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Want walkable neighbourhoods? Then you must take responsibility for litter
Originally published in Vancouver Courier. Photo by Dan Toulgoet. The weather on New Year’s Day in Vancouver was crisp and gloriously bright — the perfect conditions for outdoor chores like taking down Christmas lights. Or, ...
Cambie decaffeinated
The Vancouver Sun reports that parent company Kraft is closing the Dickson's Coffee near Cambie & 8th Avenue. Thirty employees will lose their jobs, and the neighbourhood loses the aroma of fresh roasted coffee beans. ...
Vancouver’s East Side suffers from The Mohawk
Writer Erick Villagomez beat me to a topic that I've been a little obsessed about for the last year or so. I began to document the matter in photos last January. I tagged new homes ...
The recipe for civility is close to home
The Province newspaper provided this vague direction on making our city more civil. Their message is to use the heavy, and expensive, hand of law enforcement. The comments pretty much mirror this too. Throw them ...
Eyesore of the Month: March Edition
James Howard Kunstler is a figure well-known to the urban planning community, and his blog features a deliciously bitchy architectural "Eyesore of the Month". Here is a Canadian building, Kunstler's March 2007, Eyesore of the ...Narvey: our little slice of shopping heaven
Courtesy of Jonathon Narvey and Metroblogging, a zesty look at one of the most puzzling commercial developments in our city: Tinseltown. Despite the debate of a few commenters about how bad the 'hood is, the ...1 2
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