole book about street addressing. It’s like…
The End of the Beginning: Single-Family Zoning in BerkeleyFrom Planetizen: The Berkeley City Council, the very first city in the United States to implement single-family zoning, now commonly referred to…
The Black Porters’ Quarters on Richards StreetIt’s Black History Month – and Michael Gordon adds this contribution: Those of us old enough to remember can recall…
Urban design challenge: Georgia and GranvilleIt’s the No. 1 intersection in Vancouver: Granville and Georgia. Canada Line, SkyTrain and major bus routes, department stores, banks…
The Greatest Change in the “Changing City”Who doesn’t like a good aerial to start the week – this one from the go-to website of “Changing City”…
Urbanism: For your viewing and listening pleasurePT contributors have a couple of recommendations for you – their favourite podcasts and videos on cities and urbanism (and…
Selling Vancouver to Tourism in the 1960’s~The Honeymoon FilmSixty years ago a Vancouver tourism film was released that catered to couples, and recommended the Vancouver area for people…
Waterfront Station: A Cautionary Tale – Part 2Yesterday, Michael Alexander told the story of New York City’s fabulous (and fabulously expensive) new Moynihan Train Hall, and the…
Will “The Evolution of Kerrisdale” Sells Condos in Today’s Market?There’s a Vancouver real estate marketing YouTube video making the rounds of social media that describes a “different way of…
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…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner