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Architecture: Surrey's Public Library

The latest step in Surrey’s dramatic evolution: a reinvention of that most taken-for-granted amenity, the public...

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Omer Arbel's Geometric Masterpiece

Using 100-year-old Douglas fir beams, Arbel demonstrates his diverse design talent with this modern home in White Rock

By published Oct 1, 2011

South Main

House prices have declined across the city, but this neighbourhood—still trendy, still gentrifying—seems immune. And no wonder: it offers a rare mix of independent cafés, eclectic antique stores, and boutiques showcasing local designers and European labels

By published Jul 18, 2011

Granville Island

The city’s most-loved public space and top tourist draw packs old tin-sided buildings, a top arts university, studios, and a public market onto a manmade island overlooking downtown

By published Jul 15, 2011

Yaletown

After Expo 86, pavilion sites gave way to condos, warehouses converted into lofts, and loading docks became destinations for beauty services and popular mid-tier restaurants

By published Jul 14, 2011

Downtown Vancouver

Luxury retail brands (all the heavyweights are here) and glittery new condo-hotel hybrids dot the landscape of downtown, but there are still signs of vintage Vancouver: casualwear in the business district and North Shore mountains visible beyond the glass towers

By published Jul 13, 2011

Kerrisdale

Kerrisdale, with it's beautiful houses and old oak trees, wasn't always defined by sky-high real estate and the posh boutiques of 41st Avenue

By published Jun 20, 2011

Fairview

The pervading myth about Fairview—that it’s populated by wealthy dowagers and the shopping bag set—is entirely a product of its major retail row, South Granville.

By published Jun 1, 2011

West of Denman

While the West End may seem a monoculture to outsiders, its denizens know a distinct shift takes place when one crosses Denman Street and enters the 15 blocks of housing directly east of Stanley Park

By published Apr 1, 2011
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