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Everybody works but the vacant lot

LB — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:40:14 +0000

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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Art and cooperatives in the economy

LB — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:45:03 +0000

Photo by Dan Toulgoet , Vancouver Courier – Elvy Del Bianco presents rare films shot in Vancouver between 1964 and 1988 at the Waldorf Hotel in 2011.

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Berlin’s skyrocketing housing costs and hipster proliferation

LB — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:49:54 +0000

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.

Mumbai, Vancouver, same complaints

LB — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:51:23 +0000

When I was in India in February, I stayed with a designer friend in Mumbai. He has lived for 20 years in a beautiful heritage building that was originally built as an orphanage.

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“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.