By Hilary Henegar
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Published: May 21, 2010
Granville mag gets nod for its Twitter feed and EcoDensity special
By
Hilary Henegar
| Image:
Flickr / Patrick Doheny |
Published: February 17, 2010
Vancouver's Olympic Village achieves LEED Platinum certification, making it North America's greenest neighbourhood
By
Leah Nielsen
| Image:
Flickr / Quayside Village |
Published: November 17, 2009
The new "old fashioned neighbourhood" encourages both social interaction and individual space
By
Stephen Rees
| Image:
santanartist |
Published: September 23, 2009
Kicking our car habit could be the best thing that ever happened to us...
Where we live is unique in BC, which is mostly mountainous. The broad river valley and estuary are priceless ecological resources, which we have done our best to pave over.
By Paula Grasdal
| Image: Paula Grasdal |
Published: September 16, 2009
Bowen Island’s Eco-Shed is an urban escape and a model of sustainable design
By
Stephen Rees for Granville Online
| Image:
iStock / SteveRosset |
Published: September 10, 2009
Employment in downtown Vancouver is steadily declining
The question of the role of downtown Vancouver, and the other regional town centres, in attracting employment has been discussed extensively by Metro Vancouver (formerly the GVRD). Most of what I wrote in the post, "
Downtown Vancouver's condo ghetto increases car use," [which received several responses seeking more info] was a digest of the discussions that took place between strategic planning staff at the GVRD and Translink over several years. However there is a useful data set in this
review of employment locations and issues (PDF).
By
Stephen Rees
| Image:
Roland |
Published: September 09, 2009
What worries people here in Vancouver about cycling is that they think it is dangerous.
By Hilary Henegar
| Image: Alan Ehrenhalt |
Published: September 08, 2009
While looking for some information on Vancouver's urban development, I came across
this fascinating photo essay by Alan Ehrenhalt for
Governing.com.
By
Stephen Rees
| Image:
sillygwailo |
Published: September 08, 2009
Is the amount of space devoted to parking in Vancouver 'grotesque'?
“With more people living is tighter quarters, and many garage spaces being converted to housing, where will we park our cars?”
By
Stephen Rees for Granville Online
| Image:
iStock / mvp64 |
Published: September 04, 2009
Why the current financial crisis is impacting the low-density suburb far harder than inner cities
