Noteworthy News: Sept 17th-23rd
September 23, 2011
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Interesting news and views from the past week:
- Affordable housing wins in Vancouver’s proposed $702-million capital plan: The capital plan has the earmarks of Vision’s focus on sustainable transportation, solving homelessness and providing affordable housing. (The Province)
- City bails out Vancouver Playhouse, museum for more than $1-million: The City of Vancouver secretly approved a bailout of more than $1-million for the struggling Vancouver Playhouse Theatre and the Museum Of Vancouver. (Globe and Mail)
Yaletown, at 1152 Mainland St, circa 1977. Image Courtesy of the Vancouver Archives.
- Stanley Park Cycling Plan: The objective of the cycling plan is to identify and integrate cycling improvements in order to enhance the experience of the park for all users including pedestrians, cyclists, transit users, people with mobility constraints and motorists. (City of Vancouver)
- This Day in Vancouver: September 19th, 1983: The Vancouver Sun takes a look at plans to develop a neighbourhood of “smoke-scarred, empty warehouses” into what may soon become the city’s newest “potential character area” – Yaletown. (The Dependent Magazine)
- False Creek South: It’s near perfect, and it’s mine: It’s hard to believe that not that long ago serious consideration was given to filling in False Creek and paving it over with homes and roads. (The Vancouver Sun)
