It was a pleasure to give a speech on Vancouver's Habitat I (Habitat '76) today at #WUF13 in Baku—along w/ Allan Cain & Maria Silvia Emanuelli @silvimex.bsky.social. We agreed Habitat I got it right & the priority is to stick to those roots—as @habitat-intl.bsky.social always does. Thanks all!

Interested in the history & legacy of the ambitious Habitat I conference in Vancouver, 1976? We were there. Allan Caine of @habitat_intl, & me, Lindsay Brown, author of upcoming book “Habitat ‘76 habitat76.ca @habitat76.bsky.social Come by Thursday morning! May 21, 10:15, Canada Pavilion #WUF13

Join Rooftops Canada at the Canada Pavilion during the World Urban Forum 13. #WUF13 #HousingTheWorld #Baku2026 #CanadaatWUF

Well, Baku, Azerbaijan is flooded so my talk in collaboration with @habitat-intl.bsky.social at UN Habitat World Urban Forum #WUF13 in Baku today, the first event at the Canada pavilion, was cancelled due to the freak rains & flooding. It will be rescheduled; please check back here for the new time.

Off to Baku, Azerbaijan for the UN Habitat World Urban Forum, also the 50th anniversary of Vancouver's Habitat '76. I'll be speaking about the legacy of "Habitat I" as it's known in the UN system—Vancouver hosted the founding conference of that agency. #vanpoli wuf.unhabitat.org/wuf13

A timely story, before a lot of whitewashing Expo '86 nostalgia starts up for its 40th anniversary... Expo was really the begining of the end for Vancouver in terms of real estate speculation. I'm nostalgic for Habitat '76, Vancouver's groundbreaking international conference on cities, 50 years ago

This Day in History, 1986: Olaf Solheim's tragic death after being evicted for Expo 86 tourists The retired logger had lived at the Patricia Hotel in the Downtown Eastside for six decades before he was evicted. Then the 2010 Olympics evictions, now FIFA.. vancouversun.com/news/this-da... #vanpoli

I love people's memories of Habitat Forum, 1976 - the people's forum at Jericho Beach as part of Habitat I

I'll be at the UN Habitat World Urban Forum in Baku, Azerbaijan to speak about @un-habitat.bsky.social's founding conference in Vancouver in 1976. 50 years ago this year! My book about that groundbreaking conference is still on the way, after delays. wuf.unhabitat.org #WUF13Azerbaijan

Hi! Update on the book Habitat '76, a history of the founding conference of UN Habitat: After the tragic bankruptcy of my publisher, the book is finally back on track to be published by 2026, the 50th anniversary of Habitat '76 in Vancouver. Stay tuned!