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Vancouver Ltd. by Don Gutstein
What follows is the Preface of Don Gutstein’s 1975 book Vancouver Ltd., a thorough—and, as it turns out, prescient—analysis of the way in which Vancouver fell into the hands of real estate developers...
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Of Culture and Condos – Northrop Frye on condo mentality/garrison mentality
Interesting article from The Walrus magazine on Northrop Frye’s look at the condominium form and its effects on our attitudes, particularly in the context of Canadian history and our “garrison...
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“Contempo”– my term for the insincere faux-modern design style infecting our...
There is a particular type of contemporary design that I deeply dislike, but for which there has never been a convenient label. About six years ago, out of desperation, I came up with the word...
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Ecce Vancouver
Vancouver, is that your motto? Out with the old, in with the new? Meanwhile, this questionable object will replace The Ridge Theatre, one of Vancouver’s few historic repertory cinemas: Apparently this...
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Borgen, popular political drama set in Copenhagen
Borgen is a Danish political drama sent in Copenhagen. Despite being a subtitled Danish show loosely based on complicated domestic Danish political events, it has been unexpectedly popular all over...
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The steady creep of sports bars across Vancouver
From my friend Jonathan, who posted this Google Maps screenshot along with the assessment “No comment.” It would please me to blame this sudden proliferation of sports bars on the damn Vancouver 2010...
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Art and cooperatives in the economy
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. This is one of the more interesting short talks...
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Condo marketing company’s own employees posing as buyers from China to drive...
UPDATE: this is getting better and better. Parody twitter of Vancouver’s condo-boosting blog, Vancouver is Awesome. And this expose in Business in Vancouver magazine, one of the few press outlets that...
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Everybody works but the vacant lot
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...
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Interior design and architecture in a world gentrifying at a surreal pace
In case you think that what follows is an exaggeration, please take a quick look at the recent articles listed below. They are only a small selection from a rising wave of articles on gentrification...
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Ken Lum’s Pecha Kucha talk in Vancouver
Vancouver artist Ken Lum took the opportunity of a Pecha Kucha appearance to talk about the his city, its history and its habits, and its demolition and disappearance. Though he said little about his...
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Of Culture and Condos – Northrop Frye on condo mentality/garrison mentality
Interesting article from The Walrus magazine on Northrop Frye’s look at the condominium form and its effects on our attitudes, particularly in the context of Canadian history and our “garrison...
View ArticleClik here to view.
“Contempo”– my term for the insincere faux-modern design style infecting our...
There is a particular type of contemporary design that I deeply dislike, but for which there has never been a convenient label. About six years ago, out of desperation, I came up with the word...
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Ecce Vancouver
Vancouver, is that your motto? Out with the old, in with the new? Meanwhile, this questionable object will replace The Ridge Theatre, one of Vancouver’s few historic repertory cinemas: Apparently this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Borgen, popular political drama set in Copenhagen
Borgen is a Danish political drama sent in Copenhagen. Despite being a subtitled Danish show loosely based on complicated domestic Danish political events, it has been unexpectedly popular all over...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The steady creep of sports bars across Vancouver
From my friend Jonathan, who posted this Google Maps screenshot along with the assessment “No comment.” It would please me to blame this sudden proliferation of sports bars on the damn Vancouver 2010...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Art and cooperatives in the economy
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. This is one of the more interesting short talks...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Condo marketing company’s own employees posing as buyers from China to drive...
UPDATE: this is getting better and better. Parody twitter of Vancouver’s condo-boosting blog, Vancouver is Awesome. And this expose in Business in Vancouver magazine, one of the few press outlets that...
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Everybody works but the vacant lot
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...
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Downtown Eastside Local Area Plan or DTES LAP
The Downtown Eastside Local Area Plan or DTES LAP is a comprehensive plan for a significant area of downtown/East Vancouver. It goes before City Council this week, where Council seems likely to pass...
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