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RIP Waldorf Hotel, another Vancouver cultural hub killed by condo interests
This is a disaster. Vision Vancouver, are you really going to allow more speculative condo development to take out one of the last good mixed cultural venues in the city? For those who don’t know...
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The steady creep of sports bars across Vancouver
From my friend Jonathan, who posted this Google Maps screenshot along with the assessment “No comment.” It would please me to blame this sudden proliferation of sports bars on the damn Vancouver 2010...
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Stadiums do not bring economic benefits to cities – study
The following CBC article confirms what we’ve always known: sports stadiums simply do not deliver on their extravagant economic promises. Just as with casinos, the millionaire proponents of stadiums...
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Art and cooperatives in the economy
Photo by Dan Toulgoet , Vancouver Courier - Elvy Del Bianco presents rare films shot in Vancouver between 1964 and 1988 at the Waldorf Hotel in 2011. This is one of the more interesting short talks...
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Condo marketing company’s own employees posing as buyers from China to drive...
UPDATE: this is getting better and better. Parody twitter of Vancouver’s condo-boosting blog, Vancouver is Awesome. And this expose in Business in Vancouver magazine, one of the few press outlets that...
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Everybody works but the vacant lot
Everybody works but the vacant lot, Henry George as quoted by Fay Lewis This is a parody artwork at Vancouver’s 221A Artist-Run Centre, parodying the “Micro Loft” building being erected next door to...
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Architectural photographs by Vancouver photographer Krista Jahnke
A small selection of architectural photographs by Vancouver photographer Krista Jahnke. Trained as an architect at Carleton University, Jahnke also has a BFA in photography from Vancouver’s Emily Carr...
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Tower of Babel
Tower of Babel, 1563 by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Bruegel painted a series of three pictures of the Tower of Babel; one, on ivory, is lost. ‘Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its...
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Give us back our public spaces
This superb article on public space and cities by Will Hutton appeared in the Guardian on Sunday, June 16. I’ve reprinted it here in full. Hutton explains why cities are starting to look the way they...
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Interior design and architecture in a world gentrifying at a surreal pace
In case you think that what follows is an exaggeration, please take a quick look at the recent articles listed below. They are only a small selection from a rising wave of articles on gentrification...
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New York’s “greenest” skyscaper is actually its biggest energy hog: New Repubic
Must read: Bank of America’s Toxic Tower: New York’s “greenest” skyscaper is actually its biggest energy hog in New Republic. “According to data released by New York City last fall, the Bank of...
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Why aren’t we using Aerblock when we build?
Why aren’t we using building materials like Aerblock instead of wood? Habitat Forum 1976 alumni Michael Baron is involved in manufacturing this safe, lightweight, storm-proof, insulating, healthy-air...
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Ken Lum’s Pecha Kucha talk in Vancouver
Vancouver artist Ken Lum took the opportunity of a Pecha Kucha appearance to talk about the his city, its history and its habits, and its demolition and disappearance. Though he said little about his...
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Imminent demolition of 120 year old building in Vancouver’s old Japantown
The frantic festival of demolition continues in Vancouver, a city whose demolition rate is double that of Toronto’s. And Toronto is no paragon of heritage either. The City of Vancouver is forcing...
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Video: the real story of 439 Powell Street, the Ming Sun building
This video, Behind the Walls of 439, corrects a great deal of the misinformation generated by the City of Vancouver. Good job by local journalism students. Pretty heartbreaking. “This is the story of...
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Everybody works but the vacant lot
Everybody works but the vacant lot, Henry George as quoted by Fay Lewis This is a parody artwork at Vancouver’s 221A Artist-Run Centre, parodying the “Micro Loft” building being erected next door to...
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Downtown Eastside Local Area Plan or DTES LAP
The Downtown Eastside Local Area Plan or DTES LAP is a comprehensive plan for a significant area of downtown/East Vancouver. It goes before City Council this week, where Council seems likely to pass...
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Sophisticated sundial clock in Medellín, Colombia
A little hard to tell from these photos how beautiful this clock is. Depending on which side of noon you are, you view either one side or another. I believe noon hits (more or less) the circle in...
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Jón Gnarr, Mayor of Reykjavik, on his dream for Iceland
Photo of Reykjavik by Gunnar Steinn / Made by Iceland Jón Gnarr, mayor of Reykjavik and member of The Sugarcubes, shared Made by Iceland‘s photo on Facebook and wrote this: My dream (It’s pretty naive...
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A friend put this captioned magazine page through my mailbox
This made me laugh pretty hard. Also, courtesy of the ever enjoyable fuckyournoguchitable tumblr: antlers, actual real taxidermy, fake taxidermy, steer skull and cardboard antlers. Meanwhile, as...
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