The City of Vancouver just announced another public consultation process accompanied by the usual social media hashtags and online surveys on the future of the plaza at 800 Robson St., also known as Robson Square. If I sound a little skeptical it is not because I believe we should shut out the public in planning […]
The crammed-to-the-rafters Vancouver Playhouse auditorium should have been evidence enough of our obsession with how cities are built. It was an exultant tweet, however, by urban affairs reporter Frances Bula that summed up the occasion. “An amazing packed house of young people at the Janette Sadik-Khan talk tonight. Watch out, status quo!” A who’s who […]