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

LB — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 00:37:14 +0000

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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).

Downtown Eastside Local Area Plan or DTES LAP

LB — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 00:25:43 +0000

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

LB — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 10:02:47 +0000

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.

Ecce Vancouver

LB — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 02:00:12 +0000

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

LB — Mon, 07 May 2012 22:30:51 +0000

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

LB — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:32:53 +0000

“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.