Paul Tennant shares his experience on structural models that have strengthened housing delivery and speaks frankly about the tensions of scale and local delivery.
Tag: video
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.
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.
Trailer: NOT Business as Usual [Weekend Watch]
A film how social enterprises are disrupting the “business quo.”
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.
The Punisher: A Renegage Bus Driver [Weekend Watch]
This is a compilation of videos taken from the YouTube channel of one Russian bus driver. He often encounters with drivers who don’t respect traffic rules, and uses his bus to teach them a lesson. HT Atlantic Cities
Density Done Well [Weekend Watch]
Brent Toderian Consulting City Planner and Urbanist at TODERIAN UrbanWORKS discussing the concept of “density done well.”
A Day in the life of car2go [Weekend Watch]
Car2go movements in Vancouver, Friday, February 8th, 2013
A Car-Free Life [Weekend Watch]
A short, point-of-view documentary on how a family of four can get from point A to point B by foot, bike, or public transit.