Anyone that’s been in my office has seen a quote on the wall, which reads “simple, clear purpose and principles give give rise to complex, intelligent behaviour. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple, stupid behaviour” www.linkedin.com/posts/city-o...

The beautiful new Freedom Mobile Arch in Vancouver.

Park at the new Oakridge

Brand new plaza open at 18th in Cambie Village! People already enjoying. 😍

Vancouver’s Villages program is the initiative I am perhaps most excited about. It will enable more people in Vancouver to be able to live in walkable communities. Check out the video linked. www.linkedin.com/posts/city-o...

Over 1700 attendees for this exhibit / engagement. It’s among the first steps in the Higher Building Policy review and there will be further opportunities to come to engage with the team and this process.

Kudos to Vancouver Planning Staff, great session at top of Harbour Centre (and views!) with lots of creative ways to get informed & engage on the new Higher Buildings Policy Review. I oversaw the last review & I’m open to more tall buildings OUTSIDE protected view corridors, in SMART STRATEGIC ways.

Today, my brother and I are going North to South - starting at the Burrard Inlet downtown and ending at the Fraser River

Spanish Banks Beach - Vancouver

Vancouver - Jericho Beach

On my way to do some interviews on our Higher Building Policy Update at the Vancouver Lookout www.shapeyourcity.ca/higher-build...

This THURSDAY in VANCOUVER and MONTREAL! Still time to register for FREE for this important @canurbanism.bsky.social conversation!

Great to tour the Vienna House project in East Vancouver. Incredibly thoughtful and innovative affordable housing project that can be a scalable model for prefabricated mass timber and passive house standards.

I love this. youtube.com/watch?v=ICyq...

Inspired by my brother who did this recently, walking the length of the city of Vancouver from east to west today.

Really looking forward to this panel

What’s the STATE OF URBAN DESIGN IN CANADA? Mark your calendars for FREE cross-country evenings in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary & Vancouver put on by @canurbanism.bsky.social. I’m speaking on & moderating the VANCOUVER PANEL on April 30th with 3 great urbanists. RSVP HERE: www.canu.ca/speaker-seri...

Spring stroll in Yaletown

A small sampling of the immersive and impressive architecture and design of Hotel Xcaret resort in Mexico.

Spring in Vancouver today

Vancouver Open Data updated their tree dataset and now also include (some) trees in parks. And I added UBC trees, lots of cherries in bloom up there right now. Live version: mountainmath.ca/vantrees

SHAI PASSES WILT FOR THE LONGEST 20+ POINT STREAK OF ALL-TIME 🚨 Wilt: 126 (Oct. 19, 1961-Jan. 19, 1963) Shai: 127 (Nov. 1, 2024-)

Vancouver City Council unanimously approved Vancouver's Official Development Plan. Vancouver's been a bit an oddity, with no statutory city-wide plan in its history.

Old vs retrofit. Was great to tour Calling Ministries Deep Energy retrofit of this affordable senior’s housing. It was a partnership among many, including helped by our City of Vancouver retrofit grants. Improved energy performance and livability.

At the City of Vancouver we are in the midst of a extraordinary volume of rezoning. In this Council term, in its first 3 years, Council approved just under 20,000 housing units, in its last 9 months of the term it will consider over another 20,000 housing units via rezoning applications…

Cherry blossoms popping up at Vancouver City Hall today

Two major city-building projects approved by Vancouver City council. Over 1000 new rental homes, below market rental, heritage revitalization, hotel, retail and landmark cultural space. Most importantly, both significant catalysts for rejuvenation of key streets/districts in the heart of our city.

Terrible situation out of Tumbler Ridge, a town of 2500 people in northeastern B.C., where an active shooter at a high school is now dead. We'll be updating this page with information as we confirm it.

It seems increasingly evident that algorithmically driven social media and online content, particularly which drives our brains to keep scrolling and scrolling, is both as addictive and as unhealthy and corrosive as smoking. www.cnn.com/2026/02/03/t...

Incredibly cleared eyed middle power doctrine.

Vancouver today

Vancouver City Council unanimously approved implementation steps on the Rupert + Renfrew Area Plan, including a significant City-Initiated rezoning in the low rise apartment zones of the plan comprising 2580 parcels… dailyhive.com/vancouver/ru...

That’s the good stuff

Sydney

Melbourne

Housing Policy and Regulatory shifts in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside: dailyhive.com/vancouver/do...

Going to be in Australia soon for a couple weeks. Looking for some tips from the (planner-type) community on some neighbourhoods or maybe interesting developments to make sure not to miss while in Melbourne and Sydney. Things to learn from.

A bystander seen in a widely circulated video disarming a gunman during a deadly shooting rampage at a popular Australian beach is being heralded as a hero who saved lives.

Sydney Opera House

Maybe the funniest movie ever made - This is Spinal Tap. RIP Rob Reiner.

A significant move Vancouver made this week was moving forward with enabling novel Single Egress & Space Efficient Stairs. Led by the great team in Development, Buildings & Licensing, supported closely by Vancouver Fire Rescue Service; and Planning this will be transformative for low-rise apartments

Today, the City of Vancouver took assertive steps toward addressing the cost challenges confronting building housing. Prices and rents have levelled and begun to decline, which is great news for affordability, however costs to deliver remain stubbornly high.... vancouver.ca/news-calenda...

I spoke to Dan Fumano about proposed actions to address costs affecting development viability to help unlock new housing supply. Prices and rents are dropping, which is good, but costs need commensurately go down if we are to keep building housing. vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...

Lest we forget

Into classical music? My brother’s concert - bass quartet at Jericho Arts Centre Dec 3! www.bassmas.ca

Very happy for that plucky underdog the LA Dodgers.

Jays left 22 stranded games 6 and 7. Just couldn’t buy a hit when it really mattered.

YES!!!!

Ohtani just doesn't have his stuff. HAVE to take advantage now!

Jays have stranded an insane number of base runners the last 10-11 innings of play