Last week, new renderings of a proposed high-rise development located along Commercial Drive were released. Critical comments began to appear on news websites featuring the images almost on queue. It is too tall! It does not conform to our community! We are losing heritage! Developer greed is driving this! Private money should not support social housing! Land […]
Vancouver Housing Policy Drafted on the Back of a Napkin Originally published by Vancouver Courier When it comes to addressing housing affordability in Vancouver, are politicians choosing “belief” over research? Anecdotal reports were the foundation of at least two city council initiatives in recent weeks. First there was their plan for a snitch website to report unoccupied […]
Urban planning discussions focus on bike lanes and active lives. But what about old folks? “Some day,” I quipped at the announcement of my candidacy for city councillor in May of last year, “I hope to be an old man. My bootcamp instructor, however, says I already am one.” The politics of our aging society […]
Urban commentators Paul Hillsdon & Gord Price beside Surrey’s iconic SFU campus For a city-making nerd like me, the opportunity to visit a place and get a guided tour on the state of urban development is one I cannot easily pass up. That’s why I was pleased when after I asked Paul Hillsdon to show […]