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Harbourfront Centre in downtown Toronto is a covered outdoor concert venue on the waterfront. (Shutterstock)
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Vancouver launches public design competition for rain-friendly public spaces

Vancouver's grass fields and public plazas are currently unusable during the long wet season.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 6, 2019
Artistic rendering of 1805 Larch Street, Vancouver. (Metric Architecture / Jameson Developments)
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New rental building with affordable units proposed for Kitsilano

Some of the units will be set aside for moderate-income households.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 6, 2019
Screenshot from the West Vancouver B-Line protest 'movie trailer' video.
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Opinion: 8 shockingly absurd things said by West Vancouver B-Line protesters

A protester took issue with a phone survey conducted by "someone with an East Indian accent."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 6, 2019
Artistic rendering of the Coquitlam recent redevelopment, which is located with the City of Coquitlam's identified city centre area. (Morguard Investments)
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City of Coquitlam creates a plan to give itself a 'vibrant' downtown area

Coquitlam wants office jobs and an entertainment district for its new city centre.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 5, 2019
Site plan of the Central Waterfront Hub Framework in downtown Vancouver. (City of Vancouver)
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These plans will turn Vancouver's Waterfront Station into a world-class hub (RENDERINGS)

The City of Vancouver envisions a new glass-roofed transit concourse, office towers, ferry terminal, and plazas.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 5, 2019
Compass Card wristbands. (TransLink)
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TransLink's new batch of Compass Card wristbands selling quickly

They're going quick; thousands have already been sold.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 5, 2019
New temporary modular housing building at 258 Union Street in Vancouver's Chinatown. (Government of BC)
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All 600 modular homes for the homeless in Vancouver now complete

And the provincial government plans to build 200 more this year.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 5, 2019
Vancouver homes. (Shutterstock)
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February home sales in Metro Vancouver down 42.5%

From sellers' market to buyers' market in 12 months.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 5, 2019
Before and after: The giant sequoia tree in Vancouver's Kerrisdale area. (Google Maps / Daily Hive photo)
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Iconic giant sequoia tree in Vancouver's Kerrisdale neighbourhood chopped

The near-century old tree was a landmark in the area.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 5, 2019
Screenshot from the West Vancouver B-Line protest 'movie trailer' video.
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Opinion: Air of toxic skepticism in West Vancouver ahead of B-Line decision

"There are no B-Line buses in Shangri-La," said one B-Line opponent.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 3, 2019
Site of the Jericho Lands in the Vancouver Westside. (City of Vancouver)
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Westside residents sound off on 90-acre Jericho Lands redevelopment

Some residents want a SkyTrain station to serve the massive redevelopment.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 3, 2019
Artistic renderings of 1918 West 4th Avenue (left) and 815-825 Commercial Drive (right). (Rositch Hemphill Architects / Cornerstone Architecture)
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Vancouver City Council approves two new buildings with 70 rental homes combined

Two city councillors voted against both projects.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 2, 2019
Artistic rendering of Rainier Tower (left) and a February 2019 construction photo (right) in downtown Seattle. (Wright Runstad & Company)
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Amazon cancels plans to occupy new Seattle office tower

The under-construction tower will be Seattle's second tallest building.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 2, 2019
Emirates Air Line gondola over the Thames River in London. (Shutterstock)
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Opinion: It's time to build a gondola transit line to SFU Burnaby Mountain

A reliable, frequent, and fast long-term transportation link to Simon Fraser University.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 2, 2019
A BC Transit-operated bus and bus stop. (BC Transit)
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BC Transit planning to launch new smartphone fare payment system

BC Transit says TransLink's Compass Card technology is "a few years old."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 1, 2019
Artistic rendering of 319-359 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver. (Matthew Cheng Architects)
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51 new homes proposed near Canada Line's Langara-49th Avenue Station

This building's ground-level retail will help create a new four-block-long retail village.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 1, 2019
2019 artistic rendering of UBC Pacific Residence. (Hotson Architecture / Ryder Architecture / UBC Properties Trust)
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New renderings of UBC's 1,000-bed student residence around Gage Towers

Construction on this five-building complex will begin this summer.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 1, 2019
Artistic rendering of the proposed rental housing building under Rental 100 at 1303 Kingsway & 3728 Clark Drive, Vancouver. (GBL Architects / Aquilini Development)
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City of Vancouver now deems $2,056 rent for one-bedroom unit 'affordable'

New rates under the city's Rental 100 market rental housing policy.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Mar 1, 2019
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