The laneway houses are proving to be a craze. The city has had 173 applications for laneway houses approved so far and another 50 or so are going through the process. They now account for one out of every eight houses built in the city. But the city report that just popped up today notes […]

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Some realized it early and others didn’t, but the Hornby bike lane also extends along Drake for a block to carry riders over to Burrard and then along Burrard to get them onto the bridge. As well, there are some streets that are not Hornby that will be impacted to get cyclists to the seawall. […]

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Okay, I officially give up trying to understand what is going on between TransLink and the province or among TransLink’s mayors. They signed a memorandum of understanding just weeks ago that seemed to pave the way for an agreement between Victoria and TL on how to fund future transit projects. And now they’re back this […]

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Architect Bing Thom’s buildings bring poetry to unexpected places all over Vancouver — the Sunset community centre, Surrey Central’s SFU campus and office tower, the Aberdeen Centre mall  and more. But others like his work too. The New York Times profiled his re-design of a Washington theatre complex this weekend, which he approached in his […]

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This interesting story was in the Sun today, detailing the way Surrey’s efforts to develop an entrepreneurial arm is generating backlash from industrial people there, saying it forces them to compete against the city and gives city developments an advantage. The city says not, that it’s just trying to do a little extra to turn […]

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The West End Neighbours, a resident group that sprang up to oppose the new rental towers being proposed under Vision Vancouver’s new program to encourage rental housing, essentially forced the VV council to slow down and do more consultation. As half the world knows (or at least people who read this blog), they kicked off […]

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Someone not chosen to participate in Mayor Gregor Robertson’s West End advisory committee — the consultation process he has come up with to try to deal with the fracas in the West End over several new towers proposed under Vision Vancouver’s initiative to promote rental housing — has sent on this list of who has […]

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This out a couple of hours ago. STATEMENT FROM NPA CITY COUNCILLOR SUZANNE ANTON “No one who spoke to council on Tuesday expected to be a part of a Kangeroo council,” says Coun. Anton “On Tuesday night at 11:38pm city council once again held a vote at the end of a marathon meeting that suited […]

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The Globe asked me to bring together architect Peter Busby and condo marketer Bob Rennie to talk about building green. Although the two have worked together on more than one project, Peter is a passionate crusader for green buildings and he keeps pushing forward with new strategies all the time, while Bob has come to […]

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It’s a year and seven weeks from the election. That means it’s time to stop doing things that get everyone riled up, according to a time-honoured tradition of all governments, and start doing less fight-inducing things. So it wasn’t surprising to hear from Vision Councillor Geoff Meggs this morning that the Hornby bike-lane vote will […]

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