Are Seniors Close to Being Homeless in the Vancouver Market?It appears that there are two population cohorts being severely pinched~younger people trying to find a place to live in…
Meet You for Barbeque in Chinatown~Legacy Business Success StoryIt is in the 100 block of East Pender Street right beside the New Town Bakery and it truly is…
Why is the West Side of Cities the Best?In cities and towns why was the west side always seen as the best? Market Watch’s Steve Goldstein observes that researchers have…
High Density Rental in the very West of Point Grey?In the thinking out of the box department newly minted City of Vancouver Councillor Hector Bremner introduced a motion at Council…
Metro House Prices Go Up, Vancouver Taxes TooAs reported in Business in Vancouver housing prices in Metro Vancouver are not doing a southern retreat anytime soon, despite any policy…
Colourful Stairway to Health In NYCWe all know them-those anonymous grey stairs that are just about everywhere. At the north side of Vancouver City Hall.…
The Halifax Explosion~Reforms,Racism and TreesDecember 6, 1917 marked a horrifying event in Canada when over 2,000 people lost their lives in the explosion of…
Driverless Buses Trialled for Seniors in JapanAs reported to the World Economic Forum cities with large aging populations such as Singapore and Paris are trialling experimental self-driving buses. …
The Battle of the Clayton Heights Basement SuitesThere is a tempest in Clayton Heights, where home owners (who also have rentable coach houses in their back lanes)…
What Vancouver's Affordable Housing CostsThe City of Vancouver under Mayor Gregor Robertson has adopted “Rental 100″as part of the Vision platform to provide rental…
Rebooting NYC's "Boulevard of Death"With thanks to Stan Hohnholz~From New York City comes this transformational story about Queens Boulevard, a street where an appalling…
Is Vancouver a "Sponge City?"Internationally water management is the purview of the Dutch, who consulted in the rebuilding of New Orleans after the horrific…
Vancouver Foundation's New Report on Our Connections and EngagementThe Vancouver Foundation produced a study in 2012 that looked at the “strength of connections and engagement” among Metro Vancouver…
Crossing the Street Can Kill You in Vancouver's Winter MonthsWe have just entered the dark cold rainy months of winter, and Vancouver is in an unusual situation. Unlike most…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner