Vancouver SRO Renewal Initiative
The Downtown Eastside is Vancouver’s most historically significant area as it was the city’s center throughout the 20th century and it currently holds the highest concentration of heritage buildings built between 1886 & 1920. The Downtown Eastside […] Read More
Dispelling the Myths of the Ongoing Waldorf Saga
In the days since the Waldorf’s closure on January 20th, the Waldorf team and its diverse collective of supporters have peacefully rallied behind the banner of ‘Save the Waldorf’ – unrelentingly pressing forward with every […] Read More
Development Fostering Growth of Community Culture
After being consumed with frustration by Solterra’s utter mismanagement of the Waldorf’s transfer of ownership (giving the Hotel’s current operations team nothing more than a kick in the pants for their successful rejuvenation of the […] Read More
The Pie Shoppe: Bringing Guts, Glulam & Glorious Confection to Chinatown
I had the pleasure of helping Stephanie, part owner of The Pie Shoppe, measure up some 50′s grade Fir glulam to kit out their new pie shop and coffee house on Gore Street. The French sisters […] Read More
Historic Ramsay Brothers Warehouse Demolished: Making Way for New Overpass
Driving down Powell Street this past month we were noticing that one by one buildings were being fenced off and demolished between Hawks and Raymur. It looked as though the Ramsay Brothers Warehouse was going […] Read More