The Globe and Mail Vancouver’s Cottonwood Community Gardens is not a typical community garden space where raised beds line up in neat rows and space for fruit trees is set off to one side. In Cottonwood, which sits on a pie-shaped slice of city-owned land just off Malkin Avenue on the south edge of Strathcona […]
Two city-sized block sections on the easternmost end of the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts are set to get a new look. Located immediately west and east of Main Street, the viaduct ramps will be redeveloped into a mixed-use development with retail and both market and non-market housing. read more
The City of Vancouver has released its conceptual plans for the redevelopment of Northeast False Creek, which entails the controversial demolition of the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts and the construction of an 11-acre extension of Creekside Park. The new park designed by James Corner, the internationally renowned landscape architectural whose firm is behind New York City’s Highline Park, […]
A fly-through animation shows the design and scale of the proposed Northeast False Creek district on the edge of downtown Vancouver. The seven-minute-long animation was created by CIVITAS Urban Design & Planning for Concord Pacific’s portion of the new district being planned.
For years, the Concord Pacific lands have been used as a parking lot and space for special events, including the occasional Cirque du Soleil show, staging area for the Molson Indy, and exhibition pavilions during the 2010 Olympics. But permanent plans for this area, Northeast False Creek, are now becoming clearer now that the City of […]
The Enterprise Hall building, the former home of Edgewater Casino at the Plaza of Nations, will revert to its previous usage prior to its casino conversion in the mid-2000s. Later this week, Vancouver City Council is expected to grant the temporary usage of the indoor space as a convention and events space known as the […]
The longtime owner of casino destinations in downtown Vancouver has sold its flagship Parq Vancouver casino property to an Ottawa-based real estate and investment firm. Las Vegas-based Paragon Gaming announced this morning it has finalized a deal to sell its ownership stake of Parq Vancouver to PBC Group for an undisclosed amount. PBC Group already […]
Residents of buildings who pay annual membership fees are eligible to vote and hold a place on the board of directors. Please contact info@falsecreekresidents.org if you are interested in becoming a board member. February 21, 2019, Telus Science World Exploration Lab 7pm-9pm Everyone is welcome, meet your neighbours, learn about NEEC, share ideas, enjoy stories. […]
Rapid Transit from Arbutus Street to UBC: Coalition does not support staff recommendations, requests Council ‘receive’ reports, not adopt as policy (meeting 30-Jan-2019) January 25, 2019 City of Vancouver Council Dear Mayor Kennedy Stewart and Councillors, Re: Rapid Transit from Arbutus Street to UBC – Meeting Jan.30, 2019 Report (“Rapid Transit from Arbutus Street to UBC,” staff […]