A running tweetstream from the Vision Vancouver forum today on the Broadway subway line

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Suddenly, the Broadway line is front and centre. After several years of not saying too much, Vancouver has really built up a head of steam the last couple of months (sorry for that bad pun and more to come) championing a Broadway subway line. Here’s my story from last week with the mayor and the […]

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The Bosman Hotel has, for the last three years, essentially provided a mini-Riverview ward for those who need it in the middle of the downtown. It worked so well that even downtown business groups are worried about what will happen if it is simply shut down with no reasonable alternative for the most troubled of […]

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And it’s pretty clear they’re totally fed up with the provincial government, which, they point out, took all the power away from the mayors five years ago and now is telling them that they — with no budget and no mandate to do so — should develop a regional vision for transportation and sell it […]

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The urban design panel review of this building, second time, happens today. Wondering what the result will be. I can’t be there so I hope someone will post. In the meantime, my story on same.

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I wasn’t at the debate, though did hear some of the highlights, particularly Vision councillors and Mayor Gregor Robertson making the case that 1. This was a key election issue and people who opposed growth, density, more rental housing, all lost. 2. This gives more people an opportunity to live in the West End, instead […]

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It’s been a point of pride for Vancouver boosters to talk about the way the office builders want to be downtown. And, it’s true, they do. But Vancouver is a limited market and so, the million or so square feet currently under construction is likely going to soak up whatever moving around people want to […]

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Answer over to the left, folks. And, for those of you who love City Plumber, sorry for the long hiatus. As some of you may have heard, I’ve had one new little job to my portfolio (chair, Langara Journalism department) and I was a bit swamped at the beginning of the year learning the difference […]

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Always so interesting to see what people say to publications far away, compared to what they say to locals. WHO BUYS IN VANCOUVER As many as a quarter of the buyers in the Vancouver area are foreigners, Mr. Fitzpatrick said. The majority come from Asia, especially mainland China, but the United States is also well […]

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Just to update everyone on the news that dominated the lists a couple of weeks ago and has since disappeared. Below, an update from the park board general manager to the commissioners. I should add that I’ve heard as well that the park board’s ridiculous three-week deadline for negotiations has been dropped. Those following the […]

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