Posts Tagged Chinatown

Sad ending to (planned) Chinatown roof farm…

Sad ending to (planned) Chinatown roof farm…

Filed Under: city living, community, design, environment, event, food, frogs, green Profile, health, life, urban critters, vancouver on May 7, 2010

Our earlier blog post (Vancouver’s first rooftop urban farm) had introduced our readers to what was to have been our city’s first parkade [...]

Vancouver's first rooftop urban farm

Vancouver’s first rooftop urban farm

Filed Under: city living, community, design, vancouver on March 18, 2010

Sorry for the long delay… It’s been months since my last post. There is so much interesting and relevant material out there in the blogosp [...]

Vancouver's Chinese media greens up

Vancouver’s Chinese media greens up

Filed Under: city living, cultural, environment, event, green Profile, vancouver on October 18, 2009

One of the interesting observations shared within the environmental movement here in Vancouver, is the rather low participation rate of the Asian, in [...]

City folks… eating and growing local

City folks… eating and growing local

Filed Under: city living, community, life, vancouver on June 12, 2009

There was a time, when I was growing up in Vancouver, where it seemed that all the produce was grown locally. With the exception of oranges and lichee [...]

Hi- rises in Vancouver's historic Chinatown -part 3

Hi- rises in Vancouver’s historic Chinatown -part 3

Filed Under: city living, community, design, vancouver on May 8, 2009

A perceived threat often galvanizes a community. The thought of placing a 300 foot tower on a culturally significant, city owned piece of land, has un [...]

Hi-rises in Vancouver’s historic Chinatown -part 2

Hi-rises in Vancouver’s historic Chinatown -part 2

Filed Under: city living, community, cultural, design, vancouver on April 30, 2009

Round 3 of the city held public “workshops” on the proposed idea of having tall buildings in Vancouver’s historic Chinatown occurs t [...]

Hi-rises in Vancouver's historic Chinatown -part 1

Hi-rises in Vancouver’s historic Chinatown -part 1

Filed Under: city living, cultural, design, vancouver on April 25, 2009

Vancouver’s chinatown was founded a number of years prior to the incorporation of the City of Vancouver. This community originated around the th [...]