property speculation Archives | Ouno Design https://ounodesign.com/tag/property-speculation/ 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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Everybody works but the vacant lot, Henry George as quoted by Fay Lewis

This is a parody artwork at Vancouver’s 221A Artist-Run Centre, parodying the “Micro Loft” building being erected next door to it in the current lightning-fast condo land rush taking place in Chinatown.

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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2013/02/17/everybody-works-but-the-vacant-lot/feed/ 0 Condo marketing company’s own employees posing as buyers from China to drive condo sales; busted by blog https://ounodesign.com/2013/02/14/condo-marketing-company-china-buyers-fraud/ https://ounodesign.com/2013/02/14/condo-marketing-company-china-buyers-fraud/#respond Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:09:35 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=15657 On Thursday, February 14, Business in Vancouver ran a story detailing how the editor of a high-profile blog was being paid by a real estate marketing company to write about living in Vancouver's pricey Olympic Village, without disclosing the fact to readers.

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The above video by a Berliner complains about Berlin’s influx of hipsters, addressing them directly in its conclusion:

“Please stop to face your neighbourhood… it matters if you try to live in Neukölln or whether you just live your imported party here.

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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2012/09/18/berlin-gentrification/feed/ 5 Melbourne – now the most livable city in the world – and its cycling Director of Design, Rob Adams https://ounodesign.com/2011/10/25/melbourne-rob-adams-director-design/ https://ounodesign.com/2011/10/25/melbourne-rob-adams-director-design/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:22:23 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=12746 Rob Adams, Melbourne’s Director of Design

Melbourne, now deemed the most livable city in the world, has bumped Vancouver from top spot. Never having believed Vancouver deserved that spot, I’m happy the designation has gone to a city that probably does.

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