High public engagement is... bad?..

people organized to manipulate the results... to support a moderate tax increase... to fund public services instead of the VPD... 🤦‍♀️

One wonders: how did Haussmann get his variances for stormwater, stepbacks and parking? #paris #urbanism #design #tradition #architecture

ABC ran on a platform of improving operational efficiency, but they seem to just step on a rake every time it comes to execution and make problems worse

The average renter of a 1 bedroom apartment has already received notice that their total rent for 2025 will be $660 more than last year. For the average $2.2M single family home, last year's 3.9% property tax increase cost them $150.

Larch & 2nd is a relatively small new apartment. As a connected point access block it would require 3 egress stairs for the number of dwellings on each floor. Macdonald & 4th is made to look like three buildings, but its 99 dwellings would require 5 stairs.

My costume is ready for trick-or-treating in West Kits

An entirely normal reaction to current separate policies being consolidated into a single plan coordinating direction for the city that does not actually making any changes to existing circumstances

The chance any ABC candidates win a seat on the park board next election looks pretty slim Will anyone even want to run on Sim's slate? Does he just not run PB candidates to avoid clear defeat compared to last election's majority? Does he still keep pushing the issue anyways?

this is not funny, housing only does this when its in extreme distress

What BC opposition party politics looks like

Anyone remember how there was a whole task force to find specific savings in the city budget?

What Vancouver politics looks like rn

Alas I am a prissy princess and I like being centrally located and able to walk everywhere (To the west of me is Kitsilano, Mt Pleasant is east, north is downtown, and south... well, I don't usually go south but I could if I wanted to)

Just anyone can print off some flyers and post them in public places

I get the strong impression they would oppose a third storey if it wasn't already part of the original zoning. Pretty rich that they include the budget as a concern, then propose using more land ($$$), relocating existing park amenities ($), and building an elevated walkway ($$)

Bike / Park Oriented Development (BPOD?) ! A motion from OneCity councilor @lucymaloney.bsky.social aims to end the apartment ban next to bike streets and parks! We need liveable density on quiet leafy streets. Don’t like arterial density? Want alternatives to towers? Speak in support sept 17

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What kind of connection will the kids have to nature if their play area is on the rooftop?!

Hear me out It should be taller

So what kind of architecture is that precious? The design guidelines tell us, it's basically fetishizing mail-order from the Sears Modern Homes catalog. What am I missing?

Fits into the neighbourhood quite well

This is a thing I think we societally need to come to terms with. The decisions made by the previous generation often did not come from a place of careful consideration and it needs to be ok to change them.

Best I can do is landscape architecture

Everybody is like "OMG! petrichor!!! 🥰" and I don't get it 😕

They're good homes Mark

Stop highrises at Jericho with one weird trick . . . (upzone all of West Point Grey for midrise)

The contentious Larch & 2nd bldg (rental on vacant church property) w/ 68 homes in Green. Red are new houses built within the last 2-3 years. Yellow are just finished construction on empty lots (single homes) and gut & renovations on single homes (probably w/ suites). Only the green is rental.

Same block where 5 stories with 14 new below market homes got this response:

This is fine.

New banners on Burrard bridge

The city & province need to do something fitting of Arbutus & 7th's TOA location promptly, in order to shut down more of this kind of shit

My favourite part of a fireworks festival is all the suburban drivers circling a dense central neighbourhood thinking they'll find a street parking spot an hour before

You'll get kicked out of the neighbourhood park for being loud, and all the good bush party spots from my teen years have been developed for suburban sprawl

I’m always confused when people use the word “livable” to describe a situation where there’s not enough housing for everyone.

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Superman is the story of an immigrant who grew up in Kansas, landed a low-paying job as a reporter in Metropolis, and still had time for a hobby because urban housing was affordable.

An open patio door on a rainy summer day 😌

The people who say this are always here to oppose more rental housing