Vancouver: Death By Hammock?
One of the things that makes Vancouver great is its public amenities. Kitsilano Pool, for example, is one of the world's greatest. At 150 meters, ...
Making Commercial Areas Walkable & Livable Will Require A Lot More Than New Zoning
If affordable housing were simply a question of cost, people would be moving to Omak and other cheap and remote areas of the state. But ...
Great Marketing For A City
Seen in Boston yesterday outside a tee-shirt shop. This says it all about Boston, one of the world's top tech centers that is full of ...
A Tale of Two Skylines: Why Downtown Vancouver Has So Much More Housing Than Seattle
I recently wrote an article in "Post Alley", a Seattle publication, about this. Here are the summary points: 1. Relative to its metro population, Vancouver ...
Add Graffiti to the List of West Coast Urban Problems
Several days ago, both the LA Times reported on how taggers had spray painted their names on the corner windows of three +20-story buildings in ...
Why Designers and Other Consultants Concerned About Revitalization Should Be Concerned About Falling Office Values
If office values fall 40% or more (which is likely for buildings in lesser locations), there this "arrow in the quiver" won't be available for ...
Schools, A New Use For Dead Office Buildings
Seattle and other cities have considered opening K-12 schools in or around their downtowns, both to serve the increasing number of center-city residents and to ...
Real Estate Industry Leader Expects 40% Drop in Office Values
Barry Sternlicht, founder of Starwood, is one of the smartest people in real estate. He's made a fortune forecasting the market. He made his start ...
The “Congress of Too Urbanism”?
Recently I worte about how this billionaires' land investment, located more than an hour from the nearest job center, violates the spirit of place. Today ...
In Central Vancouver, Housing Overtakes Jobs
I'm just spent several days there, where everywhere we went there were people walking, even at 11 on a Sunday night. When Americans see the ...