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Launch Week: The Olympics

February 12, 2010

I was at a loss at what to showcase today on launch week. Then I pulled my head out of…
Today the 2010 Olympics start in my home town of Vancouver. That’s a big deal.
When we had a referendum many years ago about whether we wanted to have the Olympics, I, along with 30 odd percent, [...]

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Shots of the Day: Commercial Drive

September 21, 2009

A couple shots from Commercial Drive, Vancouver, circa 2006?

A couple weeks ago we were talking about how a neighbourhood gets its soul. Check out the post and the comments. It was a good discussion, as my friends and readers are insightful people. But here’s the thing. Commercial drive is the one place in Vancouver where [...]

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Shot of the Day: Knight Nights

September 20, 2009

A shot from the balcony (/structural risk) of my old place on Knight st. In some ways it was a good place to live, and nice Vancouver evenings exemplified this. In some ways, such as the proximity to a major truck route, is wasn’t such a great place. But at least sometimes it was good [...]

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Urban Planners: School Me on Soul

September 8, 2009

What creates a dynamic community neighbourhood? What gives a community its soul? How do we encourage the emergence of this?
The reason I ask is this. I was having a conversation with a friend the other night about renewed neighbourhoods in Vancouver, such as Yaletown. It seems, to the untrained eye, that they’ve done everything right [...]

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My God, Canada, Aren’t We Amazing? Uhhh…

September 5, 2009

I’ve picked up on a couple little self-congratulatory snippets since returning home. Our ‘The World Needs More Canada’ vibe. The BC slogan ‘The Best Place on Earth’, splashed across license plates, government projects and the like. Listening to the CBC, I caught a host say (in an unrelated interview) ‘well, we all know Vancouver is [...]

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Shot of the Day: Lakes of Green

May 24, 2009

Scenes like this are not uncommon in Addis, this example only a few minute walk from our office. I suspect it is not uncommon in many African cities. My initial guess would be that the resources and public pressure to avoid such localized pollution are lacking in large, developing country cities. Infrastructure is hard to [...]

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Sunday roundup: good photos, lightweight websites, overcoming tragedy and failing to overcome tragedy…

February 15, 2009

Collecting interesting stuff today.
Let’s start with some great shots from Tim Llewellyn at FourL Photography. Start with his Tanzania - Epic Change series and work from that. He got solid access to the Obama campaign too, apparently. I’m going to try to capture a fraction of that effectiveness when hopefully shooting the people from a [...]

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