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RIP Waldorf Hotel, another Vancouver cultural hub killed by condo interests

LB — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:11:45 +0000

This is a disaster. Vision Vancouver, are you really going to allow more speculative condo development to take out one of the last good mixed cultural venues in the city?

“I’ve been told that the tallest building in hell has an awesome view of the emerald city”

LB — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:59:55 +0000

Heard those lyrics over the car radio last week. I did not know that the Emerald City was close enough to hell that you could actually see it from there, but that whole geography sounds a lot like Vancouver.

Real estate speculation: high home purchase and rental prices in Vancouver & beyond

LB — Thu, 26 May 2011 21:05:54 +0000

Photo of Vancouver by Colleen Hardwick

Vancouver is in the throes of a real estate gold rush. While Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and China have passed legal deterrents such as property speculation taxes on second homes, Vancouver (and all of British Columbia) have not.