Paul Tennant shares his experience on structural models that have strengthened housing delivery and speaks frankly about the tensions of scale and local delivery.
Category: Video
Vancity Invests in Co-operative Housing in Vancouver
I recently came across a video by CU Planet about the role that Vancity Credit Union played in the foundation of the Athlete’s Village Housing Co-operative.
Jennifer Keesmaat: Own Your City [Weekend Watch]
On December 6, 2013, Jennifer Keesmaat, chief planner for the City of Toronto, deliver the Warren Gill Memorial Lecture.
George Stroumboulopoulos’s Vancouver [Weekend Watch]
In 2011, George flew over to Vancouver to record a week of episodes. Here’s the special opening they put together for the shows.
False Creek South: An Experiment in Community [Weekend Watch]
False Creek South was created 40 years ago in the belief that mixed-income, green and walkable neighbourhoods could foster a real downtown community.
Growth and Mobility in Metro Vancouver [Weekend Watch]
This video by Matt Taylor highlights—in very stark terms—the necessity of a high level of transit investment in a growing metropolitan area like Vancouver.
Vancouver Map Flyover [Weekend Watch]
I love this creative use of an old 1970’s relief map of Vancouver from the 1970s that had hung on the walls in the Department of Geography at UBC.
Jennifer Keesmaat: Walk to School [Weekend Watch]
Jennifer Keesmaat is the Chief Planner of the City of Toronto in Canada, and a former urban design consultant. Her passion for building sustainable communities is evident in this TEDxRegina talk where she reminds us of a simple yet meaningful pastime—the walk to school. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp549gsdjnk
VIDEO: A Walking tour through Southeast False Creek
Margot Long takes us on a walking tour through Vancouver’s SouthEast False Creek to show the transformation of industrial land into an urban village.
Doris Koo: Preserving the Legacy of Co-operative Housing
Doris Koo speaks to the future of co-operative housing in Canada.