Main Street Merchant Needs Intervention in MayhemDaphne Bramham on the weekend wrote in the Province that “the chaos and disorder” in the Downtown Eastside is so …
Making it Harder for Mr. Peanut to Run for Vancouver Mayor It’s no secret that when election ballots were alphabetized in the City of Vancouver that they seemed to favour…
The Working Person in 2021(Click for full image) Imagine if you had seen this shot in 2019 and asked to provide an explanation.…
Staying Lit through the Long Metro Vancouver Winter?The Duke of Data at Simon Fraser University’s City Program Andy Yan suggested it first: if you have Christmas lights…
A Lesser Known Quote from Jane JacobsA quote I don’t remember from “Death and Life of Great American Cities,” but, thanks to Farhad Manjoo at the…
Dim Sum Predilections~ What will Happen Here by 11.20.2021? If ever there was a year that threw out most predictions, this is the one. On November 20, 2020,…
Vancouver Through Two Plagues~Fundraising Webinar to Benefit Vancouver Archives If you have not been on a walking tour or an event and met Vancouver historian John Atkin, now…
The Family at 2825 Clark Street and their Great War LossIn the last week I wrote about the house at 2825 Clark Drive and the family, Edith, Arthur and Willie…
Coffee on the Go & the Pandemic “Fake Commuting” PhenomenaYou have seen it in Vancouver~long lines of vehicles in the drive-in lanes at McDonald’s in Kerrisdale when there’s no…
Covid Pandemic~Cruise Ships Being Docked & Destroyed Cruise ships have a life of thirty years before they need to be revamped. But in Liaga Turkey which…
How Vancouver expresses itself: One hour around False CreekSome observations and commentary on these curious and conflicting times, as seen on a ride from Kits to the West…
Urbanist Abroad, NelsonCompiled from a selection of Gord’s Instagram posts as he travels through the Okanagan. Almost at the end of a…
Urbanist Abroad Okanagan Edition PT1Highway 1 to Hope, Highway 3 to Osoyoos. First impression: it hasn’t changed. Still the same fields of summer crops,…
Urbanist Abroad … in the OkanaganPT: In May, I had a hunch. If Dr. Henry approved, this would be a great summer to take a…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner