Posts Tagged redevelopment

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 [...]

Demolishing neighbourhhoods for survival

Demolishing neighbourhhoods for survival

Filed Under: city living, community, environment, life on June 19, 2009

As some cities and places face decline – in terms of economic opportunities, work places and shrinking populations, an interesting and somewhat cont [...]

Vancouver's downtown Condos mostly owned by investors

Vancouver’s downtown Condos mostly owned by investors

Filed Under: city living, vancouver on May 25, 2009

A study released today by BTAWorks, show clear data that much of Vancouver’s downtown condos are non-family, one bedroom units, owned by investo [...]

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 [...]