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Craigslist: “For Sale: Vancouver City Hall. Cash only, please. No Questions asked.”

April 6, 2015

Craigslist: “For Sale: Vancouver City Hall. Cash only, please. No Questions asked.”

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Ha ha. Sadly, this Craigslist ad was quickly taken down, but not before lots of us took  screenshots and copied the text (a friend uploaded it to her Facebook).

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Downtown Eastside Local Area Plan or DTES LAP

March 12, 2014

Downtown Eastside Local Area Plan or DTES LAP

The Downtown Eastside Local Area Plan or DTES LAP is a comprehensive plan for a significant area of downtown/East Vancouver. It goes before City Council this week, where Council seems likely to pass it despite significant opposition.

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Imminent demolition of 122 year old building in Vancouver’s old Japantown

December 3, 2013

Imminent demolition of 122 year old building in Vancouver’s old Japantown

The frantic festival of demolition continues in Vancouver, a city whose demolition rate is double that of Toronto’s. And Toronto is no paragon of heritage either.

The City of Vancouver is attempting to force demolition of the 122 year-old building which belongs to the Ming Sun Benevolent Society.

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Ecce Vancouver

November 15, 2012

Ecce Vancouver

Vancouver, is that your motto?

Out with the old, in with the new?

Meanwhile, this questionable object will replace The Ridge Theatre, one of Vancouver’s few historic repertory cinemas:

Apparently this passed a City of Vancouver design panel.

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Vancouver Ltd. by Don Gutstein

May 7, 2012

Vancouver Ltd. by Don Gutstein

What follows is the Preface of Don Gutstein’s 1975 book Vancouver Ltd., a thorough—and, as it turns out, prescient—analysis of the way in which Vancouver fell into the hands of real estate developers and realtors.

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Application to the City of Vancouver to develop an abysmal chasm for purposes of facilitating public reverie

March 29, 2011

Application to the City of Vancouver to develop an abysmal chasm for purposes of facilitating public reverie

“Application to the City of Vancouver to develop an abysmal chasm for purposes of facilitating public reverie, contemplation and longing.” Makes me laugh every time I look at it. By my friend & Vancouver artist Aaron Carpenter.

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