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4545 West 10th AvenueTo say I was excited when I saw renowned journalist Frances Bula tweet out a notice about an in-person pre-application meeting in West Point Grey would be an understatement. I was worried this event could be a heated affair in light of the backlash to the Jericho Lands, which includes a GoFundMe... Continue Reading →
1405 East 15th Avenue & 3047 - 3071 Maddams Street At first glance this may seem like a terrible location to add new homes. After all, why would anyone want to live near the Clark-Knight diversion where traffic to the port is forced to bend around a wavey s-curve. It's no wonder that, nearly 50... Continue Reading →
2803 West 41st Ave (Crofton Manor) While fall is generally considered a season of harvest and decline, it seems in Vancouver it's actually brought a time of rebirth. From a long-stalled townhome project in the Cambie Corridor, to a grandfathered building under the old HA-1A guidelines, many areas of our city are springing back to... Continue Reading →
2924 Venables Street - Alice Saunders House Admittedly, Hannah and I were a little torn on whether to write this post. While we enjoy sharing information about upcoming pre-application events, it almost feels unnecessary when the notice is openly available on Twitter. Then again, as we only learned about it when we were sent a... Continue Reading →
4750 Granville Street and 1494 West 32nd Avenue Following city council's recent rejection of 21 rental homes in Shaughnessy, neither Hannah nor I thought we would see any changes here for a long time. After all, the majority indicated they were only paying lip service to the idea of allowing new rental housing in one... Continue Reading →
1425 East 12th Avenue and 1451 East 12th Avenue With the dire shortage of low income senior's housing in Vancouver, this is one project we would expect to receive wide acclaim. After all, despite a recent re-branding, Brightside Community Homes Foundation has been looking after our city's most vulnerable residents for almost 70 years. Admittedly,... Continue Reading →
4683 Arbutus Street (Quilchena Gardens) Admittedly Hannah and I are both looking forward to the annual pause that comes to our city in the month of August. Out of respect to those who are vacationing, looking after children home on Summer Break, or those just wanting to spend a day at the beach, almost no civic... Continue Reading →
357 - 475 West 41st Avenue and 325 - 343 West 41st Avenue The end of July will mark the 10th anniversary of when Vancouver City Council approved the terms of reference for the Cambie Corridor Plan. Unfortunately, by the time the second phase was completed in 2011, it was already woefully outdated, allowing only... Continue Reading →
2025 East 12th Avenue and 2776 Semlin Drive It's no wonder so many people are disillusioned when it comes to Vancouver's housing crisis. For decades now politicians of all stripes have promised to act, but then fail to live up to their commitments. As municipalities only receive 12 – 15% of every tax dollar collected,... Continue Reading →
8428 - 8438 Elliott Street and 2408 - 2528 SE Marine Drive Since Hannah and I started City Duo, we've had many unique experiences, yet we've never dealt with something like this before. Shortly after we published our MIRHPP guide, one of our fellow Vancouverites emailed us a 37 page document that provides details about a... Continue Reading →
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