Gregor Robertson Archives | Ouno Design https://ounodesign.com/tag/gregor-robertson/ Tue, 07 Apr 2015 00:37:14 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 Craigslist: “For Sale: Vancouver City Hall. Cash only, please. No Questions asked.” https://ounodesign.com/2015/04/06/craigslist-for-sale-vancouver-city-hall-cash-only-please-no-questions-asked/ https://ounodesign.com/2015/04/06/craigslist-for-sale-vancouver-city-hall-cash-only-please-no-questions-asked/#respond Tue, 07 Apr 2015 00:37:14 +0000 https://ounodesign.com/?p=18010

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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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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2015/04/06/craigslist-for-sale-vancouver-city-hall-cash-only-please-no-questions-asked/feed/ 0 Imminent demolition of 122 year old building in Vancouver’s old Japantown https://ounodesign.com/2013/12/03/demolition-heritage-building-vancouver-dtes/ https://ounodesign.com/2013/12/03/demolition-heritage-building-vancouver-dtes/#respond Tue, 03 Dec 2013 10:02:47 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=16479

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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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2013/12/03/demolition-heritage-building-vancouver-dtes/feed/ 0 Jim Green (RIP) & Vancouver men – comic PSA against Gendered Violence https://ounodesign.com/2012/02/29/violence-against-women-video-psa-vancouver-sfu/ https://ounodesign.com/2012/02/29/violence-against-women-video-psa-vancouver-sfu/#respond Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:54:00 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=13602

I love you, Vancouver. Environmentalist David Suzuki, University Chair Andrew Petter, Activist Jim Green and other Vancouver luminaries in a funny & also really touching PSA.

RIP Jim Green, defender of the poor, a Vancouver icon, one of the greats.

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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2012/02/29/violence-against-women-video-psa-vancouver-sfu/feed/ 0 William Gibson, Douglas Coupland and other Vancouverites speak out https://ounodesign.com/2009/10/12/william-gibson-douglas-coupland-and-co-speak-out-to-stop-bc-arts-cuts/ https://ounodesign.com/2009/10/12/william-gibson-douglas-coupland-and-co-speak-out-to-stop-bc-arts-cuts/#respond Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:57:03 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=6539

Vancouver writer William Gibson with BC artist Ron Terada’s “Big Star.” Photo: Candace Meyer, all rights reserved.

A number of Vancouver’s most high-profile cultural figures have spoken out recently about the British Columbia government’s recent assault on arts and culture.

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