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10. Historic Districts

2022

In the context of “urban renewal”, community initiatives, beautification efforts, and commercial and tourism interests, Chinatown and Gastown became provincially and municipally designated Historic Districts in 1971. The designation was ultimately a tool to protect...

Introduction: 2021 Top10 Watch List

2021

2021 Top10 Watch List Heritage is an ever-changing concept. The way we feel, think and write about heritage is in continuous flux, and what the word heritage means and what is considered to be heritage can differ per person, community or culture. While at the heart of...

1. Pandemic Spaces

2021

Parks, beaches, squares, patios, streets, sidewalks, office spaces and street art. Pandemic spaces are all those places of which their meaning and value to us might have changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and those that can capture our public memory of the...

2. Food Hub Near Joyce Station

2021

A rezoning proposal for 5163-5187 Joyce Street near the Joyce-Collingwood Skytrain station drew a lot of interest earlier in the year. The site is proposed to be redeveloped for a 32-storey building with 293 market strata condominiums planned. On the second floor is...

3. False Creek South

2021

False Creek South has been on our Top10 list three times in the past 5 years. Those entries reflected the immediacy of the expiration of the leases, uncertainty around future negotiations as well as the nature of future development on the site. You can read the...