https://fraseropolis.com/2018/08/12/brighter-days-in-nanaimo/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/menu-reduced.jpgMenu reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/old-structures-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Nanaimo downtown 4Fronts of the same structures, facing Victoria Crescenthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/shambles-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Nanaimo downtown 3A shanbles of settlement-era wooden structures in the lower downtown, possibly 1880s. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/stupich-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Dave StipuchMeanwhile, back in the real world: Nanaimo's central area also features many severe examples of modernist architecture. At the top of this set of three is the rear of the City Hall, showing postwar Art Deco elements; and second, a commercial building on Wallace Street. Dunsmuir Place, immediately above, was developed around 1980s by the Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society. This was a "charity" operated by a one-time B.C. Minister of Finance, David Stupich. He was sentenced to prison for diverting charitable donations to the New Democratic Party, was died before he could serve his time. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/funhouse-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Nanaimo downtown 3https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/city-hall-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Nanaimo City Hallhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/marina-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Nanaimo marina 2The Nanaimo marina, with the high-end Cameron Island residences to the righthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/harbour-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Nanaimo Harbour walkA standard-grade tourist photo showing Nanaimo's waterfront bistro with a newish residential tower at lefthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/city-centre-reduced.jpgcity centre reducedCuteness on Wesley Street, a block below Selby. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/city-centre-2-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Nanaimo Skinner Street2025-01-28T00:23:54+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2017/02/13/semiahmoo-2030/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/152-st-2.jpg152-st-2A shift in suburban planning style: this new office building on the east side of 152 St. in Semiahmoo is built to the sidewalk than being set back behind a parking lot. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/white-rock-business-signs.jpgwhite-rock-business-signshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/condos-18th-ave.jpgcondos-18th-ave2015ish condo apartments, 18th Avenuehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cabin-2.jpgcabin-2A pioneer cabin on 16th Ave. flanked by a new health complex and seniors' residencehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/johnston-rd.jpgjohnston-rdHigh street towers, with ground-floor commercial space in the tower on the lefthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/apts-21.jpgapts-2Condo complex on the White Rock side of 16th Ave., facing the phantom Seiahmoo Town Centrehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/semiahmoo-in-s-surrey-2014.jpgsemiahmoo-in-s-surrey-2014Semiahmoo Town Centre within South Surrey, 2014 city planhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/apts-1.jpgapts-11970s-era apartments south of 16th Ave., White Rockhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/wallace-and-co-construction-2017-mall.jpgwallace-and-co-construction-2017-mallLandscaping around the Semiahmoo mall, 2016. The photo was posted by Wallace & Co Construction to mark a recent refurbishing job.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/152-st.jpg152-stRetail facades on the west side of 152 St. just north of 16 Ave, January 20172025-01-24T01:10:46+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2018/09/01/the-haney-to-hammond-family-cycling-route-a-proposal/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/224-st-reduced1.jpgFraseropolis farmers market 2018The end or beginning of the route at the Memorial Peace Park, home to a Saturday markethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/multi-use-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Lougheed Highway near LaityA recently opened multi-use path along Lougheed Highway is part of the family route. Noisy but safe, this shows the scarcity of east-west cycling choices in a car-dependent city that stretches along thee Fraser River. The hospital, with no through traffic, sits to the south of this location, and the city cemetery lies conveniently close by to the north.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/117-ave-reduced.jpgFraseropolis 117 AveNorth of Westfield Avenue and turning east, old Hammond gives way to long stretches of infill housing from the 1960s, 70s and 80s. The history here is invisible: within living memory, this land was occupied by orchards and berry fields.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/right-of-way-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Hammond pathwayA city right-of-way links Wharf Street to cycling lanes to the northeast, but it is an impassable bog through much of the year. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/shipyard-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Sylte Shipyardhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/harry-house-1928-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Harry house 1928 HammondThe Harry house, 1928, faces Hammond Park. With the Hammond house and others in the neighbourhood, it is listed in the 2018 Maple Ridge Heritage Inventory compiled by Donald Luxton.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/emmeline-mohn-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Emmeline Mohun park Maple RidgeView of the Fraser from Emmeline Mohn Park on Wharf Street, Maple Ridge. Most photos in this series were taken under smoky skies during the 2018 wildfire seasonhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/hammond-heritage-1-reduced.jpgHammond heritage 1 reducedA heritage-designated home in upper Hammond, on the proposed route.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2018-07-haney-to-hammond-bike-map-page-0-reduced.jpg2018 07 Haney to Hammond Bike map-page-0 reducedA cycling route from Haney to Hammond as proposed by Fraseropolis. Thanks to Cindy Farnsworth for graphic design.2025-01-23T23:00:39+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/11/12/knocking-down-the-lions-gate-bridge/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/lions-gate-pillar-bw.jpgLions Gate Bridge detail, seen from the east side of the deckhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/lions-gate-from-north.jpgThe bridge from the north shore of the Burrard Inlet2025-01-23T22:57:55+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2019/05/12/landing-at-marine-and-cambie/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/housing-2-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Marine Landing 8Detached home at northern perimeterhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/montessori-reduced.jpgMontessori reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/housing-1-reduced-e1557708639352.jpgFraseropolis Marine Landing 6Mid-rise housing on the northern perimeter of the precincthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/bus-loop-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Marine Landing 5Marine Drive Station bus loop under Canada Line guideway, with car dealership on the left and housing on the righthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ash-street-2-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Marine Landing 4Development coming soon, Ash Streethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ash-street-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Marine Landing 3Industrial against residential, Ash Streethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/towers-2-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Marine Landing 2Marine Landing toweres seen from the west, near the foot of a small city parkhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/transit-station-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Marine Drive stationhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/towers-cropped-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Marine Landing perspectiveThe towers at Marine Landing seen from Winona Park to the north, April 20192024-12-27T22:49:21+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2019/08/23/imagining-downtown-maple-ridge-as-a-social-services-precinct/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-07-social-services-map.jpgFraseropolis downtown Maple Ridge social services mapServices available for low-income people, seniors and families in trouble in downtown Maple Ridge, summer 2019. This may not be the complete list. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/dewdney-at-224-reduced.jpgDewdney at 224 reducedDewdney Trunk Road at 224 Street, Maple Ridge. Some visitors to the downtown may be driving in to shop in one of the strip malls, take a yoga class or have their truck repaired; others may be walking from apartments nearby to see their probation officer or negotiate free clothing at a charity store.2024-12-27T22:44:47+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/urban-villages-in-fraseropolis/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/contrast-reduced.jpgContrast reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/1-dsc_1337.jpg1-DSC_1337https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/street-3.jpgStreet 3https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/commercial.jpgCommercialhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/houses.jpgHouseshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/seeds.jpgSeedshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/cropped-ridgemont-banner.jpgcropped-ridgemont-banner.jpghttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/haro-street-banner.jpgHaro Street bannerhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/first-avenue-banner3.jpgFirst Avenue bannerhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/first-avenue-banner2.jpgFirst Avenue banner2024-12-27T22:25:50+00:00weekly0.6https://fraseropolis.com/about/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/commercial-drive-station-banner.jpgCommercial-Broadway Station, Vancouverhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bus-stop-header-2.jpgBus stop, Main Street, Vancouverhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/north-side-apts2.jpgNorth side apts2024-12-27T22:15:24+00:00weekly0.6https://fraseropolis.com/2014/06/01/missing-the-boat-in-queensborough/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/canal-reduced.jpgCanal reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/promenade-2-reduced.jpgPromenade 2 reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/vintage-crumbling-reduced.jpgVintage crumbling reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/quensborough-plan-detail.jpgQuensborough plan detailA detail from the new Queensborough plan. The yellow blocks are small-lot residential; "RM" is residential medium density; "MS" is main street; and the uses on the north side of Highway 91A are casino, mall and industrial.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/main-street-reduced.jpgMain Street reducedMain Street, Queensborough. The Queens Hotel, under renovation; Lucky Sushi; and a Kitsilano-style condo with commercial use on the ground floorhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/grey-house-reduced.jpgGrey house reducedVintage-style housing, probably mid-'90s, South Dyke Roadhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/working-river-reduced.jpgWorking river reducedNew Westminster Quay seen from Queensborough2024-08-09T22:15:47+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2014/06/14/2014-property-taxes-in-metro-vancouver/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/metro-vancouver-property-tax-rates-2014.jpgMetro Vancouver property tax rates 2014https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/queens-park-house-cropped.jpgQueen's Park house croppedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/queensborough-2012-cropped.jpgQueensborough 2012 cropped2024-08-09T22:12:42+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2014/06/15/langley-townships-civic-core/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/detached-2.jpgDetached 2C. 1990 detached home in faux-heritage style, Murrayvillehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/shpping-centre.jpgShpping centreStorefronts and parking in Murrayville, Saturday afternoonhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/porters-store.jpgPorter's StoreThe old Porter's General Store, now a popular café in Murrayville, Langleyhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/church.jpgChurchhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/townhouse-row.jpgTownhouse row2024-08-09T22:10:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2014/07/27/bringing-the-world-to-north-vans-waterfront/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/city-park.jpgCity parkA City park, consisting of a wheelchair-accessible pathway among housing developmentshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/office-complex.jpgOffice complexc. 1970s office complex slated for redevelopment, Esplanadehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/vintage-1.jpgVintage 1Vintage property slated for redevelopment, Esplanadehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/mr-smarz-and-actor.jpgMr Smarz and actorMr. Smarz and an actor, already on the job as a Shipyards guidehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/towers-and-shipyards.jpgTowers and shipyardsThe Lower Lonsdale waterfront. The restored yellow crane is decorative.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/quay-1.jpgQuay 1Looking from the gate of the seabus terminal, Lonsdale Quayhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/vintage-under-2-cropped.jpgVintage under 2 croppedVintage bank building with upper storeys added, Lonsdale Ave.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/shops-2.jpgShops 2Shops, Lonsdale Ave.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/lolo.jpgLoLohttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/towers-1-reduced.jpgTowers 1 reduced2024-08-09T22:03:03+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/12/22/searching-for-controversy-in-the-west-end-plan/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/west-end-plan-2.jpgWest end plan 2https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/haro-street-2-reduced.jpgHaro Street 2 reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/denman-street-2-vancouver-reduced.jpgDenman Street 2, Vancouver reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/west-end-plan.jpgWest End planProjected development in Vancouver's West End. The blue towers, mostly on Georgia and Burrard, represent future densification. 2024-02-11T00:50:19+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/12/31/we-would-need-many-more-freeways/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/nakagin-capsule-tower-tokyo-1972.jpgNakagin capsule tower, Tokyo, 1972Architectural detail, Nakagin capsule tower (Tokyo, 1972) from Ignant.de2024-02-11T00:48:21+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2014/01/12/port-moodys-shrinking-growing-plan/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/laneway-housing-and-commercial.jpgLaneway housing and commercialAnticipating the plan: new housing on Spring Street west of Moody, with a new, pseudo-vintage commercial property on the left.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/st-john-street-commercial.jpgSt John Street commercialRecent retail-office development on St. John Street in the old downtownhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/clarke-street.jpgClarke StreetAs good as it gets: a vintage shopfront on Clarke Streethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/andres-property.jpgAndres propertyThe Evergreen rapid transit line under construction, passing within a few metres of the Andres industrial building on the edge of downtown Port Moodyhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/spring-street.jpgSpring StreetThere Goes the Neighbourhood: Under the Port Moody plan, a four-block section of this laneway (Spring Street) would become a pedestrian thoroughfare in a high-density housing zone.2024-02-11T00:41:30+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2014/02/02/fraser-canyon-hamlets-and-one-dollar-houses/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/houses-north-bend.jpgHouses, North BendHouses on Chaumox Road, North Bendhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/trackside-housing-boston-bar.jpgTrackside housing, Boston BarTrackside housinghttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cp-station-boston-bar.jpgCP station, Boston BarAbandoned Canadian National railway station, Boston Bar, with the community hall to the righthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/mural-canyon-alpine-restaurant.jpgMural, Canyon Alpine RestaurantMural, Canyon Alpine Restaurant, east of Boston Barhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/yale-church-1.jpgYale church 1St. John the Divine Church (1863), Yalehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/one-dollar-houses-3.jpgOne-dollar houses 3https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/storefront-boston-bar.jpgStorefront, Boston BarOn Highway 1, Boston Barhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/one-dollar-houses-4.jpgOne-dollar houses 42024-02-11T00:34:58+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2014/02/09/the-metro-transit-referendum-and-the-mayors/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/lougheed-at-madison-reduced1.jpgLougheed at Madison reducedMillennium line near Willingdonhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/lougheed-at-madison-reduced.jpgLougheed at Madison reducedMillennium Line near Willingdonhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/mayor-watts-canada-day-2012.jpgMayor Watts, Canada Day 2012Mayor Watts and friend, Canada Day 2012, City of Surreyhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/canada-line-translink.jpgCanada Line (TransLink)Canada Line, from the TransLink websitehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/surrey-central-lrt.jpgSurrey Central LRTLRT car of the future, from the City of Surrey website2024-01-21T23:42:22+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2014/02/23/the-village-at-ladner/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/heritage-house-interiors.jpgHeritage House InteriorsHeritage House Interiors, Ladnerhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/housing.jpgHousingMedium-density housing overlooking the marina, Ladner. Mr. Smarz asked, "Who designs this stuff?"https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/medium-density-housing.jpgMedium density housingMedium-density housing east of the village core, Ladnerhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/museum-and-commercial-2.jpgMuseum and commercial 2The Delta Museum, formerly the Delta Municipal Hall, with new commercial infill next door on Delta Streethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ladner-docks.jpgLadner dockshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/commercial.jpgCommercial2024-01-21T23:33:54+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2014/04/25/port-mann-bridge-the-case-of-the-disappearing-traffic/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/traffic-volumes-bc-2006-2013.jpgTraffic volumes BC 2006-2013https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/port-mann-traffic-from-south-fraser-blog.jpgPort Mann Traffic from South Fraser blogPort Mann weekday traffic volumes, 2004-2014, compiled from MoT and TI Corp reports by South Fraser Bloghttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/port-mann-rendering-2-2014.jpgPort Mann rendering 2 2014Part of the Port Mann Bridge; graphic from the current TI Corp service plan2024-01-21T23:19:41+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2014/07/13/translink-mayors-speak-with-one-voice-mostly/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sfpr-houses-cropped.jpgSFPR houses croppedSouth Fraser Perimeter Road, Surreyhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/lougheed-at-madison-cropped.jpgLougheed at Madison cropped2024-01-21T22:55:10+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2014/08/10/along-the-number-20-line/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/wall-st-bw1.jpgWall St b&wMuch-renovated cottage housing on Wall Street, near where Rolf Knight grew uphttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/carrall-street-bw.jpgCarrall Street b&wOn the moving edge of Gastown: Carrall Street between Cordova and Powellhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/japantown-bw.jpgJapantown b&wA section of the former "Little Tokyo" on Powell Street in the Downtown East Sidehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/princeton-hotel-bw1.jpgPrinceton hotel b&wPrinceton Hotel, Powell Streethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/kamloops-st-bw.jpgKamloops St b&wThe NDP Shaughnessy -- Kamloops Street above the porthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/fortin-building-bw.jpgFortin building b&wCordova Streethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/grain-terminal-bw.jpgGrain terminal b&wGrain terminal in Port Metro Vancouver, seen from Powell St.2024-01-21T22:43:30+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2014/08/27/slowing-down-in-trail-b-c/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/housing-and-smelter-reduced.jpgHousing and smelter reducedThe smelter from Columbia Ave.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/housing-1-reduced.jpgHousing 1 reducedDetached homes, Columbia Ave.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/floral-1-reduced1.jpgFloral 1 reducedRiverside walkwayhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/colombo-2-reduced.jpgColombo 2 reducedAt the Piazza Colombohttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/italian-cuisine-2-reduced.jpgItalian cuisine 2 reducedOn Highway 22 in the Gulch, near downtown Trailhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/main-street-3-reduced.jpgMain Street 3 reducedBay Avenuehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/main-street-4-reduced.jpgMain Street 4 reducedBay Avenue, downtown Trailhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/main-street-1-reduced.jpgMain Street 1 reducedDowntown Trail with the smelter on the hill2024-01-21T22:39:19+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2014/09/21/traffic-off-the-north-shore/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/vintage-under-recropped.jpgVintage under recroppedA vintage building front grafted to a tower, Lower Lonsdale Ave.2024-01-06T22:19:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2014/10/15/the-village-at-harrison-lake/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/housing-1-reduced.jpgHousing 1 reducedResidential street, Harrison Hot Springshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/hotel-interior-reduced.jpgHotel interior reducedHot Springs Hotel, interiorhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/promendade-4-reduced.jpgPromendade 4 reducedApartment housing on the Esplanade, facing the lakehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dock-2-reduced.jpgDock 2 reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/harrison-hotel-from-plan.jpgHarrison hotel from planA rendering of the Harrison Hot Springs Hotel from the 1997 version of the village planhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/harrison-land-use-concept.jpgHarrison land use concepthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/promenade-2-reduced.jpgPromenade 2 reducedThe Esplanade in Harrison Hot Springs, looking toward the main hotelhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dock-4-reduced.jpgDock 4 reduced2024-01-06T22:15:00+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2014/10/19/talking-population-forecasting-blues/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/port-haney-construction-reduced.jpgPort Haney construction reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sales-centre-sign.jpgSales Centre signhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/yaletown-mini-park-cropped.jpgYaletown mini-park croppedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/population-growth-forecasts-metro-vanouver-2011-2014.jpgPopulation growth forecasts, Metro Vanouver, 2011-20142024-01-06T22:10:06+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2014/12/07/on-south-fraser-street/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/fraser-at-571.jpgFraser at 57As often mentioned on this website, much of the rental housing built in Canada in the 1960s and 70s is reaching the end of its useful life. This complex at Fraser and 57th is posted for redevelopment.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/fraser-at-57.jpgFraser at 57As frequently mentioned on this site, much of the rental housing built in the 1960s and 70s is reaching the end of its useful life. This complex at Fraser and 57th Avenue is signed for redevelopment. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/classic.jpgClassicClassic Vancouver-style detached homes, Ross Streethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/pharmacy-window.jpgPharmacy windowDrug store window, South Fraser Streethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/off-street-action.jpgOff-street actionA rare example of side-street excitement, South Hill, Vancouverhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/fraser-st-1-reduced.jpgFraser St 1 reduced2024-01-06T21:41:21+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2014/12/15/a-transit-funding-decision-or-a-popularity-contest/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/broadway-bus-reduced.jpgBroadway bus reduced2024-01-06T21:38:36+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2014/12/30/the-freeway-islands-langley-british-columbia/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/colossus.jpgColossusLooking north across undeveloped freeway lands to the Colossus Cinema and the Golden Ears peaks.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/parking-lot-view.jpgParking lot viewApartment housing with a parking lot view on the northeast shoulder of the 200th Street Interchange areahttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/freeway-island-2.jpgFreeway Island 2Looking across the southeast freeway island at 200th St,https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/kalamazoo-cloverleaf-karcor-brian-wolfe.jpgKalamazoo cloverleaf Karcor Brian WolfeA cloverleaf near Kalamazoo, taken from the Michigan engineering website Karcor.com, Photo Brian Wolfe.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/highway-1-200-interchange.jpgHighway 1 - 200 InterchangeHighway 1/200 interchange, as shown in the 2013 Carvolth area planhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/freeway-island-1.jpgFreeway Island 1Commercial development, right, is surrounded by components of the 200th Street Interchange2024-01-06T21:34:52+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2015/02/04/accepting-the-shift-in-burnaby-edmonds/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/burnaby-town-centres.jpgBurnaby town centreshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/highgate-bosa.jpgHighgate bosaA rendering of Highgate and the towers shown in hese photos, from the Bosa Properties website (bosaproperties.com)https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/kingsway-3.jpgKingsway 3https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/standard-rental-housing.jpgStandard rental housingStandard 1960s vintage walk-up, Linden Street, Edmondshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/towers-3-edmonds.jpgTowers 3, Edmondshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/high-gate-edmonds.jpgHigh Gate. EdmondsEntrance to High Gate centre from the east, more or lesshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/social-housing-towers-edmonds.jpgsocial housing towers, edmondsSeniors' housing, Edmondshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/new-mixed-use.jpgNew mixed useRecently completed mixed use complex next door to the unidentifiable structurehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/abandoned-structure-edmonds.jpgAbandoned structure, EdmondsEdmonds Street, just east of the Town Centre planning area: abandoned structure, purpose unidentifiablehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/50s-burgers.jpg50s burgersEdmonds Street just east of the Town Centre boundary: Drive-thru burger stand under renovation, dance studio, lumber wholesaler2024-01-06T21:27:41+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2015/02/09/the-mayors-case-for-a-transportation-tax/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/translink-mayors-2014-plan-detail.jpgTransLink Mayors 2014 plan detailA detail from the main map in the 2014 mayors' plan. Elements here include new rapid transit in Surrey and Langley, and frequent bus service for Scott Road, Langley-to-Maple-Ridge, and Langley-to-Coquitlam.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/mayor-moore1.jpgMayor MooreMayor Greg Moore. Photo from the Mayor's Facebook pagehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/pattulo-bridge-from-2014-mayors-plan.jpgPattulo Bridge from 2014 Mayors PlanReplacement of the 1937 Pattulo Bridge over the Fraser River is part of the Metro Vancouver mayors' long-term plan. The photo is taken from the plan document.2024-01-06T21:20:10+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2015/02/15/child-poverty-in-metro-vancouver/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/poverty-detail-2.jpgPoverty detail 2Detail from the Metro Vancouver child poverty map, derived from Statistics Canada data. The black wedge corresponds to the Coquitlam city core. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/what-makes-canadians-sick-2013.jpgWhat Makes Canadians Sick 2013Determinants of Health infographic. Available at HealthCareTransformation.cahttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/northumberland-court.jpgNorthumberland CourtNorthumberland Court, Maple Ridge, was demolished in 2011 after 10 years of complaints over its conditionhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/coquitlam-towers-nov-2014.jpgCoquitlam towers Nov 2014Coquitlam Central, November 2014.Poverty is mostly out of sight here, and perhaps out of mind. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/poverty-detail-1-2014.jpgPoverty detail 1 2014A detail from the 2014 Child Poverty Report Card. Areas of highest concentration (over 40 per cent) include a set of communities east of Vancouver's downtown, Squamish territory at the north end of the Lions Gate Bridge, and Metrotown in Burnaby.2024-01-06T21:14:37+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2015/03/22/an-urban-hub-for-metro-vancouvers-northeast-sector/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-fire-cropped1.jpg2015 fire croppedA boarded-up house east of Pinetree, one of a row waiting for redevelopment. On the day of our tour, someone had set fire to the house.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-evergreen-line-and-towers-compressed.jpg2015 Evergreen line and towers compressedThe Evergreen Line above Pinetree Way, seen from outside the public libraryhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-chinese-sign-compressed.jpg2015 Chinese sign compressedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-browns-cropped.jpg2015 Browns croppedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/coquitlam-transit-oriented-areas.jpgCoquitlam transit-oriented areashttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/coquitlam-centre-aerial-2-from-2013-city-presentation1.jpgCoquitlam Centre aerial 2 - from 2013 city presentationThe Coquitlam urban core, from a 2013 municipal presentation. City Hall is upper left.2024-01-06T21:01:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2015/04/14/fort-langley-evolves/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fort-l-comm-hall-from-birthplace-of-bc-gallery-site.jpgFort L comm hall from Birthplace of BC gallery siteThe Fort Langley Community Hall, often used as a backdrop in film and TV. Photo from the website of the Birth of B.C. Gallery, located just south on Glover Road. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/new-commercial-cropped.jpgNew commercial croppedExpanding the village core: new medical/professional office space on 96 Avenuehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fort-langley-2.jpgFort Langley 2Historic Fort Langley, a national historic site. Photo from Tourism Langley.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/bedford-landing-1.jpgBedford Landing 1River-facing Bedford Landing apartments just west of Fort Langley's main streethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fort-langley-plan-2006.jpgFort Langley plan 2006https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/shops-1.jpgshops 12024-01-06T20:54:07+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2015/07/08/3-vaguely-cheerful-thoughts-on-metro-vancouvers-transit-vote/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/translink-2010-travel-patterns-2.jpgTransLink 2010 travel patterns 2https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/translink-2010-travel-patterns-slide-1.jpgTransLink 2010 travel patterns slide 1Slide from 2010 planning presentation (South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority)https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/transit-police.jpgTransit policeA slide from a 2010 planning presentation (South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority)2024-01-03T00:37:53+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2015/07/15/a-homeless-camp-in-a-vancouver-suburb/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2014-homeless-chart.jpg2014 homeless chartDetail from 2014 Metro Vancouver homeless counthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2015-homeless-camp-1-reduced.jpg2015 homeless camp 1 reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/mr-news-homeless.jpgMR News homelesshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ctv-homeless-2.jpgCTV homeless 2Maple Ridge mayor Nicole Read and homeless camp spokesman Al Guilbault2024-01-03T00:31:54+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2015/08/03/planning-for-renewal-in-chilliwack/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/chilliwack-central-area.jpgChilliwack Central AreaA detail from the 2009 downtown land use planhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1-dsc_2264.jpg1-DSC_2264Vintage rental apartment housing northeast from the corehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1-dsc_2254.jpg1-DSC_2254Looking out from the central parkhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/spanish-centre-retouched-reduced.jpgspanish centre retouched reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1-dsc_2248.jpg1-DSC_2248A credible façade, but most shops in this row on Yale Road are emptyhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1-abandoned-full.jpg1-abandoned fullAn abandoned Safeway property, c. 1960, next to the Chilliwack village core; the closest supermarket to the core is in a plaza a couple of blocks further outhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1-clock-cropped.jpg1-clock croppedFive Corners, the central intersection of Chilliwack's downtown villagehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dom-1.jpgDom 12024-01-03T00:25:09+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2015/08/16/cool-concepts-in-road-pricing-for-metro-vancouver/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/mayors-council-photo.jpgMayors Council photoFrom the 2014 funding plan of the TransLink mayorshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/golden-ears-and-port-mann-deficits.jpgGolden Ears and Port Mann deficitshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/londons-congestion_charge_zone-2010.jpgLondon's Congestion_Charge_Zone (2010)London's "congestion charge" zone (2010)https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fassbender-peter.jpgfassbender-Peterhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/pattulo-bridge-from-2014-mayors-plan.jpgPattulo Bridge from 2014 Mayors PlanPattulo Bridge, from the 2014 Metro mayors' transportation funding plan 2024-01-03T00:20:26+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2015/09/08/property-taxes-2015-in-search-of-the-obvious/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/property-taxes-per-person-2015.pngProperty taxes per person 2015https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/heritage-house.jpgHeritage houseLadner, Municipality of Deltahttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/property-taxes-2015.pngProperty taxes 20152024-01-03T00:13:03+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2015/11/11/follow-up-on-a-fatal-crash-and-a-homeless-camp/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1-dsc_2435.jpg1-DSC_2435https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1-dsc_2442.jpg1-DSC_24422024-01-02T23:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2015/11/26/walking-in-circles-at-lougheed-town-centre/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1-dsc_2479.jpg1-DSC_2479https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/lougheed-burquitlam.jpgLougheed BurquitlamA detail showing part of Coquitlam's Lougheed-Burquitlam planning area, with footprintshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/korea-plaza-cropped.jpgKorea Plaza croppedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1-dsc_2470.jpg1-DSC_2470https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1-dsc_2469.jpg1-DSC_2469Medium density housing, early 2000s, with freeway viewhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1-dsc_2465.jpg1-DSC_2465Pedestrian underpass at Lougheed Highway (B.C. Highway 7) overpass https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/townhomes-1.jpgTownhomes 11970s townhomes east of Stoney Creekhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/cameron-park.jpgCameron Parkhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/cameron-and-north.jpgCameron and NorthNorth Road at Cameron Avenue, with the new Evergreen Line guideway in the foregroundhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/lougheed-centre-burnaby.jpgLougheed Centre BurnabyThe Lougheed Town Centre, Burnaby side. The small black-bordered core is under intensive planning review. The semi-circle of dots represents our walking route.2024-01-02T23:48:33+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2015/12/30/does-british-columbia-need-elected-school-boards/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/kitsilano-secondary.jpgKitsilano secondaryKitsilano Secondary School, Vancouverhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2008-2015-bc-class-sizes1.jpg2008-2015 BC class sizes2024-01-02T23:36:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2016/01/18/north-surreys-lrt-landscape/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/104-at-152-looking-east.jpg104 at 152 looking eastLRT terminus: 104 Avenue at 152 Street looking east. The Sheraton hotel is on the left, with a car sales lot flagpole in the centre.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/152-at-104-looking-west.jpg152 at 104 looking westLRT terminus: 104 Avenue at 152 Street looking west. It seems likely that the LRT turnabout would sit on our right.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/104-at-148-looking-east.jpg104 at 148 looking east104 Avenue at 148 Street looking easthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/104-at-144-looking-west.jpg104 at 144 looking west104 Avenue near 144 Street, looking west. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/asian-development-from-rear.jpgAsian development from rearThe empty 104 Avenue Centre, Surrey, seen from 103A Avenuehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/power-line-corridor.jpgPower line corridorLooking diagonally across the 140 Street intersection towards Surrey Central. The current land use where we are standing appears to be a Southeast Asian child care facility housed in a trailer.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/104-at-140.jpg104 at 140Vacant space in a struggling commercial building at 140 Street Stationhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/skytrain-at-kwantlen.jpgSkytrain at KwantlenAt Surrey Central station, January 2016: an elevated train passes in front of a future Kwantlen Polytechnic University site.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/surrey-central-retail.jpgSurrey Central retailWaiting for redevelopment: '70s-era retail next to Surrey Central stationhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/surrey-lrt-with-stations.jpgSurrey LRT with stationsThe proposed light rail transit network in Surrey, British Columbia showing potential station locations (City of Surrey website, January 2016)2023-12-27T23:35:14+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2016/02/08/demolition-in-a-vintage-rental-neighbourhood/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/neighbourhood-house.jpgNeighbourhood HouseA developer-funded community social centre in a new Metrotown tower. The low-rise building in the background is slated for demolition.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/new-townhome-duplex-and-towers.jpgNew townhome duplex and towersDunblane Avenue, east side; mutant Vancouverism, anisolated townhome duplex with towershttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/new-tower-construction.jpgNew tower constructionResidential tower construction viewed from the Metrotown shopping centrehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/three-story-walkup-east-of-metrotown.jpgThree story walkup east of MetrotownWalkup apartments on Dunblane Avenue, east of the mallhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/willingdon-street.jpgWillingdon StreetRental units on Willingdon Street. The building has been recently purchased, but not yet re-zoned for demolition.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/high-style-living.jpgFraseropolis renoviction Burnaby2023-12-27T23:26:57+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2016/02/16/surreys-poll-on-light-rail-transit/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/light-rail-station-at-1st-avenue-and-van-buren-phoenix.jpgLight rail station at 1st Avenue and Van Buren, PhoenixLight rail transit, central Phoenix, 20122023-12-27T23:19:17+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2016/02/22/rain-and-a-parking-crisis-in-deep-cove/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/rowing-club.jpgRowing ClubThe Deep Cove rowing club in the winter rain, with a municipal park behindhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/deep-cove-big-aerial-reduced.jpgDeep Cove big aerial reducedAn aerial photo of Deep Cove from the municipal technical study. The commercial row is to the left of the marina.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/gallant-street.jpgGallant Streethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/deep-cove.jpgDeep Cove2023-12-27T23:11:50+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2016/03/28/vancouver-home-prices-dont-expect-a-government-counter-attack/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2016-02-detached-home-prices1.jpg2016 02 Detached home priceshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2016-02-apartment-prices1.jpg2016 02 apartment priceshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/blue-house-blue-towers.jpgBlue house blue towershttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/detached-house-1-cropped.jpgDetached house 1 croppedEdgemont, District of North Vancouver2023-12-27T01:21:10+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2016/04/24/newton-was-not-always-so-big/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/mall.jpgmallShopping mall at the north end of Newton Town Centre with featurehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/king-george-evening.jpgKing George eveningLooking south on King George Boulevard to Newton's corners, eveninghttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/137-street-evening.jpg137 Street - evening137 Street, eveninghttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/137-street-real-estate-site.jpg137 street - real estate siteTypical commercial structure on 137 Street, Newton Town Centre, from a real estate site https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/spring-in-the-suburbs-reduced.jpgspring in the suburbs reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/chelsea-gardens-reduced.jpgChelsea Gardens reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/newton-centre-pond-reduced.jpgNewton Centre pond reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/public-market-reduced.jpgPublic market reducedThe abandoned Surrey Public Market Building at King George and 64 Avenue, Surreyhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/motel-reduced.jpgMotel reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/surrey-communities-overview-2016.jpgSurrey communities overview 2016Areas of Surrey, from the official community plan section of the City website2023-12-27T01:08:23+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2016/05/26/gun-battles-and-crime-stats-in-greater-vancouver/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/20015-2014-selected-crime-trends2.jpg20015-2014 selected crime trendshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016-04-23-christy-clark-and-police-surrey.jpg2016 04 23 Christy Clark and police SurreyPremier Clark, centre, with B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Morris and Surrey police2023-12-27T01:03:17+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2016/05/31/passionate-about-esquimalt/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/esquimalt-high-street.jpgEsquimalt high streethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/esquimalt-chamber.jpgEsquimalt ChamberEsquimalt's Chamber of Commerce office, just below Esquimalt Roadhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/esqumalt-condos.jpgEsqumalt condoshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/esquimalt-bike-trail.jpgEsquimalt bike trailThe Esquimalt & Nanaimo railway, formerly serving Vancouver Island's east coast, has been closed due to lack of interest. The right-of-way now accommodates a bike trail, interrupted (according to a regional authority map) by Esquimalt First Nation territoryhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/esquimalt-house-1.jpgEsquimalt House 12023-12-27T00:58:03+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2016/10/24/managing-traffic-through-new-westminster/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/p-johnston-from-linkedin.jpgp-johnston-from-linkedinhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/house-reduced.jpghouse-reducedHundred-year-old residence facing the Pattullo Bridge approachhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/downtown-new-west-from-2014-plan.jpgdowntown-new-west-from-2014-planAerial view of New Westminster, from the Transportation Planhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/pattulo-reduced.jpgpattulo-reducedPattullo Bridge, Saturday afternoonhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/new-west-at-the-hub-2014.pngnew-west-at-the-hub-2014New Westminster within the region, from the New West Master Transportation Plan2023-11-26T23:40:18+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2016/12/12/a-climate-forecast-for-metro-vancouver/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fraser-and-port-haney-reduced.jpgfraser-and-port-haney-reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/doctor-robert-masse-chiropractor-cropped.jpgdoctor-robert-masse-chiropractor-croppedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2015-carbon-pricing-map.png2015-carbon-pricing-mapCarbon pricing programs worldwide in 2015, Grist.orghttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/crescent-beach-2-reduced.jpgcrescent-beach-2-reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/reservoir-from-gvrd-climate-doc.jpgreservoir-from-gvrd-climate-docMountainside reservoir; photo from "Climate Projections for Metro Vancouver"2023-11-26T23:27:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2016/04/11/mr-pachal-goes-to-city-hall/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/langley-community-profile-detail-2014.jpgLangley community profile detail 2014A page from the City of Langley's 2014 community profilehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/nathan.jpgNathanhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/langley-city-hall-march-2016.jpgLangley City Hall March 20162023-09-20T00:07:21+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2016/06/19/the-amalgamation-of-cities/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/anyville-3-reduced.jpganyville-3 reduced"Implementing reclaimed material along the banks of the woonasquatucket river." Lifted from daftdetroit.wordpress.com2023-09-19T23:43:32+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2016/07/18/revisiting-downtown-maple-ridge/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/baptist-housing-reduced.jpgBaptist housing reducedBaptist Church seniors housing tower, 1980shttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/tower-sign-reduced.jpgTower sign reducedTower development proposal, northeast of City Hallhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/edge-of-the-city-reduced.jpgedge of the city reducedA recently-constructed plaza, 227 at Dewdney - edge-of-town development in the corehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/maple-ridge-central-area-2013.jpgMaple Ridge central area 2013Maple Ridge's central area as defined on the municipal websitehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/haney-plaza-reduced.jpgHaney Plaza reducedHaney Plaza in the Maple Ridge commercial core. The anchor structure, built as a Safeway supermarket, has been a liquidation outlet for 20 years; a second large retail space to the west has been leased by a series of discount retailers, and is currently vacant. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/arts-centre-reduced.jpgarts centre reducedThe Maple Ridge Arts Centre and Theatre (2003) seen from the central parkhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/for-lease-reduced.jpgfor lease reducedDewdney Trunk Road, south sidehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/donair-reduced.jpgDonair reduced2023-09-19T23:36:56+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2016/08/02/a-queensborough-annacis-island-walking-loop/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/housing-from-bridge-reduced.jpgHousing from bridge reducedNew homes in Queensborough, seen from the second Annacis bridge. Many of Queensborough's former industrial lands have been converted for housing.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/trucks-reduced.jpgtrucks reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/willows-reduced.jpgwillows reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/steel-reduced.jpgsteel reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/fraser-river-reduced.jpgFraser River reducedFraser River, 8:30 a.m.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/walkway-reduced.jpgwalkway reducedHighway 91 walkway to Annacis Islandhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/houses-facing-annacis-reduced.jpgHouses facing annacis reducedHomes in Queensborough (New Westminster) looking out at Annacis Islandhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/rosedale-reduced.jpgRosedale reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016-01-annacis-traffic.jpg2016 01 Annacis trafficSurrey Leader, January 20162023-09-19T23:32:34+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2016/08/11/the-brief-debate-on-a-new-real-estate-tax/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/david-eby-real-estate.jpgdavid-eby-real-estateBC New Democrat housing critic David Ebyhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/mike-de-jong-housing-sales-610px.jpgmike-de-jong-housing-sales-610pxB.C. Finance Minister Mike de Jong (CBC News)https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/burnaby-heights-housing-reduced.jpgBurnaby Heights housing reduced2023-09-19T23:28:39+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2016/12/02/a-conversation-about-short-term-rentals/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/metro-vacancy-rates-2015.jpgmetro-vacancy-rates-2015Vacancy rates in Metro Vancouver, fall 2015. This map was not provided https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/iain-marjoribanks-cropped.jpgiain-marjoribanks-croppedIain Marjoribanks. Victoria Times-Colonist photohttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/metro-conversation.jpgmetro-conversationBong, Pachal, Johnstone, Duncanhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/apartment-detail-reduced.jpgapartment-detail-reduced2023-09-19T00:21:20+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2016/12/29/a-shift-to-apartment-living/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/subdivided-house-reduced.jpgsubdivided-house-reducedSubdivided house, Grandview-Woodlands, Vancouverhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2011-metro-housing-by-structure-type.jpg2011-metro-housing-by-structure-typeDetail from Metro Vancouver's December 2016 housing data bookhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/apartment-living-2543-reduced.jpgapartment-living-2543-reducedJoyce-Collingwood urban village, Vancouverhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/preferred-housing.jpgpreferred-housingPost-2000 detached houses, Marpole, Vancouver2023-09-19T00:16:03+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2017/01/29/light-rail-for-surrey/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/surrey-lrt-vision-captured-jan-2017.jpgsurrey-lrt-vision-captured-jan-2017"A vision of LRT in Surrey" captured from the January 2017 information sessions web page. The location is not identified.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/surrey-lrt-2-phase.jpgsurrey-lrt-2-phaseRevised Surrey rapid transit plan, with the Fraser Highway leg shown as "Phase 2", no dates providedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/plaza-from-city-hall.jpgplaza-from-city-hallLibrary and civic plaza seen from Surrey City Halhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/newton-town-centre.jpgnewton-town-centre72nd Avenue, Newton Town Centre by the existing transit terminal2023-09-15T22:58:55+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2017/03/05/metro-vancouvers-homeless-report-where-to-from-here/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2017-metro-homeless-report-cover.jpg2017-metro-homeless-report-cover2023-09-15T22:45:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2017/04/18/in-the-shadow-of-vancouvers-traffic-viaducts/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/under-viaducts-reduced.jpgUnder viaducts reducedPart of the space under the viaducts functions as a combination skateboard facility and refuge for the homelesshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/hendrix-shrine-reduced.jpgHendrix shrine reducedThe site of a former Jimi Hendrix shrine, Union at Main. The musician's grandmother lived and worked near this corner.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/livingston-park-view-reduced.jpgLivingston Park view reducedLooking from Andy Livingstone Park at the International Village, an early 2000s development built near the Chinatown-Stadium transit stationhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/housing-on-viaduct-reduced.jpghousing on viaduct reducedNew housing at the Main Street ramp from the Georgia viaducthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017-ne-false-creek-parks.png2017 NE False Creek parksThis land use concept is presented in the City's March 2017 "Northeast False Creek Park Design" documenthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/viaducts-from-2017-city-directions.jpgViaducts from 2017 city directionsA photo of the viaducts from the City's January 2017 "Northeast False Creek Directions" documenthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/future-park-reduced.pngfuture park reducedVacant lands next to False Creek in downtown Vancouver. The city government's plan will see the extension of the waterfront park and up to 20 new residential towers. 2023-09-15T22:42:04+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2017/03/20/theyre-stackin-em-in-at-brentwood/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/across-lougheed-highway-reduced.jpgAcross Lougheed Highway reducedLooking across Lougheed Highwayhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/pedestrian-way-reduced.jpgpedestrian way reducedPathway off Dawson Streethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dawson-at-rosser.jpgDawson at RosserTransition: Dawson at Rosserhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/rosser-to-gilmore-reduced.jpgRosser to Gilmore reducedSpace between apartment towers off Rosser, looking to Gilmorehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/brentwood-2016-land-use-plan.jpgBrentwood 2016 land use planA 2016 municipal map showing proposed land use in the Brentwood core. Much of the high-density space is already constructed or underway.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dawson-street-reduced.jpgdawson street reducedThis section of Dawson Street near Gilmore station has Yaletownish proportions; but as Dr. Smarz pointed out with some bewilderment., most of the storefront functions are quasi-medical. There is almost nothing to buy.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/metrotown-from-brentwood-reduced.jpgMetrotown from Brentwood reducedThe towers at Metrotown from Brentwood Skytrain stationhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/amazing-brentwood-reduced.jpgamazing brentwood reduced"Amazing Brentwood" construction seen from inside the Brentwood Skytrain station, March 2017https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/amazing-brentwood-3a-from-vancity-buzz-930x500.pngAmazing Brentwood 3a from VanCity Buzz-930x500A rendering of the Shape Properties "Amazing Brentwood" development plan as published in VanCity Buzzhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/brentwood-fruit-market-reduced.jpgBrentwood fruit market reducedA fruit and vegetable market at Rosser Avenue and Buchanan Street, Burnaby; the area plan refers to a "village experience" 2023-09-15T22:41:53+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2017/04/05/transit-funding-and-election-speculation/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/surrey-lrt-vision-captured-april-2017.jpgSurrey LRT vision captured April 2017https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017-03-31-rapid-transit-funding.jpeg2017 03 31 rapid transit fundingFocus on Surrey: the B.C. government's $2.2 billion transit announcement with transit minister Peter Fassbender, who is also MLA for Surrey Fleetwood; flanked by Marvin Hunt, MLA for Surrey-Panorama, first elected to Surrey City Council in 1988; and Technology Minister Amrik Virk, MLA for Surrey-Tynehead, formerly prominent as a senior officer in the RCMP in Surrey. 2023-09-15T22:38:50+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2017/04/08/pitt-meadows-1-osprey-village/2023-09-15T22:34:00+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2017/05/05/back-on-kingsway/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/kingsway-2-reduced-b.jpgKingsway 2 reduced bSouth side of Kingsway one block east of Knighthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/development-sign-reduced.jpgDevelopment sign reducedNew development, Fleming St. off 21sthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/blossoms-reduced.jpgBlossoms reducedLooking south on St. Catherines St.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/houses-1.jpghouses 1East 15th Ave.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/apartment-1.jpgapartment 1Renovated vintage apartment building, Windsor St.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/character-reduced.jpgcharacter reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/triplex-reduced.jpgTriplex reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/polish-veterans-reduced1.jpgPolish veterans reducedA remnant of the time before Little Vietnamhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/kingsway-4-reduced.jpgKingsway 4 reducedKingsway near Glen. "I bet those condo apartments are tiny," said Nathan.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/polish-veterans-reduced.jpgPolish veterans reducedNewly completed four-storey building. "I bet those condos are tiny," said Nathan.2023-09-15T22:28:18+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2017/08/07/pedaling-on-the-central-valley-greenway/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/still-creek-section-east-reduced.jpgStill Creek section east reducedApproaching Sperling-Burnaby Lake stationhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sperling-bridge-reduced.jpgSperling Bridge reducedCycling bridge to Sperling-Burnaby Lake stationhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/still-creek-drive-reduced.jpgStill Creek Drive reducedSeparated pathway along industrial Still Creek Drivehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/planting-reduced.jpgPlanting reducedMunicipal plantings alongside the City of Burnaby recycling depothttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/vancouver-sightseeing-reduced.jpgVancouver Sightseeing reducedVintage industrial sheds across the rail tracks from Still Creek Drive. The lettering on the abandoned bus says "Vancouver Sightseeing"https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/still-creek-2-reduced.jpgStill Creek 2 reducedFirst evidence of Still Creek looking west from Gilmorehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/pathway-1-reduced.jpgPathway 1 reducedCentral Valley Greenway in east of Commercial Drivehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/station-reduced.jpgStation reducedCommercial Skytrain station on the Millennium linehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/winston-st.jpgWinston StWinston Street through industrial Burnaby, 11:30 a.m. Saturdayhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/still-creek-reduced.jpgStill Creek reducedStill Creek east of Gilmore2023-09-13T23:17:30+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2017/08/20/winnipeg-summer-2017/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/jubilee-transit.jpgJubilee transitJubilee transit station, just west of the ice cream standhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/street-5.jpgStreet 5St. Bonifacehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/house-2.jpgHouse 2Riverview districthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/house-3.jpgHouse 3Lord Roberts Districthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/house-5.jpgHouse 5Kingston Crescenthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/view.jpgViewView of downtown Winnipeg from St. Boniface, with the Museum of Human Rights https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/street-1.jpgStreet 1https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ruin.jpgRuinThe facade of the old St. Boniface Cathedral, preserved after a devastating fire in 1968. The new cathedral sits just a few metres away.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ice-cream.jpgice creamJust over the foot bridgehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/street-2.jpgStreet 22023-09-13T23:13:56+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2017/09/01/transforming-metrotown/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/firefighters.jpgFirefightersFirefighters Public House, just outside the mallhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sussex-in-decline.jpgSussex in declineMaywood: as noted in a previous post, many walkup apartment buildings in this precinct are slated for demolition.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/bubble-tea.jpgBubble TeaHolding for development on the north side of Kingsway near Paterson. Cash only please.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/pathway.jpgPathwayA pathway in Central Park parallel to Paterson Avenuehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/central-park-east.jpgCentral Park EastA landscaped 1970s apartment tower in the Central Park East precinct, where 100 per cent of residential property is high-rise apartments.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/duplex.jpgDuplexA 1950s duplex on Metrotown's northern perimeter. 97 per cent of the households in the area live in apartments, 2 per cent in attached homes and 1 per cent in detached homes.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/old-orchard-mall.jpgOld Orchard mallThe Old Orchard Mall on Kingsway has valuable and accessible services as well as too much surface pavement to allow it to survive in this form. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/kingsway-pedestrian.jpgKingsway pedestrianRestaurant umbrellas on the north side of Kingsway near Willingdon, August 2017https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/kingsway-failing.jpgKingsway failingThe older retail blocks on Kingsway near the mall have struggled over the years. Tenants include payday loan shops, tattoo parlours and porn outlets. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/metrotown-2017-neighbourhoods.jpgMetrotown 2017 neighbourhoods2023-09-13T23:10:38+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2017/11/10/building-a-local-economy-on-automotive-repair/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/haney-auto-map1.jpgHaney Auto maphttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/start-automotive-reduced.jpgStart Automotive reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/t-and-t-reduced.jpgT and T reducedA typical central area viewscape. T&T Auto Parts is to the left in this photo, Accent Glass & Locksmith (not visible) is in the strip on the right.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/boyd-glass-reduced.jpgBoyd glass reducedCrystal Glass and Boyd Auto Body, two blocks east of Maple Ridge City Hall2023-09-13T23:02:41+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2017/11/14/sapperton-in-bits/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/houses-1.jpgHouses 1https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/2017-sapperton-green-aerial.jpg2017 Sapperton Green aerialLayout of the proposed Sapperton Green village, from a 2017 city reporthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/sapperton-land-use-2017.jpgSapperton land use 2017Land use in Sapperton: a detail from the 2017 city plan, showing a wide industrial zone to the south, and the proposed Sapperton Green Transit-Oriented Mixed-Use Community (SGTMC) to the easthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/ward-st-reduced.jpgWard St reducedWard STreet, off Columbiahttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/vancouver-stuff-reduced.jpgVancouver stuff reducedA Vancouver-style residential tower in the Brewery Districthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/the-big-bucks-reduced.jpgThe big bucks reducedMedical offices on Columbia Street by the hospital. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/rch-1.jpgRCH 1Part of the Royal Columbian hospital along Columbia Streethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/brunette-st-reduced.jpgBrunette St reducedBrunette Street seen from the back of the Brewery District, with the Sapperton transit station on the far side and new residential tower construction on the left.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/columbia-st-1-reduced.jpgColumbia St 1 reducedA vintage commercial structure and Cloverdalesque street furniture, Columbia Street.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/new-west-nighbourhoods-2016.jpgNew West nighbourhoods 2016New Westminster neihgbourhoods, showing Sapperton at the eastern end, from the City's Sapperton profile (2006.)2023-09-13T22:57:46+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2017/12/30/yaletown-encore/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/davie-reduced.jpgDavie reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hamilton-reduced.jpgHamilton reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/pacific-blvd-reduced.jpgPacific Blvd reduced2023-09-13T22:51:59+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2018/01/22/surrey-central-retrofitting-or-replacement/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/surrey-central-towers-from-2017-plan.jpgSurrey Central towers from 2017 planA rendering of the future Surrey Central core from the 2017 plan, with towers distributed along King George from 96 Avenue, lower right, to 108 Avenue. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/abandoned-retail.jpgAbandoned retailAbdandoned retail space across the street from Surrey City Hallhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/sfu-detail.jpgSFU detailDetail from the facade of the Simon Fraser University Environmental Engineering building, under constructionhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/detached-home-off-university.pngDetached home off UniversityA 50s-era detached home in the shadow of tower development on University Drivehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/round-up-cafe-google-maps-array.jpgRound Up cafe Google maps array2017 Photo data on the Round-Up Cafe from Google Mapshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2018-urban-surrey-drone-shot.jpg2018 Urban Surrey drone shotA recent photo of the civic plaza area with City Hall at the centre. The tower on the right includes a hotel and a campus of Kwantlen Polytechnical University.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/lrt-rendering-west-village-city-of-surrey.pngLRT rendering West Village City of SurreyRendering from the 2017 City Centre Plan, with a fantasy combination of library (middle background), SkyTrain line and new towers 2023-09-13T22:45:42+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2018/02/14/vancouvers-chinatown-heritage-site-urban-village-or-tourist-zone/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/intl-village-reduced.jpgInt'l village reducedAt the western perimeter: the high-rise "International Village," showing an Asian supermarket.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/main-st-new-reduced.jpgMain St new reducedNew development at the edge: Main Street at Georgia, dressed up like upscale West Broadwayhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/strathcona-homes-reduced.jpgStrathcona homes reducedDetached homes in Strathcona, probably 1890shttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/temple-reduced.jpgTemple reducedA small temple, genre unknown (to us) on Keefer Street at the fuzzy boundary of Chinatown and Strathconahttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/fan-tower-reduced.jpgFan tower reducedThe Fan Tower at Gore and Keefer, where Lawrence's aunt lived in the 1970s.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hakka-assoc-reduced.jpgHakka Assoc reducedMr. Wang and the Hakka Associationhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/wongs-benevolent-reduced.jpgWongs Benevolent reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/food-stall-reduced.jpgFood stall reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/gore-intersection-reduced.jpgGore intersection reducedGore Street at Keefer in Vancouver's Chinatown2023-09-13T22:42:07+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2018/03/04/a-quick-look-at-sunshine-hills/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sunshine-village-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Sunshine Hills PlaceSunshine Village, a shopping mall on the south side of 64 Avenue, with a retro look suggestive of the 1920s Cloverdale uban village further easthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sunshine-trees-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Watershed Parkhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sunshine-houses-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Sunshine Hills houses 1https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sunshine-house-reduced.jpgSunshine house reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sunshine-hills-centre-reduced.jpgSunshine Hills Centre reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sunshine-condo-reduced.jpgSunshine condo reducedApartment housing on the Surrey side of Scott Road2023-09-13T22:37:09+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2018/03/18/apartment-development-in-surrey-crowdfunding-as-a-doorway-to-home-ownership/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2018-canadian-western-properties-scenario-a.jpg2018 Canadian Western Properties Scenario Ahttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/show-office-reduced.jpgShow office reducedThe show office for the King George Hub development, near King George stationhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/elizabeth-manor-reduced.jpgElizabeth Manor reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/surrey-central-towers-reduced.jpgSurrey Central towers reducedTower construction seen from alongside the subject property on 104 Avenue2023-09-13T22:33:10+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2018/04/01/your-own-pond-at-new-westminster-quay/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/bridal-reduced.jpgBridal reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/west-side-reduced.jpgWest side reducedPostwar retail with towers, Tenth Streethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/vintage-1-reduced.jpgVintage 1 reducedHolding for development -- a vintage industrial shop functioning as a carwash.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/third-avenue-reduced.jpgThird Avenue reducedRural street geometry on Third Avenue, a few hundred metres from the downtown towershttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/quay-2-reduced.jpgQuay 2 reducedThe riverfront pathway west of the markethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/riverfront-2-reduced.jpgRiverfront 2 reducedThe riverfront pathway east of the markethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/riverfront-1-reduced.jpgRiverfront 1 reducedThe WOW, with the soon-to-be demolished Pattulo traffic bridge in the background.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/quay-1-reduced.jpgFraseropolis New West Quay towers30 years after the establishment of the high-density Quayside neighbourhood, tower construction continues near the public market.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/fountain-reduced.jpgFountain reducedFountain and pond south of Quayside Drive, New Westminster2023-09-13T22:31:46+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2018/07/27/b-c-s-trading-profile-coal-to-japan-mystery-food-to-the-u-s/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/nursery-reduced-e1539476117715.jpgNursery reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/rogers-bw-reduced.jpgRogers B&w reducedA vintage terminal building at the Port of Vancouver, 20142023-09-13T22:27:22+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2018/04/22/funding-for-metro-vancouver-transit-are-we-there-yet/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/lonsdale-bus-cropped-reduced-treated.jpgFraseropolis Lonsdale bushttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/skytrain-at-surrey-central-2016-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Skytrain at Surrey Central, 2016 reducedSurrey Central SkyTrain station2023-09-13T00:09:14+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2018/05/11/riding-vancouvers-fast-train-to-nowhere/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/at-cypress-reduced.jpgAt Cypress reducedNew detached home, Arbutus corridor at Cypress: welcome to Kitsilanohttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2017-arbutus-streetcare-rendering.jpg2017 Arbutus streetcare renderinghttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/broadway-crossing-reduced.jpgBroadway crossing reducedThe Arbutus corridor, now owned by the City of Vancouver, crossing Broadway. This section of pathway is heavily used by pedestrians, and in the Adam Fitch concept it would sit above a kilometre-long streetcar tunnel.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/arbutus-corridor-west-of-fir-reduced.jpgArbutus corridor west of Fir reducedTourists on the Arbutus transit corridor just west of Fir.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ottawa-lrt-trains-public-transit-in-ottawa.jpgOttawa LRT trains (Public Transit in Ottawa)Photo from the Public Transit in Ottawa blog.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cloth-map-reduced.jpgCloth map reduced2023-09-14T22:21:17+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2018/09/30/no-quick-fix-for-north-vancouver-traffic/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/bowinn_ma_2017-wikipedia.jpgFraseropolis Bowinn_Ma, 2017 wikipediaBowinn Ma. Photo from Wikipediahttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/lonsdale-mountain-backdrop.jpgLonsdale mountain backdropLooking north on Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver, Saturday afternoon 2013https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/town-hall-traffic-photo-city-of-north-van.jpgTown hall traffic photo city of North VanAn photo used to promote a public forum on traffic, from the North Van Parks and Rec Commission.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/north-shore-transportation-plan-actions.pngNorth Shore transportation plan actionsA detail from the INSTPP traffic study, with a bunch o' recommendations on how to reduce congestion.2023-09-12T22:10:29+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2019/06/11/vancouvers-housing-crash-and-the-cost-of-living/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/pomo-condos-treated-1.jpgFraseropolis Port Moody condoshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/joyce-towers-treated.jpgFraseropolis Joyce Collingwood towershttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/street-scene-treated.jpgStreet scene treated2023-09-12T21:41:41+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2019/11/03/transformation-and-demoviction-in-burquitlam/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/burquitlam-house-for-sale.jpgFraseropolis Burquitlam house for saleA house for sale at the edge of the redevelopment zone. At the time of publication of this post, it was listed at $2,400,000..https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/burquitlam-development-sign-1.jpgFraseropolis Burquitlam redevelopment 2Outside a new tower, not on a parkhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/burquitlam-redevelopment-sign.jpgFraseropolis Burquitlam redevelopment sign 1Detached home on Adler Avenue, awaiting low-rise or townhome developmenthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/burquitlam-european-modern.jpgBurquitlam European modernA low-rise complex with a "European modern" design, which some folks like and others don'thttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/burquitlam-station-2-2.jpgFraseropolis Burquitlam StationBurquitlam Stationhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/burquitlam-shopping-centre.jpgFraseropolis Burquitlam shopping centreAn old-style shopping plaza, the stub of a much larger plaza that was cleared for the new Safeway and towers in the background.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/burquitlam-towers.jpgFraseropolis Burquitlam towersTowers under construction, seen from a side street south of Foster Avenue.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/burquitlam-apartments-2.jpgFraseropolis Burquitlam apartments 2Apartments, maybe 1965, Whiting Way; these were mostly vacant and waiting for demolition oon the day of our tourhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/burquitlam-old-house.jpgFraseropolis - Burquitlam old houseA house from Burquitlam's semi-rural period, probably 1940, just east of North Road.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/burquitlam-apartment-row.jpgFraseropolis - Burquitlam apartment rowVintage walkup apartment buildings arranged along the south side of Cottonwood Avenue. Like other such structures in Burquitlam, these have housed refugees from Syria and Iraq in recent years. Many are now targeted for demolition.2023-09-12T21:32:50+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/resources/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/yale-convenience-store.jpgYale convenience storehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/hammond-neighbourhood-maple-ridge.jpgHammond neighbourhood, Maple Ridgehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/at-the-billy-miner.jpgAt the Billy Minerhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/i-mcleod-bill-header-small-2.jpgBy the Billy Minerhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/poco-city-hall-2-smaller.jpgPort Coquitlam City Hall2024-10-27T19:09:20+00:00weekly0.6https://fraseropolis.com/2019/04/19/back-in-langley-city/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/strip-mall-cropped-reduced-img_1376.jpgStrip mall cropped reduced IMG_1376If you look carefully, you will find strip mallshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/office-signs-cropped-reduced-img_1387.jpgOffice signs cropped reduced IMG_1387https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/vinegar-shop-cropped-reduced-img_1384.jpgVinegar shop cropped reduced IMG_1384https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/condos-with-bandstand-cropped-reduced-img_1381.jpgCondos with bandstand cropped reduced IMG_1381Douglas Park bandstand with condo constructionhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/casino-statues-cropped-reduced-img_1385.jpgCasino statues cropped reduced IMG_1385At the transition from the downtown to the casino -- an economic hub encircled by pavementhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/mini-square-cropped-reduced-img_1392.jpgmini-square cropped reduced IMG_1392https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/gabbys-cabaret-cropped-reduced-img_1396-1.jpgGabby's cabaret cropped reduced IMG_1396https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/big-square-img_1371-reduced.jpgBig square IMG_1371 reducedThe central square in downtown Langley, where they have music and such when it is not raining2019-10-20T00:52:20+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2019/03/06/industry-in-the-big-city-evolution-decay-or-disappearance/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/self-driving-bus-from-screenshot.jpgFraseropolis self-driving bus Southeast False Creekhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/shell-cropped-reduced.jpgShell cropped reducedIndustrial structure near False Creek, holding for redevelopmenthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/se-false-creek-3-cropped-reduced.jpgSE False Creek 3 cropped reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/se-false-creek-2-cropped-reduced.jpgSE False Creek 2 cropped reducedWalter Hardwick Avenuehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/vijs-food-truck-cropped-reduced.jpgVij's food truck cropped reducedA food truck on the main square in Southeast False Creek. The square features an upscale supermarket and a drug store, but is dominated by oversize pubs.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/fashion-design-cropped.jpgFashion design croppedFashion design house, 6th at Quebechttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dental-la-cropped-reduced.jpgDental La cropped reducedDental lab in 1950s structure next to hundred-year-old home, 6th Avenuehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/argo-cafe-cropped-reduced.jpgArgo Cafe cropped reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1st-avenue-southeast-false-creek-reduced.jpgFraseropolis 1st Avenue Southeast False Creek reduced1st Avenue, Southeast False Creekhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/body-shop-cropped-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Southeast False Creek 12019-10-20T00:50:11+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2019/02/05/a-new-skytrain-plan-for-surrey/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2019-future-willowbrook-skytrain_station_02_web.jpg2019 future willowbrook skytrain_station_02_webhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2019-surreye28093langley_skytrain_plan.png2019 surrey–langley_skytrain_planRoute for the proposed SkyTrain extension from Surrey Central to downtown Langley, posted by TransLink in early 2019. The former light rail route from Guildford to Newton has been demoted to express bus status.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Surrey-LRT-plan-with-stations-2017.jpgSurrey LRT plan with stations 2017A light rail transit plan for Surrey, British Columbia, from open houses held in 2017. The diagonal line to Langley is now to be constructed as a high-speed elevated train (SkyTrain); the Newton and Guildford legs have been shelved.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/LRT-station-Roosevelt-and-Central-December-2018-cropped.jpgLRT station Roosevelt and Central December 2018 croppedRoosevelt and Central light rail station, Phoenix, Christmas week 20182019-10-20T00:46:57+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2018/06/29/metro-vancouver-transit-fastest-growth-in-north-america-in-2017/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2017-transit-ridership-1-1080x697.png2017-Transit Ridership-1-1080x697This chart has been copied from StreetsblogUSA.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2016-translink-service-improvements.jpg2016 TransLink service improvementsA detail from a 2016 Council of Mayors plan showing transit improvement prioritieshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/yaletown-roundhouse.jpgYaletown-RoundhouseCanada Line at Yaletown, 2014https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/moody-station-2016-121.jpgMoody Station 2016 12Moody Centre Station near completion, December 20162019-10-20T00:32:37+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2018/06/03/trouble-in-brookswood/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/development-sign-reduced.jpgDevelopment sign reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sunrise-lake-momentum-real-estate-group.jpgMomentum Real Estate GroupWe were unable to photograph Sunrise Lake, since all access is private. This image is from the Momentum Real Estate Group.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/house-4.jpgHouse 4https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/abandoned-house.jpgAbandoned houseAn property, with a house c. 1945, awaiting redevelopmenthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sidewalk-reduced.jpgsidewalk reducedSouth of the commercial strip, the sidewalk leading to the future medium-density residential area shrinks to a sub-minimum width, and then disappears altogether.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/commercial-village-reduced.jpgCommercial village reducedThe commercial strip on 200th Street south of 40th Avenue has a slight tinge of alpine resort.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/house-1.jpghttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/brookswood-pond-reduced.jpgBrookswood Pond reducedBrookswood Pond, an old quarry property northeast of the proposed new townhouse zone at 200 Street and 32 Avenue. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/protest-sign-reduced.jpgProtest sign reduced2019-10-20T00:30:43+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2017/09/25/suburban-sprawl-german-style/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/duplex-reduced.jpgDuplex reducedDuplex housing, post-2000https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/home-industry-reduced.jpgHome industry reducedA residence with an industrial shop at the edge of the industrial zonehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/anne-frank-reduced.jpgAnne Frank reducedThe Anne-Frank-Weg, named for a prominent Jewish victim of Germany's Nazi regime, is the main pedestrian link from the subdivision to the high school and shoppinghttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/street-reduced.jpgStreet reducedA typical suburban street layout, with a narrow road surface and wide sidewalks.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/older-home-reduced.jpgOlder home reducedAn older home at the edge of the subdivision, overlooking river lands and wind turbines sited on farmland. There are close to 1,000 wind turbines in Dithmarschen County, of almost 3,000 in the province of Schleswig-Holstein.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/harbourside-reduced.jpgHarbourside reducedA rainy day at the entrance to the Kiel Canal, with a cruise ship approachinghttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/pathway-reduced.jpgPathway reducedThis pedestrian-cycling pathway also provides access for a few residents to garages or laneway housing.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/garage-entrance-reduced.jpggarage entrance reducedGarage entrance and back yard, Brunsbuttel2019-10-19T00:34:37+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2017/07/22/a-development-surge-in-vancouvers-river-district/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/anywhere.jpgAnywhereAlways fun to be somewhere that could be anywhere.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/pub.jpgPubRomer's Burger Bar. Good burgers.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/condos.jpgCondosNewer condo apartments east of Kerr Street. The railway track, running through the centre of the River District and the neighbourhood further west, is still shown as active on the CN Rail website.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/pathway-burnaby.jpgPathway BurnabyEast of Boundary Road, the riverside pathway enters the City of Burnaby and a conventional industrial subdivisionhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/pathway.jpgPathwayThe riverside pathway east of Kerr Street is almost rural in places - for nowhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/townhomes-1.jpgTownhomes 1Pre-2000 townhomes facing the river west of Kerr Streethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2016-11-14-river-district-plan.png2016-11-14 River District PlanA conceptual plan issued by the River District developer, Wesgroup properties. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sign.jpgSignSignage along the Fraser River pathwayhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/construction.jpgConstruction2019-10-19T00:28:07+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2017/01/19/lopsided-development-in-the-phoenix-arts-district/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/law-offices.jpglaw-officesScottish-Navajo fusion: law offices on a mostly residential block at McKinley and 4th Ave.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/container-housing.jpgcontainer-housingContainer housing under construction on 2nd St. in early 2017. "The Oscar", by StarkJames, was promoted as a residence for artists.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/roosevelt-and-3rd-st.jpgroosevelt-and-3rd-stNew housing with ground-level commercial at Roosevelt and 3rd St.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dressing-room-cropped.jpgdressing-room-croppedThe name of this new Roosevelt Ave. bar, "The Dressing Room", refers to the former use of the space as a venue for drag shows. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016-roosevelt-row-redevelopment.jpg2016-roosevelt-row-redevelopmentDevelopment concept for Roosevelt and 5th St., shown in the Downtown Phoenix Journal in January 2017https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/holding-2.jpgholding-2Holding for development: abandoned commercial spaces at Roosevelt and 5th St.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/holding-1.jpgholding-1Holding for development: a house of indeterminate age near 2nd St. and Portland Ave.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/holding-3.jpgholding-3Holding for development: a former arts space at the corner of 4th St. and Garfield Ave. Just to the south are four vacant city blocks. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/wall-graphic.jpgwall-graphicA wall graphic on an established building urges residents to "shop local". The message has been pre-empted by Circle K, a chain of 24-hour convenience stores.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/transit-overhead.jpgtransit-overheadCentral Ave. transit overhead with Frank Lloyd Wrightish flourishes, at Margaret T. Hance Park2019-10-19T00:05:58+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2016/11/15/steveston-village-this-aint-manhattan/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/cannery-statues-reduced.jpgcannery-statues-reducedA grouping of statues of fish cannery workers outside the Cannery museum. The two-storey building in the background is recent. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/walkway.jpgwalkwayThe end of the world -- looking west and south to Vancouver Island from the edge of Stevestonhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/community-centre-reduced.jpgcommunity-centre-reducedCommunity meeting space at a townhome complex west of the corehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/boardwalk-reduced.jpgboardwalk-reducedSteveston boardwalk, late Friday morninghttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/commercial-1-reduced1.jpgcommercial-1-reducedRecent mixed-use development, Chatham Streethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/steveston-core-area1.jpgsteveston-core-areaDetail from the municipal area plan, 2009https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/commercial-1-reduced.jpgcommercial-1-reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/development-reduced.jpgdevelopment-reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/boardwalk-2.jpgboardwalk-22019-10-12T21:34:37+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2016/09/14/lynn-valley-town-centre-from-humble-beginnings/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/safeway-reduced.jpgsafeway-reducedWith the Bosa development, this supermarket (we were told by a resident) will disappear. The roadway in front becomes a traffic-calmed street.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/mountain-highway-reduced.jpgmountain-highway-reducedMountain Highway entrance to the Bosa development property, September 2016https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/original-homes-reduced.jpgoriginal-homes-reducedOriginal homes, Lynn Valley Roadhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/north-shore-classic-reduced.jpgnorth-shore-classic-reducedClassic North Shore home design, c. 1960.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/vintage-apartment-reduced.jpgvintage-apartment-reducedC. 1950s walkup apartments facing Mountain Highway, next to the Bosa propertyhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bosa-model-reduced.jpgbosa-model-reducedA showroom replica of Bosa's Lynn Valley residences, under construction in fall 2016https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/plaza-reduced.jpgplaza-reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/lynn-valley-corner-realestatenorthshore-dot-com.jpglynn-valley-corner-realestatenorthshore-dot-comIntersection of Lynn Valley Road and Mountain Highway. The "Lynn Valley Life" community website says the structure on the right dates from 1912 and is the only commercial building left from the original settlement. The photo is from realestatenorthshore.com2019-10-12T21:31:16+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2016/09/05/the-traboulay-poco-trail/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/argue-st-reduced.jpgArgue St reducedArgue Street, closed to through vehicle traffic, under the embankment of provincial highway 7B. The Fraser River is on the right.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/coquitlam-river-path-reduced.jpgCoquitlam River path reducedCoquitlam River, on the territory of the Kwikwetlem First Nation https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/marina-reduced.jpgMarina reducedNear the Pitt Riverhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/poco-downtown-reduced.jpgPoco downtown reducedAt the edge of downtown PoCohttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/coquitlam-river-north-reduced.jpgCoquitlam River north reducedAlong the Coquitlam River north of Lougheed Highwayhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/deboville-path-reduced.jpgDeBoville path reducedThe Traboulay PoCo Trail alongside the DeBoville Slough, Port Coquitlam2019-10-12T21:29:38+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2016/03/07/skytrain-oriented-development-at-joycecollingwood/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/houses.jpgHousesThe Skytrain corridor was formerly a rail line, and the Aberdeen Park property was covered with shops and warehouses. These homes, built on the slope above, might have sold for $50,000 in the late 1960s. Their market value today is closer to $1.5 million.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/pizza.jpgPizzaAt the Skytrain station gatehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/pathway-shadows.jpgPathway shadowshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/joyce-st-1.jpgJoyce St. 1Looking toward Joyce/Collingwood station from north of Kingwayhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/kung-fu.jpgKung fuRecent development, Kingswayhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/kingsway.jpgKingswayKingswayhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/chinese-package.jpgChinese packagehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/park.jpgParkPublic space, low-rise high-rise development, near Vanness Avenuehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/towers-and-park.jpgTowers and parkAberdeen Park, Vancouver2019-10-12T21:13:31+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2016/01/13/light-rail-for-surrey-eyes-on-the-street/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/c-train-rail-for-the-valley.jpgC-Train (Rail for the Valley)The C-train on Seventh Avenue in downtown Calgary (Rail for the Valley)https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/surrey-lrt-plan.jpgSurrey LRT planShown in broad strokes in the regional mayors' 2014 transit proposal, the proposed new Surrey LRT lines run from Guildford (east-west), Newton) (south to North) and downtown Langley (diagonal), converging at Surrey Centralhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/1-surrey-central-station.jpg1-Surrey Central StationThe pedestrian arcade under the Skytrain line at Surrey Central station, 20112019-10-12T21:07:39+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2015/11/01/the-arbutus-skytrain-extension-a-phantom-tour/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1-dsc_2414.jpg1-DSC_2414https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1-dsc_2430.jpg1-DSC_2430Canadian Pacific rail corridor parallel to Arbutus Streethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1-dsc_2429.jpg1-DSC_2429Residential construction, 2015, next to the proposed Arbutus transit stationhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1-dsc_24231.jpg1-DSC_2423Vancouver School Board offices, Tenth Avenue near Granville Streethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1-dsc_2423.jpg1-DSC_2423Vancouver School Board office, Tenth Avenue near Granville Streethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/yaletown-station.jpgYaletown stationhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1-dsc_2413.jpg1-DSC_24131990-vintage apartment housing, Tenth Avenue west of Cambiehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1-dsc_2410.jpg1-DSC_2410Public art at the Broadway-City Hall transit stationhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1-prince-edward-3.jpg1-Prince Edward 3A community garden, part of a park built across the Prince Edward Street right-of-wayhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1-finning-3.jpg1-Finning 32019-10-10T01:02:21+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2015/06/18/at-crescent-beach/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/1-dsc_2242.jpg1-DSC_2242https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/1-house-7.jpg1-house 7https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sign.jpgSignhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/protest-sign.jpgProtest signhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/promenade-1.jpgpromenade 1https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cafe-2-reduced.jpgCafe 2 reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/1-crescent-beach-plan.jpg1-Crescent Beach planhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/house-6.jpgHouse 6https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/beach-1.jpgBeach 1https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/edmonds-banner.jpgcropped-edmonds-banner.jpg2019-10-10T00:41:19+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2015/05/31/oak-bay-behind-the-tweed-curtain/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/house-5.jpgHouse 5https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/house-4.jpgHouse 4https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/oak-bay-ave-2-reduced.jpgOak Bay Ave 2 reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/house-3.jpgHouse 3An oddball example of arts and crafts made of cement brick, possibly from a mail-order planhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/beach-1.jpgBeach 1https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/hot-dog-stand-reduced.jpgHot dog stand reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/oak-bay-ave-1-cropped1.jpgOak Bay Ave 1 croppedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/house-2.jpgHouse 22019-10-10T00:36:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2015/05/18/an-open-letter-about-a-fatal-crash/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015-05-10-crash.jpg2015 05 10 crash2019-10-10T00:32:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2015/03/14/the-east-village-the-heart-of-east-van/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/hastings-school.jpgHastings SchoolHastings School, Penticton and Franklin streetshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/jacks-cropped.jpgJack's croppedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/arcade-shopfront.jpgArcade shopfrontArcade shopfronts, 1990s, Hastings near Pentictonhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/car-lot.jpgCar lotApartments over a used-car showroom, Hastings Street, at the western end of the East Villagehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fruit.jpgFruithttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/vintage-house.jpgVintage houseTownhomes (left), early 1900s. The building on the right houses the Red Wagon café, and people are lined up outside for brunch.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/east-village-bia-map.pngEast Village BIA maphttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dollar-tree.jpgDollar TreeNew commercial + 3 structure at Hastings and Templeton, Vancouver2019-10-10T00:26:48+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/12/08/driving-is-risky-walking-even-more/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/poco-1.jpgPoco 1https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/welcome-to-maple-ridge-saturated.jpgWelcome to Maple Ridge saturated2019-10-05T20:54:33+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/11/03/conflict-in-marpole/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/marpole-housing-proposal-june-2013.jpgMarpole Housing proposal June 2013 The City's 2013 concept for Marpole. The area in blue is the existing rental zone; the other shaded areas would be densified.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/tower-2.jpgtower 2The first tower: Granville north of 70th Avenue, Marpolehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/preferred-housing.jpgPreferred housingRecent single-family development in Marpolehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/apartments-1.jpgapartments 12019-10-05T20:53:14+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/07/28/aesthetic-maple-ridge-rolling-the-dice-in-selkirk-east/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/slum-acres-5.jpgSlum Acres 5Taken from the website of Northwestern University, Chicagohttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/slum-acres-8.jpgSlum Acres 8https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/mr-falcon-town-centre.jpgMR Falcon town centreThe Falcon Centre condos, at the edge of the Selkirk East property. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/downtown-slum-2010-treated.jpgDowntown slum 2010 treatedA condemned house in the Selkirk lands before its demolition in 20112019-10-05T20:49:50+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/06/16/tsawassens-small-town-centre/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/high-street.jpgHigh StreetThe high street, Tsawassen, with narrow sidewalkhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/tsawassen-arts.jpgTsawassen artsTsawassen: performance and art studio space installed in a former office building https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/oceanfront-housing.jpgOceanfront housingOceanfront housing, Beach Grove, Tsawassenhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/english-bluff-road.jpgEnglish Bluff RoadNewish housing, English Bluff Road, Tsawassenhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ristorante.jpgRistoranteA restaurant fronting on mall parking, Tsawwassen, B.C.2019-10-05T20:44:52+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/03/24/port-moody-plans-transformation-to-greet-evergreen-line/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/port-moody-centre.jpgPort Moody CentreA rendering of the future Moody Centre development zone from the Port Moody draft OCPhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/evergreen-line-stations.jpgEvergreen Line stationshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/evergreen-line-tunnel-portal.jpgEvergreen line tunnel portalA provincial government depiction of the Evergreen Line emerging from under the Barnet Highway north of Clarke Road. It's the same area that's shown in the first drawing, minus the future property development that the City is imagining. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/port-moody-ocp-rendering.jpgPort Moody OCP renderingA concept view of the future approach to the Clarke Road/Barnet Highway intersection, arriving from Vancouver on the Barnet. From the City of Port Moody draft OCP, March 20132019-10-05T20:39:57+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/02/03/driving-the-south-fraser-perimeter-road/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/sfpr-river-road-2013-01-30.jpgSFPR construction, January 30 2013Construction along River Road east of the Alex Fraser Bridge, January 30, 2013https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/sfpr-tannery-reduced.jpgSFPR construction January 10, 2013Construction near Tannery Road, Surrey, January 10 2013https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/sfpr-port-mann.jpgSouth Fraser Perimeter Road, Surrey, B.C.2019-10-05T20:34:28+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/01/27/where-is-yaletown/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/yaletown-sidewalk.jpgMainland Street, Vancouverhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/yaletown-pacific-blvd-towers-1.jpgPacific Boulevard, Vancouverhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/yaletown-lanterns.jpgYaletown, Vancouverhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/yaletown.jpgYaletown, Vancouver Real Estate Board, 20112019-10-05T20:33:17+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/12/23/b-c-party-preferences-seat-by-seat/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-12-05-bc-riding-projections.jpgProvincial seat projections for B.C., December 2012, from ThreeHundredEight.comhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/esplanade-reduced.jpgThe Esplanade, North Vancouver2019-09-28T23:37:06+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/11/20/renovating-austin-heights/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/austin-ave-rendering.jpgConcept for a high-density Austin Avenue, Coquitlamhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ridgeway.jpgRidgeway Ave., Austin Heights, Coquitlamhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/rec-centre2.jpgRec Centre, Poirier Street, Coquitlamhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/austin-1.jpgAngle parking in the key pedestrian block of Austin Avenue, Coquitlamhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/austin-heights-land-use-plan.jpgThe new Austin Heights land use plan. From the shops on Ridgeway Ave. (dot on the left) to the big new leisure entre (right) is more than a kilometre; the star in the centre marks the walkable compromise.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/housing-austin-village.jpgHousing on the south side of the Austin Heights commercial core2019-09-28T23:35:31+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/11/01/metrotown/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/kingsway-view-1-reduced.jpgKingsway view 1 reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/metrotown-lettering.jpgMetrotown - lettering from the official area maphttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/metrotown-station-square-future-westcoast-homes.jpgMetrotown Station Square future (Westcoast Homes)https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/kingsway-view-1-reduced.jpgKingsway; a retro-futuristic antenna shows the entrance to the Metropolis mallhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/side-by-side-towers.jpgOn the left, an urban model shown in the 1977 Metrotown plan, location not given; on the right, the Metrotowers, with a lightly used public space in the foregroundhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/vintage-survivor-and-train-reduced.jpgA surviving pre-1950s structure at the southeast perimeter of Metrotown. The railbed below the Skytrain line formerly served the Ford aseembly plant and other vanished industry.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/apts-old-and-new-reduced.jpgA 1950s era walkup apartment; these are being replaced by towers. The new structure in the background will reach 49 stories. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/metrotown-plan-reduced.jpgLand use map, Metrotownhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/metrotowers-reduced.jpgMetrotowers 1 and 2, with a lightly-used public space in the foreground; the configuration mimics an example shown in the 1977 Metrotown planhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/burnaby-vision.jpgSample aesthetic concept from the 1977 Metrotown plan, origin unknown 2019-09-28T23:30:28+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/10/14/the-intensification-of-industrial-land-use/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mill-on-hammond-shore.jpgThis industrial property on the Fraser, a former specialty lumber mill, has been reactivated as a metals recycling yardhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/delta-industrial-lands-2012.jpgVacant and developed industrial lands in Delta, south Richmond and Annacis Island, 2010. Delta Port, on the spit at the bottom, has grown out to its capacity, and there is no available land in the nearby municipality, but the Tsawwassen First Nation has created a significant industrial zone.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/industrial-1.jpgThis three-story structure near False Creek in the City of Vancouver combines manufacturing, offices and underground parking. It is cited in a regional government report as a model for "intensified" industrial land use. The photo is taken from the June 2012 report. 2019-09-28T23:26:23+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/10/03/shifting-development-to-the-urban-village/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/farmers-market-reduced.jpgFarmers Market, Maple Ridgehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/waterfront-walkway-reduced.jpgWaterfront walkway, Comox, B.C.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/downtown-poco-reduced.jpgDowntown Port Coquitlam2019-09-28T23:23:46+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/09/30/the-seafront-at-white-rock/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/stairway-1.jpgStairway above Marine Drive, White Rockhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/hotel.jpgMarine Drive, White Rockhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/pier.jpgPier at White Rockhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/marine-drive-1.jpgMarine Drive, White Rockhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/vickis-old-place.jpgVicki's old place, White Rockhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/vintage-housing-11.jpgVintage housing off Marine Drive, White Rockhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/vintage-housing-1.jpgVintage housing 1https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/the-white-rock-11.jpgThe promenade and the White Rock at White Rock, B.C. The rock is painted, which I suppose is disappointing.2019-09-28T23:22:47+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/07/20/theyre-spending-money-in-downtown-abbotsford/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/music-store-abbotsford-reduced.jpgMusic store, downtown Abbotsfordhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/housing-downtown-abbotsford-reduced.jpgHousing at the edge of the Downtown Abbotsford villagehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/historic-plaque-abbotsford-reduced.jpgHistoric plaque, downtown Abbotsford https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/montrose-avenue-3-abbotsford-reduced.jpgMontrose Avenue, Abbotsford https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/montrose-avenue-abbotsford-reduced.jpgMontrose Avenue, Abbotsford 2019-09-28T23:20:07+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/07/10/the-textbook-urban-village-vancouvers-west-end/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/hotel-and-shops-denman-street-vancouver-reduced.jpgHotel and cafes, Denman Street, Vancouver https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/property-sign-reduced.jpgA proposal for more-of-the-same single story commercialhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/english-bay-2-vancouver-reduced.jpgEnglish Bay, Vancouver https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/haro-street-vancouver-reduced.jpgOff Haro Street west of Denman. Wikipedia tells us that the section between Denman and the Park is not officially included in the West End, but unofficially it is. Fraseropolis votes with the unofficial. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/denman-market-reduced.jpgDenman Street, West End Vancouver2019-09-28T23:18:40+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/07/06/federal-policing-and-local-priorities-in-b-c-s-lower-mainland/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/rcmp-cars-reduced.jpgRCMP cars reduced2019-09-28T23:17:47+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/05/27/newport-village-and-its-clone/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/newport-vista-reduced.jpgNewPort Village seen from the entrance to Suter Brook Village. Heritage Mountain is in the background.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sutter-brook-retail-reduced.jpgNew mixed-use space in Suter Brook with a boutique on the closest corner. Across the street at the end of this block there was a deep pit, awaiting its residential tower.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/housing-south-of-newport-reduced.jpgC. 1975 town houses just south of NewPort villagehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/pedestrian-connection-reduced.jpgNot on speaking terms: the pedestrian connection, or disconnection, between NewPort Village and the adjacent Heritage Mountain plaza https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/north-gate-to-newport-core-reduced.jpgNorth gate to the NewPort Village core, Port Moody2019-09-28T23:13:46+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/05/20/metro-van-threatens-legal-action-over-regional-plan/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/88-ave-1-reduced.jpg88 Avenue, Langley Townshiphttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/walnut-grove-1.jpgEstablished residential development dating from about 1990, Walnut Grove, Langley Township2019-09-28T23:11:26+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/04/30/the-evergreen-line-and-the-future-of-skytrain/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/toronto-nostalgia.jpgToronto nostalgia. Chuckman's Photos on Wordpresshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/lougheed-at-madison-reduced.jpgSkytrain, Lougheed Highway, BurnabySkytrain near the Brentwood mall, Burnabyhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/evergreen-duct-work-reduced.jpgBuilding an electric power duct for the Evergreen Line, Port Moody, April 30 2012https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/skytrain-development-reduced.jpgSkytrain-oriented development west of Brentwood station, Burnaby2019-09-28T23:06:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/04/23/aldergrove-salvaging-a-village-in-the-deep-burbs/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/272-street-reduced.jpg272 Street, Aldergrove https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/aldergrove-concept.jpgA concept drawing from the 2010 Aldergrove core plan. Bertrand Creek is an underused aesthetic resource. The museum, by the now-vanished railway line, is highlighted with a box at the top. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/car-wash-2-cropped.jpgAt the centre of Aldergrove village, a nicely-landscaped six-bay car wash with a storefront dog wash protected by decorative lions. There is housing above.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/museum-reduced1.jpgAldergrove's old railside telegraph building, c. 1890s, now a museum, across from a municipal storage barn https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/fields-1-reduced.jpgFields, an economy department store, on the verge of closure in spring 2012 2019-09-28T23:04:14+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/04/12/uptown-density-at-the-centre-of-metro-van/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/6th-st-colour-reduced.jpgSixth Streethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/vintage-apt-reduced.jpgApartment buildings, Fifth Street, New Westminsterhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/vintage-home-and-tower-reduced.jpgPre-1914 homes on Eighth Streethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/signs-on-belmont-reduced.jpgShop fronts on Belmont Avenuehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/hons-reduced.jpgA slightly faded example of c. 1961 commercial style; this is home to the New West branch of Hon's, a popular chain of dim sum joints2019-09-28T23:02:51+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/04/09/b-c-police-boards-and-community-engagement/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/new-west-police-museum-1958-harley-davidson.jpgThe New Westminster Police website does not show or list the members of the Police Board, but it does show this fine 1958 Harley on a page devoted to the Police Museum https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/vpd-board-2011.jpgCity of Vancouver Police Board 2011; from the Board website2019-09-28T23:00:33+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/03/27/you-could-win-a-trip-to-fabulous-cloverdale/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/changing-neighbourhood-reduced.jpgVintage housing behind the main street, Cloverdalehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/cutting-den-cloverdale1.jpgcutting-den-cloverdale1https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/cutting-den-cloverdale.jpgcutting-den-cloverdalehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dale-building-cloverdale.jpgDale building, Cloverdale village2019-09-23T00:32:50+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/03/23/public-transit-and-political-theatre-in-metro-vancouver/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/peter-fassbender.jpgMayor Peter Fassbender (City of Langley)https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/christy-clark-mla1.jpgPremier Christy Clark (BC Legislature)https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/west-coast-express-reduced.jpgWest Coast Express, Pitt Meadows 2019-09-23T00:31:04+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/03/01/four-best-practices-in-civic-engagement/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/vancouver-city-hall.jpgVancouver City Hall. Snitched from Vancouver Public Space bloghttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/cover-from-calgary-engagement-process.jpgDocument cover from Calgary civic engagement process, 20112019-09-23T00:27:27+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/02/24/port-mann-tolls-will-pay-all-costs-of-3-3-billion-project/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/revenue-expenditure-chart-from-ti-corp-annual-report-2010-2011.jpgRevenue Expenditure chart from Transportation Investment Corporation Annual Report 2010-2011https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/revenue-expenditure-chart-from-ti-corp-service-plan-to-2014-2015.jpgRevenue and expenditure chart from Transportation Investment Corporation Service Plan to 2014-2015https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/port-mann-at-night.jpgPort Mann Bridge under construction; from PMH1 website photo gallery2019-09-23T00:11:48+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/02/09/should-we-demand-report-cards-on-local-government/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/parking-comparisons.jpgInfographic by Aesthetic Intelligence, Ottawa https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/city-hall-richmond.jpgCity Hall, Richmond, British Columbia2019-09-15T22:32:28+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/01/17/marijuana-grow-ops-and-the-rest-of-us/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/grow-op-ceiling.jpgA ceiling in a grow-op, from the RCMP's Operation Marihuana web pagehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/burnaby-538-plants.jpgA house in Metro Vancouver identified by RCMP as a grow-op http://bit.ly/yNAvaN2019-09-15T22:21:24+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2011/12/21/petitioning-ottawa-for-a-break-on-rental-housing/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/rental-coalition-website-screen-capture.jpgRental Coalition website screen capturehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/c-1940s-apartment-buildings-burnaby.jpgc. 1940s apartment buildings, Burnaby2019-09-15T22:16:28+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2011/11/24/the-cost-of-putting-industry-at-the-margins/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/aldergrove-trolley-november-2011.jpgAldergrove trolley test run, November 2011, Langley Advancehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/gloucester-industrial-2-reduced.jpgHeavy equipment assembly plant, Gloucester Estates, Langley2019-09-15T22:13:22+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2011/11/17/local-elections-regional-roulette/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/metrovancouver-hq.jpgMetro Vancouver headquarters, Burnaby2019-09-15T22:12:11+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2011/11/10/business-location-and-residential-taxes/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/pitt-meadows-residence1.jpgPitt Meadows 2019-09-15T22:10:43+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2011/10/30/port-coquitlam-wheres-the-port/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/boat-sheds-south-of-gillnetter-cropped-2.jpgBoat sheds on the Pitt River south of the Gillnetter Pubhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/downtown-poco-2-cropped.jpgMcAllister Street, downtown Port Coquitlamhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/log-sort-pitt-river-port-coquitlam.jpgLog sort by the CPR bridge, Pitt River, Port CoquitlamPort Coquitlam: this is ithttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/downtown-poco-parked-cropped.jpgMcAllister Avenue, downtown Port Coquitlam2019-09-15T22:09:28+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2011/09/30/a-billion-dollar-quibble-over-the-port-mann-bridge/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/port-mann-rendering2.jpgPort Mann Bridge (TI Corp)2019-09-15T22:06:52+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2011/09/22/translink-fuel-taxes-and-revenue/2019-09-15T22:04:52+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2011/09/15/translink-and-the-evergreen-line-lets-make-a-deal/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/burquitlam.jpgBurquitlam StationThe proposed Burquitlam station, North Road2019-09-15T22:03:08+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2011/09/15/lrt-the-future-in-surrey/2019-09-15T22:01:17+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2011/09/06/amalgamating-metros-municipalities/2019-09-15T21:56:45+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2019/04/27/kerrisdale-vaguely-defined/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/demovictions-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Kerrisdale demovictionDemoviction?https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/townhomes-larch-st-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Kerrisdale townhomeshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/san-fran-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Kerrisdale BalsamHomage to San Francisco at West 41 and Balsamhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/houses-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Kerrisdale houseshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/apts-2-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Kerrisdale apartments1960s-era apartment buildings on the west side of Kerrisdalehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/arbutus-greenway-cropped-reduced.jpgArbutus Greenway cropped reducedThe Arbutus Greenway, seen from the 42 Avenue crossinghttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/shopfront-condemned-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Kerrisdale redevelopmentA two-storey commercial building, possibly 1930s, set for demolition and redevelopmenthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/w-41-reduced.jpgW 41 reducedClassic one-story shopfronts on West 41 Avenue2019-08-23T22:18:46+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2019/02/11/seeking-the-best-cities-for-work-in-b-c/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/houses-2-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Sapperton detached homesInfill housing, Sapperton, New Westminster, 2017https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/housing-austin-village-cropped.jpgHousing, Austin Village croppedAustin Heights, Coquitlam, 20122019-03-07T02:53:21+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2018/11/03/a-pop-up-village-at-the-university-of-british-columbia/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/campus-centre-reduced.jpgFraseropolis UBC campus centreUniversity of British Columbia - centre of the campushttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/walkway-reduced.jpgFraseropolis UBC pathwayA pathway connecting Wesbrook to the campus centrehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/wesbrook-fountains-reduced.jpgFraseropolis Wesbrook fountainsA pedestrian zone in the Wesbrook corehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/wesbrook-street-2-reduced.jpgWesbrook street 2 reducedThe core of the Wesbrook development combines office, retail and residential uses. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ubc-wesbrook-land-use-map-2016.jpgUBC Wesbrook land use map 2016https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/mundell-park-photo-from-discoverwesbrook-com.jpgMundell Park photo from discoverwesbrook.comA promotional photo from the discoverwesbrook.com site showing new highrise development2019-02-22T01:12:31+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2018/11/16/2018-local-elections-backlash-reform-status-quo/2019-02-22T01:11:40+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2019/02/21/the-interurban-tram-1950-51/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/interurban-tram-1951-from-youtube.jpgInterurban tram 1951 from Youtube2019-02-22T01:11:14+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2018/05/20/family-incomes-in-metro-vancouver/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2016-statscan-income-table.png2016 StatsCan income tablehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/towers-1-cropped-reduced.jpgTowers 1 cropped reducedAt Richmond Centre, 2013https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/yaletown-2017-treated-reduced.jpgYaletown 2017 treated reduced2018-07-02T22:35:09+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2015/11/08/the-phantom-skytrain-extension-a-vancouver-perspective/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1-dsc_2431.jpg1-DSC_2431Broadway Avenue building front near Arbutushttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1-east-broadway.jpg1-East BroadwayBroadway Avenue storefronts near Kingswayhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1-dsc_2404.jpg1-DSC_2404A designated heritage home on 10th Ave.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1-dsc_2403.jpg1-DSC_2403Recent medium-density housing, 10th Avenue near Ontario St.2018-02-17T00:52:15+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2018/01/08/governments-gamble-on-a-minimum-wage-hike/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/mcdonalds-cropped-reduced.jpgMcDonalds cropped 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In most neighbourhoods the proportion of low-income earners in the working population is between 5 and 10 per cent; the heavier shading indicates 10 to 15 per cent.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2012-low-income-measures-statscan.jpg2012 Low Income Measures StatsCan2018-01-08T02:12:56+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2017/10/29/a-democracy-of-beer/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/kory-tiemstra-silver-valley-brewing-co.jpgKory Tiemstra Silver Valley Brewing CoKory Tiemstra behind the bar at the Silver Valley Brewing Co. in Maple Ridgehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ridge-brewing.jpgRidge BrewingBrewing tanks at Ridge Brewing Co., Maple Ridge2017-11-15T02:14:04+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2017/07/30/the-lower-mainlands-best-places-crime-and-taxes/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2017-most-livable-places-matrix3.jpg2017 Most Livable places matrixhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/oak-bay-ave-1-small.jpgOak Bay Ave 1 smallOak Bay, British Columbia, rated #3 in the 2017 MoneySense.com "best places to live in Canada" rankings 2017-09-01T23:07:32+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2017/05/22/revisiting-the-heights/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/condos-2.jpgCondos 2Hastings, corner of Rosserhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/detached-1.jpgdetached 1https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/commercial-1.jpgCommercial 1Hastings, corner of Gilmore, with a rare mixed-use survivor from the 1920shttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/duplex-reduced.jpgduplex reducedDuplex housing in Vancouver Special style, early 1960s (?), Albert Streethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/condos-1-reduced.jpgcondos 1 reducedNewly completed mixed-used complex, Hastings near Alphahttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/home-hardware-reduced.jpgHome hardware reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/confederation-park-reduced.jpgConfederation Park reducedConfederation Park, Burnaby Heights, Friday morning2017-08-07T23:07:03+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2017/06/11/home-ownership-in-the-lower-mainland-a-diminishing-prospect/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/townhomes.jpgTownhomesTownhomes in the Brentwood district, Burnaby, 2017https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/affordability.jpgAffordabilityCentral Pitt Meadows, 20172017-08-07T23:05:06+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2015/06/09/best-places-taxes-and-crime-in-the-lower-mainland/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2015-most-livable-places-matrix4.jpg2015 Most livable places matrixhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2015-most-livable-places-matrix3.jpg2015 Most livable places matrixhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2015-most-livable-places-matrix2.jpg2015 Most livable places matrixhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2015-most-livable-places-matrix1.jpg2015 Most livable places matrixhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/waterfront-walkway-reduced.jpgWaterfront walkway reducedOceanfront houses, Comoxhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2015-most-livable-places-matrix.jpg2015 Most livable places matrixhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/english-bluff-cropped.jpgEnglish Bluff, croppedOceanfront houses, Delta2017-07-30T23:00:35+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2017/04/28/pitt-meadows-2-uptown-aka-downtown/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/side-street-1.jpgSide street 1Ford Road east of Harrishttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/harris-complex.jpgHarris complexA newly completed commercial/residential complex on Harris at 124 Ave.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/akasaka-reduced.jpgakasaka reducedJapanese restaurant, off Harris Roadhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/shopping-back-street-reduced.jpgshopping back street reducedOn 191B Street, a block off Harris Road. The tenants in this quirky shopping centre include Artista Pizza (recommended).https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/city-hall-reduced.jpgcity hall reducedPitt Meadows City Hall, at the southern end of the commercial zonehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/small-city-downtown-reduced.jpgsmall city downtown reducedAn apartment/commercial complex at Harris Road and Ford in PItt Meadows, built about 2010 on the site of a failed shopping plaza2017-05-22T21:17:27+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2017/02/09/traffic-deaths-and-urban-design/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2010-2013-traffic-deaths-comparisons.jpg2010-2013-traffic-deaths-comparisonshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/iowacomm-from-urbankchoze-blogspot-ca.jpgiowacomm-from-urbankchoze-blogspot-caAn Iowa street, posted by a Montreal traffic engineer on urbankchose.blogspot.ca https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2016-08-cnu-chart-fatalities.jpg2016-08-cnu-chart-fatalities2017-02-28T17:31:30+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2017/01/04/a-fraseropolis-report-for-2016/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/qboro-from-a-island-reduced.jpgqboro-from-a-island-reduced2017-02-23T02:33:58+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2016/10/31/the-evergreen-line-and-tower-development/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/coquitlam-centre-2-reduced.jpgcoquitlam-centre-2-reducedEnd of the line at Lafarge Lake, behind the Evergreen Cultural Centrehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/coquitlam-centre-3-reduced.jpgcoquitlam-centre-3-reducedJust west of Coquitlam City Hall and the Lafarge Lake stationhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/coquitlam-centre-1-reduced.jpgcoquitlam-centre-1-reduced1980s (pre-SkyTrain) apartments on the northern edge of the Coquitlam town centrehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/klahanie-1-reduced.jpgklahanie-1-reduced10-year-old townhome development in Klahanie, walkable to either Moody Centre or Inlet stationshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/moody-centre-4-reduced.jpgmoody-centre-4-reducedMoody Centre SkyTrain station with Klahanie towers behindhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/moody-centre-3-reduced.jpgmoody-centre-3-reducedNew residences built in anticipation of Skytrain with faux-vintage laneway commercial behind, Moody Centrehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/moody-centre-2-reduced.jpgmoody-centre-2-reducedExcavation west of Moody Centre station, October 2016https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/moody-centre-1-reduced.jpgmoody-centre-1-reducedVintage commercial building at new construction, west of Moody Centre stationhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/foster-excavation-reduced.jpgfoster-excavation-reducedThree-tower excavation on Foster Ave., October 2016https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/foster-rental-reduced.jpgfoster-rental-reducedDemolition of affordable rental housing on Foster Ave., Coquitlam, near Burquitlam station2017-02-23T02:29:11+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2016/09/25/phasing-in-a-transit-spending-plan/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-mayors-map-surrey-detail.jpg2016-mayors-map-surrey-detailDetail from the September 2016 TransLink mayors' Phase One announcement. This shows promised bus service improvements in Surrey including immediate rapid bus service on Fraser Highway.2017-02-23T02:27:45+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2016/07/24/translink-ranks-second-in-canadian-transit-report/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016-pachal-transit-report-card.jpg2016 Pachal transit report cardhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/speed.jpgSpeed2017-02-23T02:23:30+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2016/06/15/touring-b-c-s-southern-interior/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/grand-forks-1-reduced.jpgGrand Forks 1 reducedGrand Forkshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/salmon-arm-1-reduced.jpgSalmon Arm 1 reducedThe wharf at Salmon Armhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/salmon-arm-fountain-reduced.jpgSalmon Arm fountain reducedCivic fountain, Salmon Armhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/revelstoke-1-reduced.jpgRevelstoke 1 reducedRevelstokehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/galena-bay-reduced.jpgGalena Bay reducedFerry dock, Galena Bayhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/rankobus-reduced.jpgRankobus reducedDisintegrating Vancouver trolley buses, Sandonhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sandon-1-cropped.jpgSandon 1 croppedSilversmith Hydroelectric Station (1897), Sandonhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/kaslo-reduced.jpgKaslo reducedKaslohttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/nelson-1-reduced.jpgNelson 1 reducedMr. Kotarski in downtown Nelsonhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/nelson-2-reduced.jpgNelson 2 reducedNelson2017-02-23T02:15:32+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2016/01/03/a-fraseropolis-report-for-2015/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/1-dsc_1341.jpg1-DSC_1341Ambleside, District of West Vancouver2017-02-23T02:05:05+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/07/26/aesthetic-maple-ridge-a-sales-riot/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/credit-union-reduced.jpgLougheed Highway at 224 Avenue, Maple Ridge2017-02-20T01:28:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/08/14/comox-village-and-the-question-of-local-government-amalgamation/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/st-peters-church-comox-reduced.jpgSt Peter's Church, Comox. The military graves behind the stone wall date from the 1890s; the church building from the 1930s.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/comox-centre-mall-reduced.jpgComox Centre Mall https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/waterfront-walkway-reduced.jpgWaterfront walkway, Comoxhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/comox-downtown-plan-w-legend.jpgThe Comox downtown plan, 2011 https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/shopfronts-reduced.jpgShopfronts, Comox Avenue https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/marine-theme-reduced.jpgThe "marine theme" -- mixed-use buildings and a retail alleyway along Comox Avenue2017-02-20T01:28:04+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2015/10/25/from-village-to-town/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1-dscn0051-001.jpg1-DSCN0051-001A three-wheeled delivery truck serving beer on tap at the Lahr autumn market 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Germany2017-02-20T01:04:49+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2015/09/13/2015-property-taxes-further-to/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/shopfronts-reduced-straightened.jpgShopfronts reduced straightenedFirst Avenue, Missionhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1-walnut-grove-1.jpg1-Walnut Grove 1Walnut Grove, Langley Townshiphttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2015-property-taxes-residential-share.png2015 property taxes residential sharehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/property-taxes-2015-north-fraser.jpgProperty taxes 2015 north fraser2017-02-20T01:04:00+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2015/08/29/return-to-central-lonsdale/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/blue-shore-cropped.jpgBlue Shore croppedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/persian-window.jpgPersian windowhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/market-veg.jpgMarket vegLocally grown vegetables at an independent market on Lonsdale, a common sight in Metro Vancouver's urban villages -- included here to illustrate the observation that this type of independent fruit market is unknown in Portland, Vancouver's supposed Cascadian twin. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/art-in-the-park.jpgart in the parkhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/townhomes.jpgTownhomeshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/lonsdale-ave-2.jpgLonsdale Ave 2https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/lonsdale-ave-1.jpgLonsdale Ave 12017-02-20T01:02:26+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2015/07/26/portland-light-rail-to-the-rescue/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/tickets.jpgticketshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/arch.jpgarchhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/coca-cola.jpgCoca Colahttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/apartment-2.jpgapartment 2https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/corner.jpgcornerhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/max-2.jpgMax 2https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/vancouver-2.jpgVancouver 2Vancouver Washington rail operations (right) seen from the platformhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/max-interior.jpgMax interior2017-02-20T01:00:47+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2015/06/23/a-sort-of-urban-village-at-coquitlam-city-centre/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/1-img_0117.jpg1-IMG_0117https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/1-housing-3.jpg1-Housing 3https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/townhomes-reduced.jpgTownhomes reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/townhomes-abandoned-reduced.jpgTownhomes abandoned reducedAbandoned townhomes backing on to Hoy Creek, Coquitlam Centrehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/city-hall-reduced.jpgcity hall reducedCoquitlam City Hall approached from the new downtown corehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/lafarge-lake-compressed.jpgLafarge Lake compressedLafarge Lake, at the edge of the new Coquitlam downtown2017-02-20T00:58:20+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2015/04/30/transit-use-is-highest-among-lower-income-households/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lonsdale-bus-cropped.jpgLonsdale bus croppedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/commute-times.jpgCommute timeshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/transit-use.jpgTransit usehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/transit-mode-share.jpgTransit mode share2017-02-20T00:53:04+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2015/04/21/revisiting-fabulous-cloverdale/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/shops-3.jpgShops 3https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/street-4.jpgStreet 4https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/shops-2.jpgshops 2https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/street-2.jpgStreet 2https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/street-1.jpgStreet 1https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/west-cloverdale-compressed.jpgWest Cloverdale compressed2017-02-20T00:52:15+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2015/04/07/an-open-door-for-offshore-home-buyers/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2015-04-price-chart-2-for-blog2.jpg2015 04 Price chart 2 for bloghttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/house-1.jpgHouse 1https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/apartments-1.jpgApartments 1https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/for-sale-1.jpgFor sale 1https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2015-04-price-charts-1-for-blog.jpg2015 04 Price charts 1 for blog2017-02-20T00:50:26+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2014/11/30/metro-vancouver-election-results-build-baby-build/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/coquitlam-towers-2-nov-2014.jpgCoquitlam towers 2 Nov 2014Pinetree at Glen, Coquitlam, November 2014, near the future terminus of the Evergreen Linehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/law-courts-area-cropped.jpgLaw Courts area croppedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/stop-marpole-2.jpgStop Marpole 2https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/port-moody-centre-cropped.jpgPort Moody Centre cropped2017-02-19T18:09:50+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2014/11/23/home-purchase-affordability-in-metro-vancouver/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/tower-1-reduced.jpgTower 1 reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/udi-vancity-map-nov-2014.jpgUDI VanCity map Nov 2014https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ross-st-2.jpgRoss Street, Vancouver2017-02-19T18:08:56+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2014/11/02/housing-action-and-inaction-in-a-west-coast-suburb/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/vintage-house-decaying-reduced.jpgVintage house, decaying reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/supportive-housing-reduced.jpgSupportive housing reducedNew supportive housing (2013 photo), central Maple Ridgehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1970s-apt-reduced.jpg1970s apt reduced1970s-vintage housing, central Maple Ridge2017-02-19T18:08:09+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2014/04/16/this-is-your-next-metrotown/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/towers-3-cropped.jpgTowers 3 croppedResidential towers on King George Boulevard, seen from Holland Parkhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/library-cropped.jpgLibrary croppedThe library seen from University drive, with City Hall behindhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/old-industrial.jpgOld industrialAwaiting development: vintage industrial properties north of City Hall in Surrey Centralhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/walkway-cropped.jpgWalkway croppedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/surrey-central-rendering-3.jpgSurrey Central Rendering 3A conceptual rendering of the performing arts centre proposed for Surrey Central. Municipal handout, 2010.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/la-defense-ali-farnam-meriadeck-free-fr.jpgLa Defense, Ali Farnam, Meriadeck.free.frLa Defense. Photo by Ali Farnam. Taken from Meriadeck.free.fr, a blogsite concerned with urban developmenthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/surrey-central-rendering.jpgSurrey Central RenderingFrom a City of Surrey handout dated 2010. The new library is shown in the foreground, the City Hall behind; as-yet-unbuilt towers to the right, and a public square (busy, yet not crowded) in the middle.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/develpment-cropped.jpgDevelpment croppedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/towers-2.jpgTowers 2New apartment towers on King George Boulevard seen from Holland Parkhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/from-holland-park.jpgFrom Holland ParkThe Surrey Central tower, housing SFU operations and the Fraser Health head office, seen from Holland Park2017-02-19T17:54:13+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2014/03/31/coquitlams-waterfront-plan/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/fill-3-reduced.jpgFill 3 reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/fraser-view-3-reduced.jpgFraser view 3 reducedLooking down the Fraser River from the mouth of Como Creekhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/furniture-store-alley-reduced.jpgFurniture store alley reducedFurniture stores. The building through the centre houses he tolling offices for the Port Mann Bridge.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/coquitlam-waterfront-concept-view.jpgCoquitlam Waterfront - concept viewhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/como-creek-reduced.jpgComo Creek reducedComo Creek, east sidehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/coquitlam-waterfront-beedie.jpgCoquitlam waterfront beedieA 2012 posting from the Beedie Living sitehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/coquitlam-waterfront-city.jpgCoquitlam waterfront CityA rendering from Coquitlam's 2008 planhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/waterfront-lands-reduced-2.jpgWaterfront lands reduced 2https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/furniture-reduced.jpgFurniture reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/waterfront-village-lands-reduced.jpgWaterfront village lands reducedLooking across Como Creek to the proposed site of the Coquitlam waterfront village. The hillside in the left background is New Westminster.2017-02-19T17:52:35+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2014/03/11/five-year-home-price-trends-2014-vs-2013/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/upper-ambleside.jpgUpper Amblesidehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/residential-price-matrix-february-2014.jpgResidential price matrix February 20142017-02-19T17:46:00+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2014/01/07/the-main-street-jumble/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bc-liquor-store.jpgBC Liquor storehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/amco-appliances-2.jpgAmco appliances 2https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/antiques.jpgAntiqueshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mount-pleasant.jpgMount PleasantMount Pleasant as defined in the 2010 community planhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/kingsway-and-main-reduced.jpgKingsway and Main reducedKingsway and Mainhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/lower-main-detail.jpgLower Main detailhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/lower-main-outlook.jpgLower Main outlookLower Main Street at 5th Streethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/chocolaterie.jpgChocolaterieJust-off-the-high-street commercial space - a chocolaterie on Twenty-First Avenue2017-02-19T17:39:53+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/11/24/fraseropolis-greatest-hits-volume-2/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/vintage-housing-clarke-street-reduced.jpgVintage housing, Clarke Street reducedVintage houses, Clarke Street, downtown Port Moody2017-02-19T17:34:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/10/16/in-pursuit-of-fraser-valley-wine/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/joe-mt-lehman-winery.jpgJoe, Mt Lehman wineryJoe, our tour guide at Mt. Lehmanhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/mt-lehman-winery-banner1.jpgmt-lehman-winery-banner1.jpgJoe at Mt Lehman wineryhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/backyard-vineyards-1.jpgFraseropolis Backyard VineyardsBackyard Vineyards, Langleyhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/wine-tour-detail.jpgWine tour detailhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/barrels-mt-lehman-winery.jpgBarrels, Mt Lehman WineryMt Lehman Wineryhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/tanks-mt-lehman-winery.jpgTanks, Mt Lehman winery2017-02-19T17:33:08+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/10/06/tolls-and-the-decline-of-driving/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/golden-ears-bridge-reduced.jpgGolden Ears Bridge reduced2017-02-19T17:31:49+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/09/22/downtown-langley-grey-to-green/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/langley-city-core-2.jpgLangley city core 2From the downtown plan; the crosshatched areas suggest redevelopmenthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/langley-city-core-3.jpgLangley City core 3From the downtown planhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/civic-space.jpgCivic spaceA new public space off the high street, part of the ambitious downtown plan.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/apartment.jpgapartmentVicki's former apartment, unchanged since 1980https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/from-downtown-master-plan.jpgLangley Prairie 100 years ago, from the City's downtown planhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fraser-hwy-1.jpgFraser Hwy 12017-02-19T17:30:35+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/08/26/ambleside-living-here-is-like-being-on-vacation/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/plan-detail-1.jpgPlan detail 1A detail from the Ambleside area planhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/argyle-community-garden.jpgA community garden, Mr. Smarz and his new paintinghttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ambleside-towers.jpgAmbleside towersTowers below Marine Drivehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ambleside-waterfront-reduced.jpgAmbleside waterfront reduced2017-02-19T17:29:56+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/07/11/cheaper-and-cheaper-to-buy-at-the-edge/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/the-edge1.jpgThe EdgeNew apartments for sale, Edge Street and Brown Avenue, Maple Ridge, July 2013https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/apartments-matrix-june-20131.jpgApartments matrix June 2013https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/townhome-index-june-20133.jpgTownhome index June 2013https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/detached-home-matrix-june-20132.jpgDetached home matrix June 2013https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/residential-west-reduced.jpgResidential West reduced2017-02-18T23:18:08+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/07/07/controversy-at-broadway-and-commercial/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/deli-vertical-reduced.jpgDeli vertical reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/broadway-commercial-proposal-june-2013.jpgBroadway-Commercial proposal June 2013https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/intersection-boradway-and-commercial.jpgIntersection Boradway and CommercialBroadway and Commercial looking north, summer 20122017-02-18T23:17:35+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/06/24/a-core-review-of-greater-vancouvers-parks/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/colony-farm.jpgColony farmhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/burnaby-lake-park-jeremy-plotkin.jpgBurnaby Lake Park Jeremy PlotkinBurnaby Lake Park. Photo by Jeremy Plotkin taken from the 2011 Metro Vancouver parks planhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/derby-reach-park-1-reduced-and-cropped.jpgDerby Reach Park 1 reduced and croppedDerby Reach regional park, Langley2017-02-18T23:16:58+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/05/22/british-columbias-election-and-so-we-continue/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/walmart-construction-apr-2012-abby-reduced.jpgWalmart construction Apr 2012 Abby reducedWalmart under construction, Abbotsford, April 2012 2017-02-18T23:14:21+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/04/21/fraseropolis-hospitals-trail-in-cbc-survey/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/saskatoon-city-hospital.jpgSaskatoon City HospitalAn A+ rating: Saskatoon City Hospital (photo from BTY Group)2017-02-18T23:13:43+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/04/15/the-plan-to-grow-richmond-brighouse/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/housing-contrasts-21.jpgHousing, RichmondCooney Roadhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/public-market-stalls.jpgPublic Market, Richmond https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/public-market-interior.jpgPublic market interiorRichmond Public Market interiorhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/towers-1.jpgFrom No. 3 Road, RichmondLooking across Brighouse Square shopping centre from No. 3 Roadhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/housing-contrasts-2.jpgHousing, Richmond, B.C.Detached homes awaiting redevelopment, Cooney Roadhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/canada-line-2.jpgCanada Line 2https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/brighouse-land-use.jpgBrighouse land useLand use map for Brighouse Village from the 2009 Richmond Central Area plan. The colours, from right to left, signify townhomes, dense mixed use, even more dense mixed use, and park. The diamonds mark institutional uses.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/richmond-centre-2.jpgRichmond Centre mallRichmond Centre mallhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/saba-street.jpgSaba RoadSaba Road, Richmond2017-02-18T23:13:01+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/04/08/a-wider-definition-of-urban-village/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/richmond-city-centre.jpgRichmond, B.C. City CentreRichmond City Centrehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/pond-in-park-2.jpgBehind the Public Market, Richmond, B.C.Behind the Public Market, Brighouse Village, Richmond City Centrehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/richmond-village-attributes.jpgUrban village attributes, City of Richmond City Centre area plan2023-05-09T01:12:46+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/04/04/time-to-plant-onions/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/never-say-die.jpgNever Say Diehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/fey.jpghttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/golden-ears.jpgGreenhouse, with the Golden Ears peaks, Pitt Meadowshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/garlic.jpgGarlicGarlic tops, Pitt Meadows, March 30, 20132017-02-18T23:10:59+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/04/01/west-broadway-village-genteel-densification/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/residential-1.jpgKitsilano, VancouverKitsilano, City of Vancouver Westhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/commercial-4.jpgWest Broadway, Vancouverhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/commercial-3.jpgWest Broadway, Vancouverhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/commercial-2.jpgWest Broadway, Vancouverhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/housing-1-reduced.jpgLarch Street, VancouverLarch Street: two units accessible from the main floor, one from the ground floor. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/coach-house.jpgCoach house, Trafalgar Street, VancouverCoach house, Trafalgar Street, Vancouver2017-02-18T23:10:02+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/03/18/downtown-new-west-goes-for-the-big-time/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/holy-trinity-cathedral.jpgHoly Trinity Cathedralhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/new-west-facility.jpgNew West Facilityhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sixth-street.jpgSixth Street, New Westminsterhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/clarkson-street.jpgClarkson StreetClarkson Streethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/begbie-street-detail.jpgBegbie Street detailBegbie Streethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/columbia-street-3.jpgColumbia Street 2017-02-18T23:08:11+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/03/10/the-long-term-weakness-in-apartment-prices/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/apartments-under-construction.jpgApartments under constructionApartments under construction, Maple Ridge, March 2013https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/apartment-prices-feb-2013.jpgApartment prices Lower Mainland February 20132017-02-18T23:07:27+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/02/18/the-high-street-in-white-rock-hold-for-development/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/side-street-tower.jpgSide street towerC. 1975 apartment tower with shops, George Streethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/b-smarz-cropped.jpgRobert SmarzRobert Smarz, Esqhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/barber.jpgJohnston Road, White RockJohnston Roadhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/new-condos.jpgNew condos, White RockHigh-density mixed-use development, Johnston Road at Thrifthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/holding-house.jpgJohnson Road, White RockHolding for development in the Johnston Road commercial zonehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/deals-world-outside.jpgJohnson Road, White Rockhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/holding-shops.jpgJohnson Road, White RockJohnson Road shops -- hold for developmenthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/high-street-towers.jpgHigh street towersJohnson Road, White Rock2017-02-18T23:06:47+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/02/10/another-year-another-translink-funding-proposal/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/skytrain.jpgSkytrain, Burnaby2017-02-18T23:06:05+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/01/21/rental-housing-vancouver-stands-alone/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/lonsdale-rental-2.jpgRental housing, North Vancouverhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/rental-housing-starts-in-vancouver-1950-2000.jpgRental housing starts in Vancouver, 1950-20002017-02-18T23:03:40+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2013/01/15/holding-the-line-in-central-lonsdale/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/lonsdale-utopia.jpgShopfront, Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouverhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/lonsdale-civic-plaza.jpgCity of North Vancouver municipal plaza, Fourteenth StreetCity of North Vancouver municipal plaza, 14th Street off Lonsdalehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/lonsdale-rental-housing.jpgRental housing, Eighth Street, North VancouverA rare (in urban Canada) example of newish rental housing on 8th Avenue, half a block from Lonsdale Avenue.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/2013-01-onni-proposal-13-lonsdale-north-van.jpgGraphic from Onni proposal for Lonsdale at Thirteenth, North VancouverOnni proposal for new development at Lonsdale and 13th, Noth Vancouver; graphic from Onni websitehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/lonsdale-extra-foods.jpgNew development at Lonsdale and Seventeenth, North Vancouverhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/lonsdale-shops-and-tower.jpgShops, Fourteenth Street, North Vancouverhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/lonsdale-bakery.jpgBakery front, Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver2017-02-18T23:02:36+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/12/16/speculation-and-stagnation-in-the-real-estate-market/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/residential-price-matrix-2012.jpgTaken from MLS HPI November 2012https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/burnaby-heights-housing-reduced.jpgBurnaby HeightsBurnaby Heights2017-02-18T23:00:43+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/10/21/the-lower-mainland-hub-of-farming-in-b-c/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/farm-pitt-meadows-2.jpgPitt Meadows, B.C.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bc-farm-cash-receipts1.jpgBC Farm cash receipts, 2010, from Canada censushttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bc-farm-cash-receipts.jpgBC Farm cash receipts, 2010, from the 2011 Canada censushttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/farm-pitt-meadows-1.jpgPitt Meadows, B.C.2017-02-18T22:57:23+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/10/18/to-the-origin-of-settlement-in-fraseropolis/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/barn-at-derby-reduced.jpgThis vintage barn was constructed around 1880 near Chilliwack, in the central Fraser Valley; it was moved to Langley's Derby Reach Park in recent years to substitute for the vanished buildings of the Derby settlement https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/derby-reach-park-fishing-reduced.jpgDerby Reach, looking to Maple Ridge https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/fort-langley-stone-reduced.jpgA stone marking the site of the original Fort Langley, B.C., founded 18292017-02-18T22:56:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/10/08/a-tour-to-port-hammond/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/vintage-house-decaying-reduced1.jpgHouse in decay, east-central Maple Ridge, 2011 https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/tour-group-reduced.jpgMaple Ridge/Pitt Meadows HUB, Saturday morninghttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/vintage-house-decaying-reduced.jpgVintage residential property, east-central Maple Ridge, 2011; cited in Aesthetic Maple Ridge, Claus Andrup & Ian McLeodhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/homeowner-reduced.jpgPort Hammond homeowner James Rowley and members of the Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows chapter of HUBhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/hammond-waterfront-reduced.jpgA section of the Port Hammond waterfront. The modest shed on the left is the works for the Sylte Shipyard. Shipbuildinghistory.com lists 30 tugs and other vessels built here since 1992, but suggests that there have been more.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/port-hammond-commercial-c-1920.jpgMaple Crescent, Port Hammond. The nearest building was constructed as the Bank of Hamilton in 1911; it is now a shop catering to motorcycle enthusiasts. The second building collapsed from neglect in 2009. Photo courtesy MR Museum P00227 https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/port-hammond-plan.jpgThe plan for Port Hammond Junction subdivision, registered 1883. Most of it was never realized. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/hammond-corner-reduced.jpgPort Hammond, the most extensive neighbourhood of heritage residences in the District of Maple Ridgehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/hammond-corner-reduced2.jpgHouses, Port Hammond, constructed 1920-252017-02-18T22:54:44+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/09/13/theres-a-high-crash-location-near-you/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/crash-sites-metro-vancouver-2007-2011-pdf.jpgCrash sites, Metro Vancouver 2007-2011https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/intersection-boradway-and-commercial.jpgBroadway at Commercial, one of Metro Vancouver's busiest transit stationshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/intersection-king-george-at-104.jpgRental housing near King George and 104, Surreyhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/intersection-clark-at-10th.jpgCyclists on the crosstown Tenth Avenue bike route at Clark Drive, City of Vancouverhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/intersection-152-at-104.jpg152 Street at 104 Avenue in Surrey, outside the Guildford shopping centre2017-02-17T02:17:19+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/09/03/in-search-of-the-village-at-edgemont-village/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/commercial-residential-reduced.jpgOne of the few examples of mixed use in Edgemont Village, North Vancouverhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sothebys-reduced.jpgReal estate agency sign, Edgemont Village. Perhaps if Sotheby's opened branches in Aldergrove and Mission City, they would be more like Edgemont.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/public-library-reduced1.jpgDistrict of North Vancouver public library, Edgemont https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/fred-reduced1.jpgFred Armstrong at The Bakehouse, North Vancouverhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/detached-house-2-reduced.jpgHousing off Woodbine Drive, within sight of the Edgemont commercial areahttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/commercial-1-reduced.jpgEdgemont Drive, North Vancouver2017-02-17T02:16:41+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/08/06/port-coquitlam-working-the-plan/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/downtown-poco-3-reduced.jpgShaughnessy Street, Port Coquitlamhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/downtown-poco-near-banner-reduced.jpgShaughnessy Street, Port Coquitlamhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tower-reduced.jpgResidential tower near Lougheed Highway and Shaughnessy, Port Coquitlamhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/shaughnessy-mall-reduced.jpgShaughnessy Street, Port Coquitlamhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/housing-reduced.jpgApartment housing near the Coquitlam River, Port Coquitlamhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/poco-plan-cover.jpgThe cover of Port Coquitlam's 1998 downtown planhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/shaughnessy-st-reduced.jpgShaughnessy Street, Port Coquitlamhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/music-2.jpgSaturday afternoon music, Port Coquitlam civic square2022-12-09T10:37:53+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/07/16/its-cheaper-to-buy-in-the-suburbs/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/sale-prices-q1-2012.jpgAverage sale prices, Metro Vancouver, Q1 2012 (Collier's)https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/223-north-maple-ridge-reduced.jpg223 North in the Maple Ridge urban village, with units starting at $139,000 (the author has no financial or other interest in the project, other than generally supporting town centre development)2017-02-17T02:14:05+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/06/11/mission-city-small-town-roots-suburban-realities/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/streetscape-reduced-2.jpgFirst Avenue, MIssionhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/housing-reduced.jpgHousing reducedhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/post-office-building-first-avenue-mission.jpgPost office building, First Avenue, Missionhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/staircase-reduced.jpgMission City: A pedestrian staircase connects the village elementary school and apartment housing to Second Avenuehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/rental-reduced.jpgRental housing on Second Avenue; the low rooftops behind are the shops on First Avenuehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/waterfront-reduced.jpgMission's waterfront promenade, deserted on a Saturday afternoonhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/bakery-reduced.jpgA new bakery on Railway Avenue looks out on the commuter rail platform. It opens at 5:00 a.m., catering to West Coast Express travellers. There's an independent theatre space next door.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/museum-reduced.jpgMission Museum, Second Avenue2017-02-17T02:12:21+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/05/31/how-do-i-govern-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/on-trax-infographic.jpgInfographic by On Trax and Sam Bradd2017-02-17T02:11:36+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/05/16/hoping-for-the-best-in-the-heights/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/hastings-st-reduced.jpgHastings Street, the Heights, Burnabyhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/legion-reduced.jpgThe Royal Canadian Legion, Heights branchhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/heights-kitsilano-reduced.jpgKitsilano meets California in Burnaby; a new development in the Heights, across the street from the Legion, pictured to the righthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/urban-space-reduced.jpgUrban space, the Heights, Burnaby https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/barber-shop-reduced.jpgBarber shop, Burnaby Heightshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/burnaby-heights-plan.jpgThe current land use plan for the Heights; admirably mixed-use, but in a skinny corridor 2017-02-17T02:09:12+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/05/10/winters-in-vancouver-can-be-dark/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/red-burrito-2-reduced.jpgRain, Commercial Drive, Vancouverhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cycle-race-double-reduced.jpgBicycle race, Maple Ridgehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/red-burrito-2-double-reduced.jpgRain, Commercial Drive, Vancouverhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/snow-in-kits.jpgSnow in Kitsilano, just southwest of downtown Vancouver. I forget the source of this photo (je m'excuse).2017-02-17T02:08:29+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/05/04/the-subtle-charms-of-downtown-maple-ridge/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/fuller-watson-reduced.jpgLougheed Highway, Maple Ridge. Fuller Watson, in business here since the 1930s, underwent a facelift in 2010 as part of a central area push for cosmetic improvements https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/new-construction-reduced.jpgA blue fence marks new medium-density housing construction near the centre (!) of the village. The arts centre and municipally owned business centre are in the background; the blank wall is a new Thrifty Food store, entering a former Safeway space that served for 15 years as a flea market. In the immediate foreground is land purchased and cleared by the local government, now ready for development.https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/haney-plaza-cropped-reduced.jpgLocal government is digging out from decades of bad decisions: this plaza, one of four car-oriented shopping centres in the village, hosts a revolving cast of liquidation stores https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/farmers-market-arch-2-reduced.jpgEntrance to Haney Farmers Market in the central park, May 20122017-02-17T02:07:56+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/04/18/1-free-tip-for-the-translink-mayors/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/bus-rear-end.jpgCommercial Drive, Vancouver2017-02-17T02:05:42+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/04/04/will-success-transform-commercial-drive/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/residential-2-reduced.jpgNew housing in a pre-1914 style half a block from The Drive. This building has four units. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/normans-reduced.jpgCommercial Drive at Graveley Streethttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/shop-fronts-reduced.jpgShop fronts, Commercial Drivehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/red-burrito-2-reduced.jpgCommercial Drive at First Avenue, dominated by north-south and crosstown vehicle traffic2017-02-17T02:03:16+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/03/21/an-invitation-to-comment-on-our-urban-villages-index/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/nathan-pachal-reduced1.jpgNathan Pachalhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/nathan-pachal-reduced.jpgNathan Pachalhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/historic-port-haney.jpgPort Haney, the former commercial heart of Maple Ridge, about 1920. Most of the village burned or was bulldozed, but enough traces remain to form a potential southern anchor for uptown Haney.2017-02-17T02:00:42+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/03/14/aesthetic-maple-ridge/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/aesthetic-maple-ridge-cover1.jpgAesthetic Maple Ridge, coverhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/welcome-to-maple-ridge.jpgWelcome to Maple Ridgehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/st-andrews-heritage-church1.jpgSt Andrew's Heritage Church2017-02-17T01:59:30+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/03/09/metro-vancouvers-economic-growth-has-bypassed-the-city-2/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/employment-trends-in-metro-vancouver-1981-20062.jpgEmployment trends in Metro Vancouver 1981-2006https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/surrey-central-tower.jpgSurrey Central Tower, home to the Surrey campus of Simon Fraser University and the head offices of the Fraser Health Authorityhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/employment-trends-in-metro-vancouver-1981-2006.jpgEmployment trends in Metro Vancouver 1981-20062017-02-17T01:58:51+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/03/05/how-much-is-your-public-library-worth-to-you/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/public-library-systems-in-fraseropolis-2011-local-government-funding1.jpgPublic Library Systems in Fraseropolis, 2011 local government fundinghttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/public-library-systems-in-fraseropolis-2011-local-government-funding-33.jpgPublic Library Systems in Fraseropolis, 2011 local government funding 3https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/public-library-systems-in-fraseropolis-2011-local-government-funding-32.jpgPublic Library Systems in Fraseropolis, 2011 local government funding https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/central-library-opening-day-september-2011.jpgSurrey Central Library, opening day, September 2011; from the Surrey Central Library bloghttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/tommy-douglas-library.pngTommy Douglas branch library, Burnaby; opened 2009. Photo from Burnaby Public Library2017-02-17T01:58:16+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/02/15/affordable-housing-a-survey-of-15-metro-vancouver-cities/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/supportive-housing-reduced.jpgNew supportive housing, February 2012. Partners: BC Housing, District of Maple Ridge, Alouette Home Start Societyhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/kanaka-creek-reduced.jpgMaple Ridge2017-02-17T01:55:25+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/02/01/creating-cycling-routes-for-the-cautious-majority/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dunsmuir-separated-bike-lane.jpgCity of Vancouver separated bike lane, Dunsmuir east of Beatty, courtesy Alex Popehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/multi-use-access-ramp-golden-ears-bridge.jpgMulti-use access ramp, Golden Ears Bridgehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/cycling-target-markets.jpgCycling target markets, as described by Richard Drdul2017-02-17T01:49:08+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/01/10/rapid-transit-and-politics-in-republican-arizona/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/arizona-state-university-downtown-phoenix.jpgArizona State University, downtown Phoenixhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/light-rail-central-station-area-downtown-phoenix.jpgLight Rail Central Station area, downtown Phoenixhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/light-rail-station-at-48th-st-and-washington-phoenix.jpgLight rail station at 48th St. and Washington, Phoenixhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/light-rail-station-at-1st-avenue-and-van-buren-phoenix.jpgLight rail station at 1st Avenue and Van Buren, Phoenix2017-02-17T01:47:10+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2011/12/16/the-suburban-high-street-at-risk-a-fraseropolis-example/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/fraser-street-reduced.jpgVintage commercial building, Fraser Street, Maple Ridgehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/credit-union-reduced.jpgNew credit union building, Lougheed Highway, Maple Ridgehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/224-street-rduced.jpg224 Street, Maple Ridge https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/columbia-street-reduced1.jpgColumbia Street, New Westminster, 2004 2017-02-17T01:42:32+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2011/12/07/development-at-albion-flats-the-background/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/municipal-lands-medium.jpgThe newly-acquired municipal lands in central Maple Ridgehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/business-centre-small.jpgThe municipally-owned Maple Ridge Business Centre (2003)https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/albion-flats-base-plan-smaller.jpgThe Albion Flats planning area. The area northwest of 105 Ave. has been eliminated by the Agricultural Land Commission. 2017-02-17T01:42:08+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2011/12/01/live-work-spaces-why-so-few/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/tin-town-2.jpgFreakin Coffee Shop, Tin Town, Courtenay, B.C.2017-02-17T01:41:45+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2011/10/20/tri-cities-towers-built-on-promises/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/towers-north-of-coquitlam-centre.jpgTowers north of Coquitlam Centrehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/capilano-road-port-moody.jpgCapilano Road, Port MoodyPort Moody high-density development west of Ioco Roadhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/capilano-road-tower-port-moody1.jpgCapilano Road tower, Port Moodyhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/capilano-road-tower-port-moody.jpgCapilano Road tower, Port Moody2017-02-17T01:40:54+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2011/08/24/a-regional-strategy-for-metro-vancouver/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/strip-mall2.jpgLougheed Highway, Maple Ridgehttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dscf1530.jpgDSCF15302017-02-17T01:40:07+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2011/10/12/the-working-river/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/early-paddlewheeler-at-port-haney.jpgEarly paddlewheeler at Port Haneyhttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/tugs-and-barge-port-haney.jpgTugs and barge, Port Haney2017-02-17T01:21:46+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2011/10/07/what-are-we-voting-for/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cityhall.jpgCity Hall, Grand Forks BC2017-02-17T01:20:15+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2011/09/27/should-metro-taxpayers-pay-for-vancouver-streetcars/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/van-streetcar-gastown.jpgVan streetcar GastownA rendering of the future streetcar in Gastown. https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/11-09-van-streetcar-map.jpgVan Streetcar mapThe proposed downtown Vancouver streetcar network2022-10-25T04:54:50+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2012/01/02/agritopia/https://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/joes-farm-grill-front1.jpgJoe's Farm Grill at Agritopia; from Arizona Foothills magazine via Google Imageshttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mcmansion-agritopia.jpgmcmansion-agritopiahttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/a-single-family-home-in-agritopia-design-label-unknown-curbside-boulevards-to-the-right-and-in-front.jpgHansel und Gretel go golfing,Agritopia; curbside boulevards to the right and in fronthttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/community-garden-plots-agritopia.jpgCommunity garden plots, Agritopiahttps://fraseropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/a-pedestrian-courtyard-in-agritopia-outside-phoenix.jpgA pedestrian courtyard in Agritopia, outside Phoenix2013-12-27T21:15:20+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.com/2011/08/23/megacities-and-minicities/2012-03-20T19:10:23+00:00monthlyhttps://fraseropolis.comdaily1.02025-01-28T00:23:54+00:00