Mountain and Ocean Tax: The Vancouver Standard from a Winnipeg Perspective
September 2, 2010
Photograph by Lisa Ewasko
A look at Vancouver through the eyes of a fellow Winnipeg resident.
By Lisa Ewasko, re:place Magazine
The Canada Line - One year, 36 Million Boardings
August 26, 2010
Has it been only a year since the Canada Line opened? Indeed, it was just last August that this major infrastructure project was completed, connecting downtown Vancouver with City Hall, Cambie Street, Richmond, and the Airport. It’s time to take a look back at the first year of operation.
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Seattle, Vancouver, and Portland: A comparison of real estate and economic strength
August 12, 2010
Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver are three cities linked geographically, climatically, and culturally. It often seems that we have more in common with each other than with cities on the rest of the continent. But how do we really compare? The Urban Land Institute’s recent Young Leaders Group Conference in Vancouver was a good chance to find out.
By John Calimente, re:place Magazine
In Focus: Homeless Voyeurism
August 5, 2010
Perhaps the fascination is the difference from our normal day-to-day lives. We’re repulsed, but we feel sorry for them. We don’t want them around, but feel we should help. Somehow. Some of them are very resourceful in their use of materials. Some are plain crazy, or have priorities very, very different from ours.
Images and Statement by waferboard
A Year in Five Minutes: Vancouver 1979
July 27, 2010
View of Burrard Street from Pender Street in May, 1979. Item # CVA 780-45.
In 1979, a former premier and a local hockey star passed away. It was also the year that the Granville Island Public Market opened and possibly the start of Hollywood North.
By Chuck Davis, The History of Vancouver
Photos courtesy of Vancouver Archives
A Year in Five Minutes: Vancouver 1978
July 19, 2010
The 100-block of East Pender Street in April 1978. Item # CVA 780-470.
This year laid the groundwork for the biggest event in Vancouver at the time. A famous restaurateur also passed away and the Whitecaps had a record-breaking season in 1978.
By Chuck Davis, The History of Vancouver
Photos courtesy of Vancouver Archives
A Year in Five Minutes: Vancouver 1977
July 12, 2010
A view of downtown Vancouver from Cambie Bridge in June 1977. Photo courtesy of Vancouver Archives. Item # CVA 780-1.
It was 1977 that the SeaBus started sailing, Terry Fox’s life was changed forever and two important cultural centres opened.
By Chuck Davis, The History of Vancouver
Making Space for a Kiosk/Cart Culture from Portland to Accra
July 8, 2010
Portland food carts.
Kiosks are an opportunity to increase richness in our urban fabric, promote experimentation and deliver goods/services in walkable locations while providing economic development. Urban designers and planners should consider them in their plans, and look for ways to encourage innovation in kiosk design and placement.
Photos and article by Stacy Passmore, re:place Magazine
A Year in Five Minutes: Vancouver 1976
July 4, 2010
The 1000 block of Robson Street in February, 1976. Item # CVA 780-406.
In 1976, ICBC rates skyrocketed, the Museum of Anthropology got a new home and an earthquake rocked the area.
By Chuck Davis, The History of Vancouver
Photos courtesy of Vancouver Archives
Notes from Barcelona
June 30, 2010
'La Pez' by Frank Gehry in Barceloneta
Having recently returned from Barcelona, Sean Ruthen of re:place magazine presents a monograph of architecture from that city, and ponders how we in the West could learn a lesson or two from Barcelona’s transformation as rough-and-tumble industrial port town to the host of the 1992 Summer Olympic games.
Text and photographs by Sean Ruthen, re:place Magazine
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