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Introduction: 2023 Top10 Watchlist

Introduction: 2023 Top10 Watchlist

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2023

When there is an ongoing housing crisis and the city is in dire need of liveable spaces, when we look at the mountains and see climate change in action as there is hardly any snow to be seen, and when locals are experiencing difficulties finding restaurants and...
1. Neighbourhoods

1. Neighbourhoods

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2023

Last year we put neighbourhoods on the Top10 list because of the significant change in how government and policy makers see neighbourhoods and neighbourhood planning in Vancouver. Because there is a strong sense in housing discussions that neighbourhood residents...
2. Nathan Edelson – “Radical Mediator

2. Nathan Edelson – “Radical Mediator

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2023

Introductory note: Nathan Edelson was a city planner whose human-centred approach to planning characterized his work across the city. As (among others) the founder of the Little Mountain Neighbourhood House, the senior planner for the Downtown Eastside for the City of...
3. Megaprojects

3. Megaprojects

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2023

Increasingly in Vancouver, proposals that involve heritage buildings subsume them under much larger additions. You can see this with projects such as the (former) Main Post Office, The Bay, 800 Block Granville and First Baptist Church as part of the Butterfly. The...
4. 105 Keefer

4. 105 Keefer

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2023

In May, the City of Vancouver’s development permit board approved the development proposal at 105 Keefer after a BC Supreme Court ruling ordered the City of Vancouver to reconsider the proposal. The proposal is the same 9 storey market condominium with a ground level...