David Ley on Vancouver & Broadway Plans: Tower Densification Does Not Mean AffordabilityDavid Ley is a thoughtful and well known urban geography professor emeritus at University of British Columbia who is just…
How Do We Cool A Hot City? Coroner’s Report Released on Last Year’s Deadly “Heat Dome”.Today heat waves in the United States kill more people than natural disasters, and the United Kingdom is estimating a…
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…
A Solution to Broadway Plan Stalling: Phase, Prioritize & Evaluate Affordable Rental HousingEarlier this week Viewpoint Vancouver posted about the Broadway Plan which has a broad brush approach to upzoning eight blocks…
Mount Pleasant Residents Bristle Against Park Board Plans for Local Outdoor PoolHere we are in Vancouver, a city that is basically surrounded by water but we have few outdoor pools in…
Tsawwassen Mills Mega Mall Ownership Transferred to Chinese Development CompanyViewpoint Vancouver has been covering the story of Metro Vancouver’s latest mega mall, the 1.2 million square foot Tsawwassen Mills…
Ken Cameron: How the Spadina Expressway Gave Vancouver SkyTrainKen Cameron, the now-retired strategic planner for the Greater Vancouver Regional District (now Metro), asked me recently whether I had…
The Vancouver Plan: More Housing, But Less Talk about How We Get ThereNearly four years ago in pre-pandemic times, the newly minted Vancouver City Council members publicly expressed how important the Vancouver…
A Very Good DealThe Mayor is proposing a ground-breaking deal to preserve rental accommodation along the Broadway corridor. The draft plan includes compensation…
Finally, Not all Quiet on the Downtown WaterfrontHere’s the latest on the work pushing Council and the city to do something special, to take advantage and unleash…
Despite Pedestrian Deaths & Serious Injury, Province Ignores Request for Slower Municipal StreetsAs the weather warms up, everyone is out walking, rolling, biking…or driving their vehicle. Last year in Vancouver there were…
The Vancouver & Broadway Plans: Should “Livability” in Vancouver Mean Erasing Existing Neighbourhoods? As the City of Vancouver strives to create a new “Vancouver Plan” and “Broadway Plan” which seems to focus…
“The Decade When Vancouver Grew Up”: The 1970’sTake a look fifty years ago at arguably the most important decade in Vancouver. The 1970’s came in at a…
Origins of The Grand BargainThe origins of the Grand Bargain in the Lower Mainland trace back to the 1950s, when the concept of ‘Cities…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner