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The Co-housing Solution
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website, through the regular e-News, or by contacting Executive Director Dave Crossley at the PIBC office. The call for submissions is also now open for the Awards for Excellence in Planning and Individual Achievement. And the call for nominations and sub- missions for Honourary Membership and Life Mem- ber recognition will be coming out later this year. Be s we turn the page on 2018, it is typically a time to set goals and resolu- sure to visit the Awards section of the website or watch tions for the new year. Before we get to the prognostications for 2019, the regular e-News for more information on how to though, we should reflect on a number of important events that closed submit or nominate an individual or a body of profes- out the last quarter of 2018. In November, planners around the globe sional work for recognition. gathered to mark and celebrate World Town Planning Day. Concur- An ongoing strategic objective of the Board was to A rent with our celebration of World Town Planning Day on November freshen up our digital presence and increase the func- 3rd, we further celebrated PIBC’s 60th anniversary. From the kind and inspirational tionality of the PIBC website. We are very pleased words of our distinguished speakers – including the Honourable Minister Selina that, after much time and effort by our communi- Robinson, featured speaker Larry Beasley FCIP, RPP, and our newest Honourary cations team and design firm, we expect to have the member Gary Paget – to planners young and old who kicked it up at the after party, new site up and running in early 2019. We are looking the event celebrated the profession and the Institute’s milestones from the past six forward to a fresh look, new and updated content and decades, as well as speculated on those that may characterize the decades to come. enhanced services for PIBC members and the broader A full album of photos from this great event has been posted online – check out the public who use the site. PIBC website or the November 28th issue of the PIBC e-News for links. On the administrative side of things, I would like The PIBC Board also held its annual budget workshop at the end of September to offer a gentle reminder about membership renewals to set our budget and membership fees for 2019. After holding membership rates and Continuous Professional Learning (CPL) report- constant last year, 2019 sees slight increases in line with inflation. Following on ing: if you have not yet renewed your membership for our commitment to strengthen support for aspiring future planners by eliminating 2019, or are a bit behind on reporting your 2018 CPL student member fees last year, I am happy to report that CIP also recently embraced activities and learning units, be sure to log into the this approach, with the CIP portion of annual member fees now being waived for membership section of the website where you can con- student members as of 2019; another small example of how PIBC plays a leading veniently complete these tasks online. role amongst our profession’s provincial and territorial Institutes and associations. Finally, I would also like to offer a special thank Looking ahead to events for the first quarter of 2019 – which will, sadly, be my you to everyone who has volunteered, in any capacity, last as PIBC President – staff and volunteers are busy organizing and preparing for towards the activities and operations of PIBC over the our annual conference – the 2019 BC Land Summit: Collaborations & Connec- past year. Without all of you, we would not be able to tions, which will run from May 8th-10th, 2019 in Vancouver. If you have not at- achieve any of the goals and objectives of this impor- tended the Summit before, it is an interdisciplinary conference providing education, tant and influential organization of ours. Please see the professional development, networking and collaboration for practitioners in fields complete list of 2018 member volunteers published related to land and land-use in BC, the Yukon, and beyond. It is only held every five elsewhere in this issue of Planning West. And thank years, so do not miss out on the opportunity to attend. Early registration is already you again to everyone who volunteered this past year. open and well underway. On behalf of the PIBC Board and staff, Happy Our Governance & Nominating Committee has also been hard at work to start New Year and all the best for 2019! the formal process of seeking members to stand for election to the PIBC Board of Directors for the 2019-2021 term. If you are interested in being more involved in our organization’s governance, I would encourage you to consider putting your name forward. The at-large nomination process will open in early February and runs until early March. The voting period will then begin in mid-March and continue until the Annual General Meeting in early May. The newly elected Board will be announced at the AGM in Vancouver. More information about the Board, its roles, and how to put your name forward for nomination can be found on the PIBC Andrew Ramlö MCIP, RPP
4 PLANNING WEST WINTER 2019 OUTLINESOUTLINES What’s Trending... Member in Focus... Story number one here. Story number two. Story number three.
Notice some planning gold in THE FIRST NATION profiles map the social media is available on the Government of universe? Share Canada website. it @_PIBC What’s Trending by Cindy Cheung, PIBC Communications & Marketing Specialist
elcome to 2019! To kick off the new past and our future! Have a milestone or noteworthy year, be sure to check out these interac- entry to add to the timeline? Contact us at info@pibc. tive online tools, as well as a video from bc.ca to get it added onto our timeline! View the timeline Metro Vancouver on their Climate on our website at www.pibc.bc.ca. 2050 Framework to inform and inspire W you into action. Start by giving them First Nation Interactive Profiles Map your “likes” and share the links below. Making First Nation profiles and general information more accessible, the Government of Canada has an Take a Walk through 60 years of PIBC interactive First Nation Profiles Map available online. Thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate our 60th The map makes readily available locating Aboriginal anniversary throughout 2018. If you haven’t done so communities, along with details on reserve(s), governance, already, be sure to visit and click through our new online federal funding, geography, registered population and interactive PIBC timeline that debut at the November various Census statistics. Easy to use, simply click on the 2018 World Town Planning Day gala event. Not dot and a pop-up window with the First Nation’s profile only can you move back in time to see the Institute’s will appear. milestones through the decades, but you are invited to Take a look at the interactive map here: http://cippn- participate in further mapping and documenting our fnpim.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/index-eng.html
WINTER 2019 PLANNING WEST 5 Metro Vancouver – Climate 2050 One to watch – the Vancouver Climate 2050 video was launched following Metro Vancou- ver’s recent approval of the Climate 2050 Stra- tegic Framework. The 30-year vision outlines Metro Vancouver's climate policies, objectives and actions, including the goal of a regional target of an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 2007 levels by 2050. Visit www.metrovancouver.org/climate2050 to watch the video, review the framework and participate! Metro Vancouver is continuously looking for feedback on Climate 2050 so con- tact them and share your thoughts, comments and ideas.
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MEMBER IN FOCUS
Larry Beasley CM, FCIP, RPP Owner, Beasley and Associates, Planning Inc. by Cindy Cheung, PIBC Communications & Marketing Specialist
IT WAS AN HONOUR to have Larry Beasley FCIP, RPP as our featured speaker at the November 2018 PIBC World Town Planning Day gala and 60th Anniversary celebrations. Speaking with passion about the planning profession while addressing a packed ballroom at the sold out event, Larry revisited key is- sues and influencers that have shaped the planning profession, especially in Metro Vancouver, over the decades. Here we go in-depth with him and his personal journey as a professional planner – what’s influenced him so far and what he sees ahead in the decades to come.
What excited you about planning when you first started in the profession? It was all about community revitalization, neighbourhood plan- ning, and public participation – making an important contribu- tion to the people of our city and their well-being for the future. I could not wait to get started and I have never had one boring or useless day since the beginning of my practice. Our profession is dangerous and thrilling all at the same time – and ultimately extraordinarily fulfilling. I was a student member, having known about PIBC from the beginning of my interest in city planning. I felt it was “our” organization, looking after our interests, so I was a big supporter.
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LARRY BEASLEY with his colleagues at Beasley and Associates, Planning Inc.
I feel that same way to this very day. PIBC water. We will also have to be on top of major sustainable, competitive, social and environ- has always been active, forward looking, urban disruptors that will redefine how cities mentally responsible, livable and beautiful. and responsive. work and look. Hopefully we can do better I’ve just finished a book about it that will be than to just keep the wolf from the door. out in 2019. What development or change do you Hopefully we can create economic vibrancy, believe has made a huge impact on social equity and environmental harmony What do you do for fun? Any hob- the profession? through a new definition of all aspects of hu- bies? Our commitment to community engagement man settlements. For fun I travel a lot, always to cities, always as a basic of practice – adopting the latest tech- An immediate challenge is the Canadian exploring all the cool aspects of cities. I try niques (as they have come along) has made suburb, but ultimately it is the whole urban often to go to world cities where things are our work relevant and has constantly renewed system that must be reformed. happening, and also to places that have re- our stature in the places that we practice. The biggest lessons we can carry from the ally made an important invention, such as Taking on community revitalization and past to the future are to work from princi- places in the Nordic countries and Australia. making it work, then inner-city revitaliza- ples, work with high ethics, work through I also love historic cities and I go to stay up- tion and making that work, and now starting collaboration, and work with our communi- to-date. Mostly I go just for the total joy of with green urbanism – all these have huge ties and all people. visiting these places. impacts on our credibility as a profession and I also teach at the University of British Co- as public servants. What would be one planning con- lumbia for fun. Every day with my students cept, application or process used in is a pleasure. The essential moments, though, What lessons do we need to carry BC that you think would benefit oth- are when I am with my partner of 50 years forward as the planning profession er parts of the world? and our close friends that I love and admire. advances? More important than anything else is our style Doing anything with my chums is total fun! Our world has never been in more danger and of planning – collaborative, engaged with cit- My other hobbies are simple; I fawn over it is cities that will make or break our future. izens, methodical, transparent, ethical, social- my art collections – old master drawings and Planners will be at the heart of the action ly responsible, efficient and effective. It has paintings and, more recently, mid-century to save our planet and our species. We will hundreds of dimensions that can and should art. I also restore antique engravings. I spend have to make strides on all aspects of sustain- be shared with the rest of the world. as much time as I can at my house in the able urbanism every single decade of the next A specific concept is “Vancouverism”, our desert and just being home in my beloved
PHOTOS COURTESY LARRY BEASLEY LARRY PHOTOS COURTESY few generations just to keep our heads above contemporary way of building a city that is Vancouver.
WINTER 2019 PLANNING WEST 7 60 Years of Professional Leadership PIBC Presidents Past & Present
We are proud of and thankful to the many planning professionals – past and present – who have volunteered their time and shared their expertise in the growth and strategic direction of the Institute, to shape and lead PIBC into the professional association it is today! We’re pleased to present this list of PIBC’s past presidents:
Years Name 1958-1960 Gerald Sutton Brown 1960-1961 James Wilson 1961-1963 William Kerr 1963-1965 Brahm Wiesman 1965-1967 A.H. Roberts 1967-1969 Antony Parr 1969-1971 Norman Pearson 1971-1972 Victor Parker 1972-1973 J. Sellner 1973-1974 Graham Stallard 1974-1975 Paul Roer 1975-1976 Jim Moodie 1976-1977 Graham Stallard 1977-1979 John Connelly 1979-1981 Harold Thomson 1981-1983 Jim Masterson 1983-1985 Jay Wollenberg 1985-1987 Hugh Kellas 1987-1989 Jill Davidson 1989-1991 Peter Bloodoff 1991-1993 Jay Simons 1993-1995 Don Harasym 1995-1997 Linda Allen 1997-1999 Rob Roycroft 1999-2001 Blake Hudema 2001-2003 Harry Harker 2003-2005 Deborah Sargent 2005-2007 Finlay Sinclair 2007-2009 Hazel Christy 2009-2011 Lindsay Chase 2011-2013 Joan Chess-Wollacott 2013-2015 Andrew Young 2015-2017 Daniel Huang 2017-2019 Andrew Ramlö
Correction In the 60th Anniversary issue of Planning West, on page 14 “PIBC Presidents”, Jill Davidson's name was misspelled as "Jay Davidson" for the years 1987-1989. We sincerely apologize for the oversight and have included this reprint of the list in its entirety.
8 PLANNING WEST WINTER 2019 PIBC Climate Action Lives On! by Suzanne Smith MCIP, RPP
THIS ARTICLE OFFERS UP some addi- CATF’s approach to addressing climate lished under the Institute’s existing Policy tional information and latest developments change was encapsulated into the Call to Ac- and Public Affairs Committee. This group following the PIBC Climate Action Task tion which identified steps to be taken by: will be tasked with guiding the on-going Force Update article “You Had Me at ‘Ad- implementation of the 2017 Climate Call aptation’” from the fall issue of Planning • The Province of British Columbia, to Action. As a living document, it will be West. The PIBC Climate Action Task Force including requesting reinstatement of the updated over time, with regular input from (CATF) has had a tangible effect since its CEEI inventory the PIBC membership to keep it current as creation by the PIBC Board of Directors in • PIBC, with information and training progress is made. September 2016. It was established with a for the membership Work is underway on a Terms of Refer- mandate to make recommendations to the • The membership, including tips for ence for the Climate Action Subcommittee. Board on how PIBC could champion action taking daily action (Planning West spring Once complete, a call for interest will be sent on climate policy, support the membership edition 2017). A parallel call for the Yukon out to the membership. It is anticipated this in taking action, and strategically advocate is in development. new subcommittee will focus on both advo- for change with the various levels of gov- cacy on policy as well as more time sensitive ernment. While the Task Force was temporary in na- actionable opportunities. Look for an invita- Earlier this fall when the Climate Action ture, what has become clear is that on-going tion to join the subcommittee in your regular Task Force concluded its work it brought efforts in support of climate action are need- PIBC update emails. forth a set of recommendations for further ed. Continued leadership from PIBC and its action. This resulted in some exciting new membership on climate action is critical at Suzanne Smith MCIP, RPP is the Program opportunities for PIBC and its members. this time. The strong statement earlier this Coordinator, Development at the City of Rich- The Task Force has been successful in year by the International Panel on Climate mond and Chair of the Policy and Public Af- completing many of the action items it set Change (IPCC) further confirmed this need - fairs Committee (former Chair of the Climate out to accomplish: a number of climate ac- global emissions are still not on track to meet Action Task Force). tion webinars; the creation of a climate re- the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting warm- source webpage, and; climate action content ing to 2 degrees Celsius and to strive to limit A big thank you to ALL of the members of the at PIBC conferences. Climate action is also it to 1.5 Celsius. former Climate Action Task Force: Iain Bourhill, being pursued as future required core con- With the conclusion of the Task Force the George Benson, Coralie Breen, Christine Calli- tent for planners as part of maintaining pro- recommendation was made that an ongoing hoo, Ryan Hennessey, Darwin Horning, Sara fessional membership status. sub-committee on climate change be estab- Muir-Owen, Peter Russell and Bruce Simard.
WINTER 2019 PLANNING WEST 9 PIBC 2018 WORLD TOWN PLANNING DAY GALA & 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
by Maria Stanborough MCIP, RPP and Ryan Noakes, Director of Finance & Member Services
THE ANNUAL World Town Planning Day • The crisis of affordable housing may dent, and became a fully Certified Member gala was a special event this year as it marked undo all the work done of planners in 1988. Early in her career she worked in the 60th Anniversary of the Planning Insti- up until now, including as green various municipalities in the Lower Main- tute of British Columbia (PIBC). The event infrastructure, complete communities, land, honing her skills and understanding was held on Saturday, November 3rd, at and social/cultural planning of planning issues across communities of the Wall Centre Sheraton in Vancouver on • The loss of civility where, as Beasley varying sizes. She is described by colleagues a rainy downpour of a night. Despite the described it, people living in community as a “local-level planner with a regional-level weather, the tables were full and conversa- fail to recognize the importance of perspective.” tions were lively. connecting with each other. For Beverly’s career has seen a number of As my first WTPD, and the first as Plan- planners we need to be especially aware achievements, particularly in housing poli- ning West Editor, I was curious about what of empty public engagement that fails cy. Beyond work on housing, Bev has prov- made this night work. What I found was key to acknowledge the importance of en her leadership on related issues such as to the evening’s success was the recognition community voice in planning work sustainability, growth management, trans- of planners at both ends of the career spec- • The spontaneous migration of people portation and community building. While trum, from those just being granted their everywhere irrespective of laws and finding time in her schedule to counsel and RPP status to those being recognized for 25 military power and how this will reshape advise younger planners, she also developed years as members of the Institute. In all, 54 our cities and towns and taught courses for Simon Fraser Uni- new members were welcomed to RPP status • The sharing economy that is changing versity, the University of British Columbia, and 13 members were acknowledged for 25+ how people live in communities, how and was a dedicated program advisor at years of membership. income is generated, and how we interact Langara College. As a key part of the 60th anniversary on a day-to-day basis A strong believer in leading through ex- event, Larry Beasley, former Director of City • The new transportation economy ample, Bev is one of those individuals who Planning for Vancouver, gave an opening which will require getting people out make the work of reviewing nominations talk about the past, present and future of of cars and into other modes of travel, for awards and recognition a relatively easy planning in BC. despite the lure of self-driving cars process. While she has recently stepped back For those readers who are members of from professional practice, Bev will continue PIBC, you will have received your 60th An- As well as recognizing planners new and es- to serve as an example to our entire profes- niversary issue of Planning West, which pro- tablished, the World Town Planning Day sion, now recognized as a PIBC Life Mem- vides an in-depth and fascinating summary Gala recognized two important planners. ber. Congratulations! of the history of planning in BC. Beverly Grieve was nominated by her peers Larry Beasley echoed recognition of and selected as the planner of significance HONOURARY MEMBER GARY those planners in his talk. More important- with Life Member status. And Honourary PAGET ly, he also highlighted some of the things Member status was granted to long-time, For over forty years, Gary exemplified the for planners to think about as we move now retired, provincial government staffer best in public service, helping to shape an forward. He emphasized the need for plan- Gary Paget. internationally recognized, resilient and sus- ners as a professional body to be able to tainable local government system for British get ahead of these issues or risk becoming LIFE MEMBER BEVERLY GRIEVE Columbia. irrelevant. Some of Beasley’s key points for Beverly Grieve has been a member of the In- Gary joined the province's Local Gov- consideration include: stitute since 1984, when she joined as a stu- ernment Department in 1977 and built his
10 PLANNING WEST WINTER 2019 GOOD TIMES Above: Honourary Member Gary Paget (left) with PIBC president Andrew Ramlö (centre) and Life Member Beverly Grieve (right). Right: Hon. Selina Robinson, BC Minister of Municipal Affairs & Housing. Below: Larry Beasley speaks to a full house. legacy from working "on-the-ground" with communities and regions on governance, planning, intergovernmental relations, fi- nance and infrastructure. Always willing to "step up to the plate," Gary contributed and volunteered beyond the requirements of his job and gave his time, knowledge and person to build communities, to educate practition- ers, local governments and elected officials, and to mentor colleagues. Gary retired in March 2018 from his role as Senior Executive Advisor at the Minis- try of Municipal Affairs and Housing. His achievements in the past four decades con- tributed to the milestone changes in local provincial government system. It is Gary's remarkable ability to bring people together and combine theories of governance with the practicality of providing services to citizens that has truly left a mark on the provincial public service, the local government system, communities across the province, and in the planning framework. Congratulations!
WINTER 2019 PLANNING WEST 11 REMEMBERING THE LEGACY OF SHIRLEY CHAN SAVING VANCOUVER’S CHINATOWN NEIGHBOURHOOD
by Don Alexander MCIP, RPP
n 1954, when Shirley Chan was six years old, her parents Mary and Walter moved their family from rental accommodations near Chinatown into a house they pur- chased a few streets away. Her mother, working full-time in a garment factory, also served as an unofficial “social worker” for the community: finding people jobs, ac- commodations, and even marriage partners. Mary Chan would later serve as a prom- I inent leader in the community’s efforts to save their neighbourhood.
12 PLANNING WEST WINTER 2019 THE CHAN FAMILY seen in 1968, from left to right: Larry Chan, Mary Chan, Karen Lam, Nick Lam, grandmother Lim Hop Lee, Walter Chan and Shirley Chan. Photo by Tony Westman. Originally published in The Globe and Mail. Reprinted with the photographer’s permission (opposite); A 1963 Strathcona redevelopment plan (left); An aerial view of the McLean Park housing development in 1962 (below).
Shirley’s father Walter, a shopkeeper, writer, scholar, and former teacher, kept people in the community informed about major devel- opments through his articles in the Chinese language press. Though he played a promi- nent role in the protecting Vancouver’s Chi- natown neighbourhood, he died prematurely young. When the Chans bought their house, they proceeded to fix it up. Theirs, like many in the neighbourhood, was a little run down. It was partly for this reason that the City of Vancouver came to describe the area as $5000-$6000 on a ‘take-it-or-leave-it’ basis. City Council meetings, speaking to print a “blighted” neighbourhood - one that was Since Walter and Mary had spent $15,000 and television media, and strategizing with incurably diseased and would spread its con- on their home, not including improvements, community leaders and supporters about tagion to adjacent areas. this would have amounted to them losing a next steps to save the neighbourhood. In 1958, following studies of the area, significant amount of money and the fami- In September 1968, she came home ex- the City developed a comprehensive plan for ly’s only asset. For them and their fellow res- pecting to find dinner on the table, but her Strathcona’s ‘redevelopment’ that would see idents, this process was a fight for survival, mom out. Her dad told her, “Your mom is wholesale razing of the homes, replaced by a fight for the neighbourhood, and for the at a meeting at the First United Church, and high-rise and mid-rise social housing apart- right to stay in their homes. you and your brother should be there too.” ment blocks. In the Planning Department’s In Phase One, despite dogged communi- At the meeting community members words at the time, “the Chinese quarter to ty resistance, 28 acres were redeveloped with were hearing from two City officials: Darlene the east of Main Street is at present of sig- 1600 people displaced. In the second phase, Marzari, future Minister of Municipal Affairs nificance only to the people who live there.” a further 1700-plus were removed from 29 (NDP), and her boss, Maurice Egan, one of The announcement of the City’s plan for acres. The plan for Phase 3 was to raze what the first social planners in Canada. Marzari redevelopment was the signal for Mary Chan was left. and Egan were there to provide information to go into action. In 1958, she recruited her Shirley had, meanwhile, graduated from and assistance on relocating from the neigh- daughter Shirley, not entirely willingly, to go high school and had begun her education bourhood. But when residents made it clear door-to-door to get signatures for a petition at Simon Fraser University. She majored they wanted to stay, Marzari and Egan decid- to stop the imminent expropriations of res- in English and social sciences. As she got ed to help them, even though it nearly cost idents’ homes. Only ten years old, Shirley’s more active, her Political Science and So- them their jobs, ignoring the instructions job was to translate from Cantonese into ciology professors let her submit her com- they had been given by senior administrators English and English into Cantonese. munity work as assignments. This included at the City. In 1959, the City launched the first of co-founding with her parents the Strathcona On December 18, 1968 her father three phases of expropriation and demoli- Property Owners and Tenants Association chaired the first meeting of SPOTA. The or-
TONY WETSMAN (OPPOSITE); VANCOUVER ARCHIVES TONY WETSMAN (OPPOSITE); VANCOUVER tion. Families were given lowball offers of (SPOTA), preparing briefs and speaking at ganization proceeded to lobby sympathetic
WINTER 2019 PLANNING WEST 13 City Council members and encour- age councillors of all stripes to meet with the community. They were successful in winning influence at the federal level, including local Member of Parliament Ron Bas- ford, later the driving force behind Granville Island. They further suc- ceeded in attaining representation from a legal aid lawyer and future Vancouver Mayor and BC Premier, Mike Harcourt. In early 1969, Paul Hellyer, Minister of Transportation for the Trudeau government, came to town. Shirley and Marzari managed to join his entourage which included Hellyer’s executive assistant Lloyd Axworthy. The two joined them for drinks and the next day Shirley found herself on a City-sponsored bus tour sitting next to Hellyer, feeding him a counter-narrative to the City’s propaganda. VIEW OF EAST GEORGIA Street in February, 1966. It’s astonishing to contemplate how this handful of community activists, though largely denigrated by City administration, were able to help effect a major shift in Canada’s future urban policy. Such was the temper of the times. effectively ending the freeway proposal. On his return to Ottawa, Hellyer announced a moratorium on With the highway threat out of the way, SPOTA turned to more the Urban Renewal Program while he studied the program’s impact proactive tasks, such as building infill housing and a linear park on on communities. The federal government had been providing 50% of sites cleared by urban renewal. The Mau Dan Gardens Housing Co- the funds for ‘renewal’ while the City and the Province each provided op was built, designed by architect Joe Wai. 25%. In 1973, Shirley departed for Ottawa and, in 1976, to Toronto Hellyer returned to Vancouver in spring 1969 where the SPOTA to do a Master’s degree in Environmental Studies with a specializa- fêted him as a “guest of honour.” It was a great shock when, shortly tion in Planning at York University. After graduating, she worked in after his return to Ottawa, Hellyer resigned from cabinet over a dis- Toronto for the Ontario Social Planning Council and then Indian agreement with Trudeau. But not long after, Trudeau created a new Affairs. Secretary of State for Urban Affairs, with Robert Andras in the post. When Mike Harcourt was elected as the mayor of Vancouver in Andras came to Vancouver to meet SPOTA and attend a banquet 1980, he called her back to work as his chief of staff. Since then she sponsored by the community. has since gone on to occupy a number of prominent posts. She has Following this meeting, Andras announced that “no project using worked for Health Canada, served as Chair of the VanCity Credit federal funds should proceed without the explicit consent of the af- Union, and been on the Board of Governors of the University of Brit- fected citizens.” This was a game changer for Strathcona’s residents. ish Columbia. She has also been the President of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen SPOTA began to be treated, in Shirley’s words, “like a fourth level of Garden Society, directed community economic development initia- government. We had a seat at the table.” tives in Chinatown and the Downtown Eastside, and currently serves Working with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation on the board of Learning for a Sustainable Future, an organization (CMHC), the Province, and City officials, SPOTA negotiated, and devoted to raising environmental awareness among schoolchildren. then implemented, the prototypes of what would later become the While now retired, Shirley remains active, fighting to revitalize Neighbourhood Improvement Program (NIP) and Residential Re- Chinatown and to preserve the historic area from developments that habilitation Assistance Program (RRAP). These programs were later would negatively impact the heritage buildings and the Dr. Sun Yat- rolled out nationwide. Sen Classical Chinese Gardens. Throughout her activist career, her Before the demolition fight was over, a second battle was emerg- parents served as her role models. Their commitment to community ing. The City wanted to construct a system of freeways, with a third service and their willingness to persist in the face of overwhelming crossing from the north shore through Vancouver to Highway 1. odds continue to inspire her. Shirley prides herself on being her par- Chinatown was the hub for five of six possible routings. ents’ daughter through and through. The proposed freeway galvanized not only the neighbourhood, but people throughout Vancouver and helped lead to a sea change Don Alexander MCIP RPP, teaches geography and community planning in municipal politics. In 1968 a new municipal party was formed - at Vancouver Island University, and lives in Nanaimo and Vancouver. The Electors Action Movement (TEAM). In 1972, TEAM swept the He can be reached at [email protected]. He wishes to thank Shirley election and put investment broker Art Phillips in the mayor’s chair, for her assistance in preparing this article. ARCHIVES; MACKENZIE STONEHOCKER (OPPOSITE) VANCOUVER
14 PLANNING WEST WINTER 2019 The Cohousing Solution to the ‘Missing Middle’
by Mackenzie Stonehocker MCIP, RPP
CENTRAL COURTYARD at Vancouver Cohousing, Vancouver.
n the Lower Mainland, not a single coffee date, din- cities need a diverse population, but without an appro- ner party, or playground chat between parents passes priate range of housing choices for the missing middle, without the topic of housing surfacing, teeth bared. In a city’s workforce and multi-generational population addition to homelessness and skyrocketing prices, you’ll slowly erodes. also hear concerns about the ‘missing middle’ raised by In terms of density, the missing middle looks like I architects, planners, politicians and housing advocates. row houses, townhouses, multiplexes and even mid-rise The missing middle is affordable housing for middle buildings, depending on the neighbourhood. At the income earners, which includes a broad swath of peo- other end of the housing continuum, high-rises provide ple: professionals, teachers, first responders, families, a much different lifestyle which may not meet the needs millennials and seniors. To flourish, or even to function, of missing middle.
WINTER 2019 PLANNING WEST 15 As the debate rages on, a slim segment of a semi-rural community, and Creekside the population has created their own solu- Commons in Courtenay has a more subur- tion to the missing middle conundrum. ban feel, but both communities are not all Described as “small-scale utopian com- ground-oriented. Finished in 1998, Quay- munity building” (Emilie Adin, Planning side Village Cohousing was Canada’s first West, September 2010), cohousing is a form urban example, with 19 units in the heart of of housing developed by the future residents North Vancouver’s Lower Lonsdale. Upcom- themselves. It originated as bofœllesskaber ing communities like Little Mountain Co- in Denmark in the 1970s, when families housing and Driftwood Village Cohousing dreamed of “combining the autonomy of pri- will have 25-27 units in 5-6 storey buildings vate dwellings with the advantages of com- in walkable urban neighbourhoods. munity living” (Durrett and McCamant). Why does cohousing work as a solution to In the 1980s, California architects the missing middle, even at these densities? Charles Durrett and Kathryn McCamant As real estate prices have uncoupled from translated the Danish concept as ‘cohousing’ wages in this challenging real estate market, and brought it to North America. British homebuyers know their dollars won’t go as Columbia caught on quickly, with residents far, so they compromise on their housing. creating communities in Langley (Wind- Cohousing changes this compromise into song Cohousing in 1996), North Vancouver an advantage by sharing features between (Quayside Village Cohousing in 1998) and residents. For example, most of us want the Burnaby (Cranberry Commons Cohousing ability to host visitors to our homes, but a in 2001). single-purpose guest room isn’t the best use Cohousing communities are typically of limited space. Or we want a large kitchen launched, designed, financed and managed and dining room for occasional celebrations, by the residents themselves, through col- but on a day-to-day basis, it’s generally just laborating with the architect, financial in- a few people eating together. Cohousing re- stitution, and other consultants. Cohousing verses the depressing conversation of “I can’t communities range from 9 to 35 units, with afford a guest room or space for my hobbies” most in the range of 20-30 households. Each to “We don’t need a large kitchen for enter- household has a fully equipped home with taining or a kids’ playroom because our com- their own kitchen, but they also share exten- munity shares these amenities.”Sharing space sive common space. offers practical and economic benefits. From the initial design stages, the archi- As people get further into the cohousing tect and future residents consider how the process, they often find the social benefits and physical design will support community. For depth of community are deeper than they ex- example, residents often park bikes or cars on pected. Cohousers tend to share equipment, the periphery of the site and walk through from kitchen gadgets and gardening tools all a shared main space to their own homes. the way to vehicles, due to formal or infor- Other common spaces may vary depending mal car sharing within the community. on the flavour of a particular group, such The community may smooth the day- as indoor and outdoor play areas, a garden, to-day logistics for busy working families workshop, guest suite, craft room and so on. by sharing childcare duties, giving children But all cohousing communities include a interaction with people of all ages, and insu- common house that includes a large kitchen lating seniors from debilitating isolation. As and dining room for periodic shared meals. Charles Montgomery writes, “it’s a uniquely These design features increase the number of market-responsive kind of sharing, which al- chance social encounters between residents. lows each person to adjust to a level of en- The Lower Mainland’s cohousing com- gagement or retreat that feels right at any munities flew under the radar for over a dec- particular moment. People drift together ade, until 2013 when Vancouver Cohousing when it suits them and apart when it doesn’t.” rezoned a site on East 33rd Avenue. With By linking the physical home to a strong rising housing prices, interest in cohousing community with access to shared spaces and ramped up. Today there are three new com- tools, cohousing units are perceived as good munities approaching construction in the value, even when the purchase price is similar Lower Mainland. In total, the province has to typical market homes. ten completed communities with another But if cohousing is so desirable, why nine in development. is supply limited? In short, the process is Cohousing comes in many forms and time-consuming and takes a great deal of densities. Roberts Creek Cohousing is effort and commitment from group mem-
16 PLANNING WEST WINTER 2019 bers. Some groups work with a developer to required, but they do need help. In addition build their community. This is the approach to an architect, most successful cohousing taken by Our Urban Village and Take Root, groups hire a specific cohousing consultant to build TOMO House in Vancouver, an in- to help them navigate group decision-mak- novative partnership described as “[striving] ing, advise on their legal/financial structure, for the elusive ‘Missing Middle’ in all ways: and stay on time and on budget through the buildability, affordability, sociability and sus- real estate development process. tainability” (Amodio). After construction, most cohousing Most cohousing groups become their groups (and all of BC’s communities) use a own developer, which increases the group’s strata title system of ownership, where each exposure to risk, but also their control. The household owns their own home as well as group members incorporate into a develop- a share of the common spaces. Strata title ment company, pool their resources, secure a allows group members to qualify for a mort- site and a commercial mortgage, go through gage to purchase their unit, accrue equity, the required municipal approvals (which and sell their home if they choose to move. typically includes rezoning), and construct The community uses the Strata Property Act their community. A well-organized, well-fa- as a base, but makes modifications or more cilitated cohousing group can do the work layers as needed. With a lengthy development process de- pendent on group members’ efforts and re- sources, cohousing communities don’t spring up quickly, and there is high demand for units in the existing communities. Although today’s cohousing communities are roughly market price (primarily due to high land and construction costs), they fill a niche in the missing middle. The value of life in a cohousing com- munity comes from more than the physical home. Beyond providing a practical, livable solution to higher density housing, cohous- ing communities include the priceless intan- gibles of resilience, social connection, and a sense of belonging.
Mackenzie Stonehocker MCIP, RPP is Partner and Co-Founder of Hive & House Consulting (https://www.hiveandhouse.ca) and is a future resident of Driftwood Village Cohousing.
INFORMAL OUTDOOR gathering space at Bellingham Cohousing, Washington State; Community garden at Vancouver Cohousing, Vancouver; Central atrium at Windsong Cohousing, Langley. All photos by Mackenzie Stonehocker.
References Amodio, Marianne. MA+HG Architects. Website: http://mahg.ca/work/# tomo/. Durrett, Charles and McCamant, Kathryn. Creating Cohousing. New Society Publishers, 2011. Montgomery, Charles. Happy City. Doubleday Canada, 2013. Museum of Vancouver. Event held October 11, 2018. Website: https:/ museumofvancouver.ca/built-city-the-missing-middle/.
WINTER 2019 PLANNING WEST 17 Planning the Cycle City My Experience at the University of Amsterdam
by Aaron Dixon
I DON’T CRY A LOT. In fact, the last time Amsterdam is the cycle city, where every- state of confusion. I did, I was probably single-digits old. I’m not body rides a bike, but nobody is a cyclist – it’s What do you mean the Dutch don’t reflect saying I’m a rigid-stiff, but I just haven’t had simply routine, like brushing your teeth. on their cycling habits? What do you mean that kind of emotion come to me for quite For three miraculous weeks, in between my you’re turning off traffic lights at major inter- some time. first and second years of my master’s degree sections? What do you mean cycling mode- So, when I got off the train in Amsterdam in community planning at Vancouver Island share nation-wide has been stable at 27% this past summer and started walking out of University in Nanaimo, I attended UvA. since the 80s? You’re saying ten years ago active the station, I experienced a strange emotion. The class was made up of like-minded transportation planners didn’t exist? What do Tears. graduate students but mostly professionals you mean you have the widest highways in Eu- The degree to which I have been knitted in varying veins of urbanism including sen- rope? And where are all the helmets? into the seams of cycling run very deep. Every- ior transport officials, designers, engineers, On and on it went, all these questions body remembers the sense of freedom from planners, architects, researchers, cycling ad- from us non-Dutch transportation special- their first bike, but eventually that feeling is vocates, and consultants. It was serious group ists, perplexed as to the ‘Dutch way’ of doing superseded once they drive a car. of individuals with decades worth of cumu- things. We were often mistaken about what Not me. lative education and experience, with every we thought cycling was, in the bike capital I never stopped feeling the joy of cycling. continent represented. of the world. Now as an adult in my third decade of life, Having spent a weekend in Amsterdam Over an intensive three weeks, we learned I’ve regularly ridden my bike for a very long during my honeymoon in 2016, I knew what how in the 1970s, the Netherlands had the time – through every stage of my education, to expect in the cycling city, or so I thought. perfect-storm of ingredients for a mass para- across a couple of countries, even to the point But after being taught by a dream team of digm change, sadly at the cost of many road of surprising my then-girlfriend at her uni- Dutch professors, this experience in the deaths. Around the 1950s and 60s, Dutch cit- versity graduation with a reserved seat just Netherlands was completely different from ies mirrored what many North American cities for her on my tandem bicycle. She’s now my my first, not to mention the culture immer- still look like today: cars, cars, cars. Highways wife and I’d like to think bikes had a helping sion outside of class. were planned to slice through neighbour- hand in our relationship. Every morning we had lectures related to hoods, it was the Robert Moses era. To be granted a spot at the University of cycling that spanned knowledge from the But in 1971, car-centric Netherlands came Amsterdam’s (UvA) Planning the Cycle City fields of history, sociology, transport policy, to a tragic juncture when death by motor ve- summer course in the country globally known mathematics, traffic design, advocacy, market- hicle spiked at 3,300 people – 500 of whom for cycling was a dream come true. And sud- ing, blogging, community leaders, and more. where children. In response to this tragedy, a denly, there I was, surrounded by more bicy- We were exposed to the brightest minds in ur- social movement staged protests and organized cles than I could count, crying because I had ban cycling. ‘die-ins’ under the banner: ‘Stop the Child never felt so valued as a person on a bicycle. What I thought I knew about cycling in Murder.’ Compounding matters was the 1973 This city was built for me. the Netherlands was quickly thrown into a Arab oil embargo which plunged the country
18 PLANNING WEST WINTER 2019 into an energy crisis. This is where I would type in “enter the humble bicycle” but, in fact, the bike never exited the stage in the first place. In 1940s and 50s, before mass ownership of motor vehicles took a strangle hold on Dutch cities, bicycle mode-share was over 80% in Amsterdam. Then came along the big disruptor, cars, and bicycle mode-share plummeted down to 20% for the next twenty years. Today, Amsterdam averages around 37%. For context, Vancouver hovers around 10%. From this point on, the social response to traffic deaths turned into an engineering and planning response whereby every single street was designed differently. The very definition of ‘street’ was challenged, and now, a road isn’t considered complete without cycle tracks – they are virtually automatic, city-wide and nation-wide. Beyond just building bike lanes, which is not a panacea for in- creasing mode-share, as our lead professor, Dr. Marco te Brömmel- stroet, was quick to point out during our first class. Rather, what makes Amsterdam so amenable for cycling is its development pat- tern. The city’s land use is primed for bikes to reign supreme. Cycling flourishes there because of a moderately dense, mixed- use development pattern, and thanks to a national law (now de- funct), that banned big box retail on the periphery in favour of strengthening urban cores. The results from this mindful city-planning is that very rarely is anything far away – of the 665,000 daily bike journeys in Amster- dam, the average trip distance is only 3 km. This is the sweet spot for cycling, a distance that is too great to walk but too short to drive, and this is where North America is largely failing. It’s not that the Dutch are any more eco-conscious than the rest of us, but rather, it’s because their cities are designed in such a way as to make cycling the preferred choice most of the time. It’s normal to ride a bike and abnormal not to. The magic of Netherland’s 27% nation-wide bicycle mode-share is the reliance on multi-modal options. Fifty percent of first-mile trips by bike are people cycling to the train station. It’s the bike-train dynamic that makes this country not just a haven for cycling but a mobility paradise. In fact, in Am- sterdam alone, within a 20-minute cycling range, there are over 200 train connections available over the course of a one-hour interval. The entire country’s public transportation system works on a single user-card – the country is well connected. When you live in a mobility-rich society, you reap the rewards in terms of personal health, decreased congestion, noise and air pollution, finances, stress, and much more. In Amsterdam, human voices (and bike bells) are more prominent than noise from auto- mobiles, it’s a human-scale city. The impressive Dutch bicycle statistics are many, but what I’ve learned from my summer experience was what I knew all along, both as a child and now as an adult. Cycling is legitimate. We too can make it more normalized in North America, but only if we plan for it. It’s never easy to champion change but that’s what planners are: changemakers.
Aaron Dixon is a second-year student in the Master’s of Community Planning program at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo. He is the recipient of PIBC’s Community Planning Scholarship and Student Fellowship Award. He is currently researching how urban planning can accommodate cycle-logistics into the last-mile component of the supply chain. He likes cycling.
WINTER 2019 PLANNING WEST 19 Including Equity, Health and THE HOUSING by Michelle Kam Resilience in MCIP, RPP Housing Needs and James Moore WHEELHOUSE Reports MCIP, RPP
IN RESPONSE to major housing challenges Housing impacts the well-being of our to meet the varied needs of our residents. being experienced across the province, new residents and our communities. There are In order to change the conversation from provincial legislation will come into force in clear connections between housing and our home ownership as the end goal for resi- early 2019 requiring all local governments to physical, social and mental health. dents, a new and unique approach for de- develop Housing Needs Reports (see “Legal Through these early discussions, it became fining housing categories was created. This Update” fall issue of Planning West). These re- apparent that the City’s approach to catego- new approach, coined the ‘Wheelhouse’, ports will help local governments understand rizing housing was skewed (see Figure 1). promotes equity and inclusion, recognizing what kinds of housing are most needed in Its linear approach – moving from homeless that our housing stock needs to reflect the di- their communities.1 They are meant to be the shelters to high-end housing – implied that verse needs of residents. This approach does jumping off points from which housing strat- people move along the continuum from left not show the end goal to be home owner- egies will be formed and direct actions taken. to right, with the end goal for all being home ship, but rather demonstrates the continually Kelowna was and continues to suffer from ownership. A healthy housing stock, howev- changing needs of residents who may move major housing challenges. The community is er, includes many diverse forms and tenures around or across the Wheelhouse through- facing an unprecedented number of people out their lives due to different, ages, stages experiencing homelessness, low rental va- and income levels. cancy rates and rapidly escalating home In addition to creating a circular im- prices, leaving many of our residents age to categorize housing, it was con- housing vulnerable. Kelowna City Coun- sciously decided to shift the categories cil has responded by identifying home- so that home ownership was not at the lessness and housing diversity among its top of the Wheelhouse, demonstrating no top priorities for action. one level of housing is shown as greater As an early step to address hous- than another and all are required in order ing need, in 2017 the City undertook a to have a robust system. Housing Needs Assessment. This was an in- When developing the language for depth research project to clarify the prob- housing categories, the City of Kelowna lem and to identify focus areas. During and Interior Health wanted to ensure that this process, the City recognized the im- non-stigmatizing language was used and portance of including equity, health and that an equity lens was applied. There- resilience lenses in the assessment in order fore, the term “safety net” was chosen to to ensure the conversation about housing categorize emergency shelters and short- included all residents, regardless of their term supportive housing as it shows that age, ability or income. At the initiation of communities require a safety net for those Kelowna’s Housing Needs Assessment, City who are experiencing homelessness and planners met with public health practi- high housing vulnerability. tioners from Interior Health to develop While the Wheelhouse defines hous- an updated Housing Continuum. Figure 2: Wheelhouse ing in our community, it does not help
Figure 1: Typical Housing Continuum “Differences in housing, such Homeless shelters as quality, accessibility, and Rent geared to income, supportive housing Supportive housing, transitional housing, affordable rent affordability all have impacts Affordable rental, assisted home ownership on the health of the people
Household who live there. These impacts Core need Income can positively or negatively Point of access to market housing options affect our health, both over Affordable housing the short and long-term”2.
20 PLANNING WEST WINTER 2019 What We Healthy Responding Know Resilience Housing to Housing Today + + = Challenges
Figure 3: Healthy and Resilient Housing Approach
complete Housing Needs Assessment, Healthy identify what success looks like. A healthy By employing the Wheelhouse concept and Housing Strategy or Journey Home Strategy, community’ lens was added to ensure that by integrating equity, health and resiliency, please refer to kelowna.ca or contact the authors housing is considered through three key Kelowna’s Housing Needs Assessment was able at [email protected] or [email protected] characteristics: affordable, accessible and to frame Kelowna’s subsequent housing strat- Kelowna’s Housing Wheelhouse will be show- good quality. Describing housing in this way egies in a way that tells a critically important cased in BC Healthy Communities Healthy helps to identify success as not about mov- story and advances vital community-build- Housing Action Guide, to be released in 2019 to ing across a spectrum, but ensuring essential ing objectives. help support local governments create the link be- qualities for all housing types. With the forthcoming requirement of tween health and housing when creating Hous- To further define success for housing in Housing Needs Reports, local government planners will have an important opportunity ing Needs Reports and other housing strategies. Kelowna, a ‘resiliency’ lens was applied. Re- siliency is important particularly as planners to present information about housing needs start to look at what the future might bring. in their communities through a story that in- 1. Housing Needs Report – Information Bulletin: Housing is influenced by a complex web of cludes equity, health and resilience. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/british-columbi- ans-our-governments/local-governments/planning- interconnected systems, and attempting to Michelle Kam MCIP, RPP and James Moore land-use/housing_needs_reports_bulletin1.pdf predict a single future scenario is unlikely. 2. Healthy Built Environment Linkages, 2014, pg. 32 Complicating matters, many of the major MCIP, RPP are planners in the City of Kelow- http://www.phsa.ca/Documents/linkagestoolkitrevise- influences to our housing systems lay well na’s Policy & Planning Department. For the doct16_2014_full.pdf beyond the control of local government and are subject to rapid change. Resiliency is a measure of a system’s abil- ity to respond to, absorb, and recover from sudden or unexpected changes. Resiliency in housing systems addresses how well key stakeholders are actively collaborating to pro- Practical advice, vide housing as needed, where positive out- comes are occurring in the system, and how well different areas of the Wheelhouse are set Creative options, Value up to respond to rapid and complex chang- es. For instance, changes to national mort- gage stress test standards can rapidly impact for local government housing behaviour in local markets, quickly rendering a traditional housing needs report irrelevant. By embracing resiliency, housing in Kelowna will be set up to respond to a Planning, Development & multitude of potential changes. By combining the concepts of well-being Environmental Law and resilience, Kelowna’s Housing Needs As- sessment identified several core characteristics Lui Carvello, MCIP, RPP of a successful housing system: Lawyer & Registered Professional Planner • Diversity of form and tenure Carvello PIBC Council/Board Member since 2013 • Affordability & Accessibility 203-1005 Broad Street • Inclusiveness • Coordination Law Victoria, BC V8W 2A1 Overall, the Housing Needs Assessment was 250-686-9918 an important foundation for the develop- Corporation [email protected] ment of two strategies that address housing in Kelowna - the Healthy Housing Strategy to address housing in Kelowna and the Jour- www.carvellolaw.ca ney Home Strategy to address homelessness.
WINTER 2019 PLANNING WEST 21 PLANGIRL TRAVELS BC VIEWS OF THREE ASIAN CITIES
by Emilie K. Adin MCIP, RPP
lot has been made of the "Asian Tigers": metres of public lands (roadways) to cars have equal ‘scramble’ rights to the Hong Kong which underwent rapid in- accommodate emergency vehicles. roadway. Pedestrians feel safer as they dustrialization and exceptionally high • In Tokyo, there are very few fire have equal rights to the roadway, and growth rates from the 1960s to 1990s; hydrants. Instead, Tokyo’s firefighting cars travel no more quickly than bicycles, A Japan, Hong Kong’s predecessor in access points – often looking like “man- commonly slowing even further to give post-war industrialization; and more recently, holes” – are located in the middle of quiet priority to pedestrians. Malaysia. I had the good fortune of visiting the residential streets, or beneath separated • Building setbacks – even the back yard cities of Hong Kong, Tokyo and Kuala Lum- bike lanes on heavy arterials. This not setbacks – are negligible or nil. Open pur all within a three-week span last year. only avoids hydrants being blocked by spaces in the urban landscape are general What I found was that many of the solu- illegally parked cars during emergencies, “productive” or shared. Land is used for tions we dub ‘leading-edge’ in Canada, includ- but it removes the necessity for wide urban agriculture, informal flower pot ing those we refer to as ‘alternative develop- right-of-ways and deep front façade gardens, and parks, but not lawns. ment standards,’ are just the ordinary course setbacks from the road needed elsewhere of business in parts of Asia. Alternatively, some to accommodate hydrants. Mix of Uses standard solutions being applied in Asia have • In Tokyo there is better designed • Mixed-use urban fabric in the cities seemingly never jumped the Pacific Ocean at protection for residents fleeing a building I visited was incredible to experience. In all. Here are some examples. fire. In residential buildings, emergency addition to vertically stacked land uses, stairs and access corridors are often one also finds short blocks with single- LESSONS FROM THE ASIAN TIGER constructed outside the building envelope, family dwellings alongside apartment CITIES in the fresh air. buildings alongside commercial buildings and off-street parking lots. Jane Jacobs Fire Protection Alternative Development Standards called mixed use areas “strips of chaos that • Fire trucks are narrower and smaller • Tokyo has a great number of curb- have a weird wisdom of their own, not to navigate the narrower streets and lanes. free and sidewalk-free non-arterial roads: yet encompassed in our concept of urban This allows cities to dedicate fewer square streets on which bicycles, pedestrians and order.” No more true than in Asia!
22 PLANNING WEST WINTER 2019 A PANORAMIC VIEW of Kuala Lumpur; Japanese fire trucks are smaller and narrower than those in North America (inset)
• Small plots and ‘remainder’ lands are A planner’s lens on Tokyo, Hong Kong perhaps even on the number of required dedicated to a surprising mix of uses such and Kuala Lumpur has much to teach fire stations. as orchards, stacked off-street parking, or us. A mix of uses and a wealth of choices • The City of Vancouver is replicating a small temples. in housing and transportation lead to successful Calgary project that co-locates • Developers are seemingly less apt fewer drivers, right-sized city fabric and a working fire station below affordable to consolidate lands, which has led to a boon to the local economy. Whether housing and market housing towers. the construction of incredibly narrow by circumstance or intention, there are Vancouver’s project, already under residential and commercial buildings, and many lessons that we can bring home, as construction, builds a fire hall below 29 few monolithic residential super-blocks well as many areas in which we’re making new, low-cost rental units on the existing that are seen so much in North America. progress. site of East 54th Street’s Vancouver Fire Hall No. 5. Multi-Modal Transportation INITIATIVES IN BC • Metered on-street parking exists, but is Alternative Development Standards quite rare. I didn’t observe any allowance Fire Protection Alternative development standards are being for on-street parking on any roadways; Road diets haven’t caught on much in BC, in undertaken in many BC municipalities in however, commercial services and retail part because our fire trucks keep getting big- support of ‘living streets,’ small lot subdivi- were nonetheless bustling. Car parks, good ger. Canadian fire protection services buy our sions, and other new development approaches. walkability, and good transit replaced the trucks mainly from the United States and big While this effort is notable, so too is the fact need for on-street parking, offering better trucks are generally what’s in stock south of that most communities undertake alternative management of transportation choices. the 49th parallel. However, BC firefighters are development standards only as pilot projects, • In Hong Kong, there are back lanes so finding other ways to be innovative. and keep repeating these efforts on a pilot narrow that the only motorized vehicles • The three North Shore municipalities basis rather than amending zoning and de- that can use them are mopeds and in Metro Vancouver have a shared service velopment control bylaws. We’re always the motorcycles; subsequently, freight delivery agreement, which leads to savings on bridesmaid, never the bride. We’re not ready to restaurants and stores has been scaled. staffing levels, capital equipment and for commitment.
WINTER 2019 PLANNING WEST 23 Mix of Uses ProPlace Conference that it had achieved order and more chaos in the urban landscape; Great gains are being made on mixed-use de- its interim goal of having transit, biking between greater and fewer land uses in close velopment but we have a lot of catch-up to and walking account for 50% of all trips. proximity; between wider and narrower roads; do in BC. There are few places which could Now one of every 10 work trips is by bike. between stasis and disequilibrium. We can be confused with downtown areas of Tokyo, • TransLink’s entire bus fleet has been look many places – to the north, south, east, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur. However, BC equipped with bike racks, and folding and west – to get ideas on where the perfect planners are making noble efforts. bikes are also allowed on board when balance may be between order and chaos, and • Dockside Green is a mixed-use, folded; both features are at no additional to bring new ways of thinking to our home cit- sustainable neighbourhood being cost to the rider. This makes combining ies and towns in BC. constructed in Victoria BC. Completion cycling and taking the bus easier. of the project is anticipated in 2027. Land • Victoria’s new Johnson Street Bridge uses include market residential, affordable has over 50 per cent of its surface housing units, commercial properties, park dedicated to pedestrians and cyclists. space, and public uses. The bridge includes on-road bike lanes, a • Along the future Broadway subway multi-use trail for pedestrians and cyclists, line, Vancouver is approving a significant and a dedicated pedestrian pathway. The mix and quantity of purpose-built rental new bridge aims to improve pedestrian projects, social and supportive housing and cycling connectivity for the region by units, and rental laneway houses. creating a new downtown trailhead for the Galloping Goose, Lochside, and E&N Rural area cities and towns, which are Trails. drawing a high number of “Baby Boomer” retirees in BC, are looking to create mixed- My kids religiously watch an odd yet use neighbourhoods and centres on a smaller award-winning cartoon called “Adventure scale. This includes gradual density transitions Time.” One of their favourite songs from the from single-family to live/work townhomes to show has as its chorus, “Will Happen, Hap- residential-commercial mixed use buildings, pening, Happened,” about the cyclical nature Emilie K. Adin MCIP, RPP, LEED AP is all accessible by foot. of all things. the Director of Development Services for the Human settlements might change over City of New Westminster and an Adjunct Multi-Modal Transportation time, but many of the elements that attract or Professor at the UBC School of Community • The City of Vancouver was able to repel us are not new under the sun. The pen- and Regional Planning. announce at the 2016 ProWalk ProBike dulum has swung many times between more
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24 PLANNING WEST WINTER 2019 BOOK REVIEW Showing the Way: Peter Oberlander and the Imperative of Global Citizenship by Kristin Agnello MCIP, RPP
“Act as if you were going to live forever and cast your plans way ahead … if your contribution has been vital, there will always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that will be your claim to immortality.” —Walter Gropius PETER OBERLANDER
IN HIS COMPREHENSIVE BIOGRAPHY of Canadian urban allowed him to offer Canadian cities the very best ideas from both planner and academic Peter Oberlander, Ken Cameron takes the the old and new worlds. Oberlander presented to Canadians a unique reader on a journey through one man’s struggle for identity, citizen- perspective and approach to planning for the multicultural society ship, and, ultimately, humanity. Cameron provides which Canada would later become. insight, not only into the many noteworthy accom- Showing the Way, the story of Peter Oberland- plishments of one of the frontrunners of Canadian er’s life,unfolds through anecdotes about his profes- planning, but into the motivations, values, and pas- sional and personal life as his outlook develops in sions of a man with a mission. response to prejudice, sovereignty and, ultimately, Peter Oberlander’s choice of – and approach to citizenship and belonging. – his profession was framed by his experience as a In his study of Oberlander, Cameron expands on middle-class Jewish citizen in Vienna, a refugee and the notion of citizenship and the rights and respon- stateless person in Canada, and, later, as a student, sibilities that accompany birthright within a na- professor, and planning leader in North America tion,and a professional’s responsibilities as a mem- and beyond. ber of a global, human community. The “imperative Cameron frames his examination of Oberlander of global citizenship”– to contribute to something with the question, “What is planning and why is it worthwhile and larger than ourselves – was a focus important?” Through the story of Peter Oberland- of Oberlander’s teaching and professional work, and er’s life, the reader develops an understanding of the remains a core value of planning to this day. nuanced context of planning in postwar Canada. This book humanizes our collective professional Planning at that time was driven less by the soci- history and invites readers to explore their own mo- oeconomic turbulence and physical damage of war tivations, responsibilities, and legacy. Contemporary than by the expansion of an intact, albeit stunted, urban fabric that urbanists and historians alike should read Cameron’s book and con- needed to accommodate veterans, immigrants, refugees, and citizens sider how Oberlander’s vision – a vision of creating inclusive, cultural- collectively recovering from a devastating world war. At the same ly-rich, and democratic cities –has shaped urbanism in Canada today. time, Canada was formally establishing its symbolic independence from Great Britain, realizing that it was no longer acceptable for the country to be planned and designed by non-resident experts. While the author’s apparent admiration for Peter Oberlander is palpable, you would be hard-pressed to argue its merit. Cameron Kristin Agnello MCIP, RPP is the Director of Plassurban, an urban de- reveals how Peter Oberlander not only overcame the challenges he sign and planning consultancy based out of Sidney, BC. She is the Vice faced as a refugee in England and then Canada, but also how he lev- President (Canada) of the Commonwealth Association of Planners and eraged his experiences for the betterment of society. Chair of the Commonwealth Women in Planning Network. Kristin can Oberlander’s personal and academic time in Vienna and America be reached at [email protected].
WINTER 2019 PLANNING WEST 25 INSTITUTE by Ryan Noakes, Director of NEWS Finance & Member Services
PIBC Board Notes SEPTEMBER 2018 On September 28th, 2018 the PIBC Board of The Board also approved and adopted the Insti- COMMITTEE REPORTS & BUSINESS Directors met in Vancouver. tute’s 2019 operating budget as developed and dis- Professional Standards & Certification: The cussed at an in-depth budget workshop held earlier Board approved the admission of a number of PRESIDENT in the day prior to the regular Board meeting. new members, and a number of membership Andrew Ramlö MCIP, RPP reported that he had transfers and changes. The Board also resolved, in participated in a recent meeting of the Planning MEMBER PROGRAMS & SERVICES accordance with the Institute’s bylaws, to strike Alliance Forum – the leadership group of Presi- The Board reviewed an update report from the from membership all members in non-compli- dents of the principal bodies of the planning pro- BC Land Summit Society on preparations for ance with continuous professional learning re- fession across Canada. the joint 2019 annual conference – the BC Land porting requirements from the previous reporting Summit. It was noted the program call for pro- year as of September 28, 2018. BOARD & GOVERNANCE posals for the conference was open and would The Board reviewed the work to-date on the vari- close soon. Policy & Public Affairs: The Board reviewed an ous goals and tasks from the 2017-2019 Strategic update report on the recent activities of the com- Plan and discussed opportunities and require- The Board reviewed an update report regarding mittee, for information. It was noted the commit- ments to complete ongoing and remaining tasks. the Institute's 60th anniversary activities, in- tee had held a recent in-person workshop meet- cluding expanding an expanded program for the ing in Vancouver to unpack the potential pursuit The Chairs of the Institute’s Governance & Nomi- annual World Town Planning Day gala event, of RPP legislation and regulation, establishing nating and Professional Conduct Review Commit- issuing an extra commemorative edition of Plan- policy criteria and a framework for potential core tees provided brief updates on recent activities for ning West magazine, creating a digital timeline of planning issues advocacy by the Institute, and the their respective committees. Suzanne Smith MCIP, key Institute milestones, and hiring a temporary, identification of policy research opportunities. RPP also provided an update on recent activities of part-time project assistant to help accomplish the Institute’s Climate Action Task Force. some of the tasks. LOCAL CHAPTERS Fraser Valley: The Board ratified the appoint- The Board reviewed and approved a revised Ad- Director of Finance & Member Services, Ryan ment of Michael Dickinson MCIP, RPP (Trea- ministrative Policy 2.12 – Local Chapters. It was Noakes, presented and reviewed a proposal from surer); Allan Campeau MCIP, RPP; Teresa Kaszo- noted that the revised policy includes eliminating an insurance provider regarding the potential nyi MCIP, RPP; Barclay Pitkethley MCIP, RPP; the need for Chapters to hold formal elections creation of an affinity program for members for Melissa Pryce MCIP, RPP; Dawn Smith MCIP, for Chapter volunteer leadership positions and to home and travel insurance coverage. Following RPP; Alison Stewart MCIP, RPP; and Marga- hold Annual General Meetings. discussion, the Board declined to pursue an af- ret-Anne Thornton MCIP, RPP to the Fraser finity program arrangement with the provider, in Valley Chapter Committee for the current two- ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE light of existing similar programs already avail- year term in accordance with Institute policies for Executive Director, Dave Crossley, reported on able for members through CIP. local chapters. ongoing and key activities at the PIBC Office. NATIONAL AFFAIRS South Coast: The Board approved a one-time Secretary-Treasurer, Carole Jolly MCIP, RPP, pre- The Board reviewed a notice from CIP regarding funding allocation of $2,000 for the South Coast sented the Institute’s internal, unaudited 2018 offering membership for all students in accredited Chapter’s proposed 60th Anniversary activities. year-to-date financial statements for information. university planning programs for 2018/2019 at no charge, for information. Okanagan-Interior: The Board approved a one- The Board also approved the schedule of mem- time funding allocation of $1,000 for the Okana- bership fees for 2019, which included a nominal The Board ratified the recommendation of the gan-Interior Chapter’s proposed 60th Anniversa- increase to PIBC membership fees and main- Professional Standards Board (PSB) to recognize ry activities. tained the elimination of annual membership fees the re-accreditation of the University of Calgary for PIBC Student members attending accredited Master of Planning program unconditionally to Central-North: The Board approved a one- university planning programs in BC and the Yu- the 2022-2023 academic year. time funding allocation of $1,000 for the Cen- kon. The Board further approved the schedule of tral-North Chapter’s proposed 60th Anniversary other fees and charges for 2019 as presented. The Board also ratified the recommendation of the activities. PSB to recognize the re-accreditation of the York The Board also reviewed and approved the con- University Master of Environmental Studies (Plan- OTHER BUSINESS & tinued collection and remittance of applicable ning) program to the 2022-2023 academic year, CORRESPONDENCE Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) member- subject to the conditions stipulated by the PSB. The Board reviewed a report regarding the Insti- ship fees and insurance premiums for members, tute’s representative to the City of Vancouver’s in accordance with existing agreements with CIP. Chinatown Historic Area Planning Committee,
26 PLANNING WEST WINTER 2019 for information. It was noted a Call for Expres- NEXT MEETING(S) sions of Interest for a new volunteer representa- It was noted that the next regular Board It was also noted that the next subsequent tive would be sent out to the membership in the meeting would be held Saturday, November 3, regular Board meeting would be held Friday, coming weeks. 2018 in Vancouver (in conjunction with the January 25, 2019 in Vancouver. evening World Town Planning Day and 60th Anniversary gala event).
Membership Report SEPTEMBER 2018
NEW MEMBERS
Congratulations and welcome to all the new PIBC Members!
At its meeting of September 28, 2018, it was recommended and approved that the Board admit the following individuals to membership in the Institute in the appropriate categories as noted:
CERTIFIED PRE-CANDIDATE Paul Kastes (VIU) Sébastien Arcand (Transfer from API) Ali Arzouni Henry Kosch (UBC) Monique Beaudry (Transfer from SPPI) Drew Bakken Hayston Lam (UBC) Candice Benner Tracey Heron Katherine Levett (SFU) Sabrina Brar (Transfer from APPI) Sam Maleknia Kevin Luzong (UBC) Barton Carswell (Joint with APPI) Shelley Miller Seamus McConville (VIU) Jennifer Catarino (Transfer from OPPI) Brian McLoughlin (VIU) Cameron Chalmers (Reinstate) RETIRED Mark McNaughton (UBC) Maíra de Avila Wilton Robert Innes Evie Morin (SFU) Marlaina Elliott (Reinstate) Larry Wolfe Nina Nichols (SFU) Marcus Paterson (Transfer from APPI) Andrea Oakunsheyld (UBC) Joshua Reis (Transfer from OPPI) STUDENT Emilia Oscilowicz (UBC) Jiandong (Jim) Wang (Reinstate) Jessica Aebig (VIU) Stephanie Pawluk (VIU) Carman Yeung (Transfer from APPI) Ericka Amador (VIU) Pearl Penner (UBC) Chelsey Andrews (VIU) Mark Poskitt (UBC) CANDIDATE Stephen Baugh (VIU) Chris Ray (SFU) Johannes Bendle Chris Cardinal (UBC) Jean Roe (UBC) Laura Bernier Nicole Cardinal (UBC) Ryah Rondolo (UBC) Marli Bodhi Ruby Carrico (UBC) Alex Rowley (VIU) Joseph Chipman (Transfer from OPPI) Wonjun Cho (UBC) Anandvir Saini (UBC) Craig Dedels Laura Chow (UBC) ElviaItzel Sanchez Santa Cruz (UBC) Adam Finlayson Indira Cowkur (VIU) Soraya Sarshar (UBC) Michael Grimsrud Kate Davis (UBC) Gillian Shadlock (VIU) Diana Jerop Sev Ebadi (VIU) Anne St. Clair (SFU) Ana Maria Koterniak Richard Farthing-Nichol (SFU) Lucie Stepanik (UBC) William (Sandy) Mackay Liang Feng (VIU) Steffi Sunny (VIU) Janany Nagulan Henry Finn (SFU) Julie Taylor (UBC) Lucas Ozols-Mongeau Ian Flock (UBC) Becky Thiessen (VIU) JoAnn Peachey Eleni Gibson (VIU) Dylan Thiessen (VIU) Derrick Swallow Kaitlynn Given (UBC) Margot Thomaidis (VIU) James Taylor Kayla Harris (VIU) Liyang Wan (University of Calgary) Kerry Thompson (Transfer from APPI) Alexandra Heinen (UBC) Andrea Witoszkin (UBC) Andrew Yu Jenna Hildebrand (UBC) Bronwyn Wydeman (VIU) Angela Jarvis (UBC)
WINTER 2019 PLANNING WEST 27 MEMBER CHANGES
It was further recommended and approved that Council approve and/or acknowledge the following membership transfers and changes in membership status for the following individuals as noted:
Michelle Geneau From Certified To Member on Leave Sharel Isabella From Certified To Member on Leave Heather Shedden From Certified To Member on Leave Hailey Steiger-Tang From Certified To Member on Leave Charlotte Wain From Certified To Member on Leave Urszula Walus From Certified To Member on Leave CharisLoong From Candidate To Member on Leave
Jill Collinson From Member on Leave To Certified Doris Dreyer From Member on Leave To Certified Misty Jorgensen From Member on Leave To Certified Jennifer Miles From Member on Leave To Certified Parissa Shafizadeh From Member on Leave To Certified
Catherine (Kasia) Biegun From Member on Leave To Candidate Christopher Selvig From Member on Leave To Candidate Thea Wilson From Member on Leave To Candidate
Jack Kobayashi Resigned Kamala Rao Deceased
MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS & REMOVALS
At the PIBC Board meeting of September 28, 2018, it was reported and confirmed that, in accordance with the Institute’s bylaws, the following individuals had ceased to be members of the Institute effective as of September 28, 2018 due to non-compliance with continuous professional learning reporting requirements for the most recently completed (2017) reporting year:
CERTIFIED Randy Humble Keith Miller Brent Toderian Dianna Hurford Jamil Rabadi Jonas Velaniskis
CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL LEARNING WEBINARS UPCOMING Effective Public Engagement in a Digital Age EVENTS Wednesday, February 27 Planning 101 for Professionals - an in-person, full day technical refresher planning course. Pam Shaw MCIP, RPP & Lindsay Chase MCIP, RPP Webinar registration Saturday, April 13 will take place online. Check the PIBC Legal Overview: Survey Plan Reviews, Legal Requirements for Writing General Reports and events page: https:// more. Olga Rivkin (Lidstone & Co.) www.pibc.bc.ca/ Wednesday, April 17 content/pibc-institute- New Age Transportation Plans: Active, Multi-Modal, Autonomous, Electric Vehicles and the chapter-events Shared Economy Wednesday, May 29 Planning Ethics- a free recurring webinar. Nancy Night MCIP, RPP & Ken Cameron MCIP, RPP Wednesday, June 19 Revisiting Resilience in the Face of Disasters Wednesday, September 25
28 PLANNING WEST WINTER 2019 THANK YOU TO OUR 2018 VOLUNTEERS!
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, the Planning Institute of British Columbia relies on the volunteer contributions and efforts of our members in moving forward with the impactful projects, events, and activities that advance and improve the planning profession. It is with heartfelt thanks and appreciation that we recognize our 2018 volunteer members for their contributions. Thank you!
Kristin Aasen MCIP, RPP Michael Dickinson MCIP, RPP Jane Koh Maria Sandberg MCIP, RPP Felicity Adams MCIP, RPP Aaron Dixon Alex Kondor MCIP, RPP Katrin Saxty MCIP, RPP Linda Adams MCIP, RPP Nancy Dubé MCIP, RPP Karen Kreis MCIP, RPP Gwendolyn Sewell MCIP, RPP Emilie Adin MCIP, RPP Rhona Dulay MCIP, RPP Karin Kronstal MCIP, RPP Timothy Shah MCIP, RPP Kristin Agnello MCIP, RPP Paul Dupuis MCIP, RPP Julianne Kucheran Megan Shaw MCIP, RPP Andrew Allen MCIP, RPP Brent Elliott MCIP, RPP Neal LaMontagne MCIP, RPP Pamela Shaw MCIP, RPP Jacqueline Arling MCIP, RPP Daniella Fergusson Simon Lapointe MCIP, RPP Sarah Sheridan Signe Bagh MCIP, RPP MCIP, RPP Blake Laven MCIP, RPP Chris Sholberg MCIP, RPP Natalie Bandringa Lawrence Frank MCIP, RPP Agnes (Ash) Lee Jessica Shoubridge Jada Basi MCIP, RPP Allyson Friesen MCIP, RPP Helen Lee MCIP, RPP Bruce Simard MCIP, RPP Dana Beatson MCIP, RPP Mike Gau MCIP, RPP Camille Lefrancois Melodie Simard MCIP, RPP Jim Beaudreau Nancy Gothard MCIP, RPP Peter Lipscombe Courtney Simpson MCIP, RPP Laura Beckett MCIP, RPP Brian Green MCIP, RPP Dustin Lupick Emily Sinclair MCIP, RPP Kris Belanger MCIP, RPP Ed Grifone MCIP, RPP Jennifer MacIntyre Finlay Sinclair MCIP, RPP George Benson Amanda Grochowich Gina MacKay MCIP, RPP Marnie Skobalksi MCIP, RPP Catherine Berris MCIP, RPP MCIP, RPP David Marlor MCIP, RPP Dawn Smith MCIP, RPP David Block MCIP, RPP Tom Gunton MCIP, RPP Patrick Marples MCIP, RPP Suzanne Smith MCIP, RPP Mairi Bosomworth Zachary Haigh Alison McNeil MCIP, RPP Patrick Sorfleet MCIP, RPP Iain Bourhill MCIP, RPP Jeff Hamm MCIP, RPP Chelsea Medd Tanja Soroka MCIP, RPP Coralie Breen MCIP, RPP Devon Harlos Brian Miller MCIP, RPP Lisa Spitale MCIP, RPP Lisa Brinkman MCIP, RPP Robin Hawker MCIP, RPP Gregory Mitchell MCIP, RPP Maria Stanborough Craig Broderick MCIP, RPP Taryn Hayes MCIP, RPP Hillary Morgan MCIP, RPP MCIP, RPP Scott Brown Shaun Heffernan MCIP, RPP Zoë Morrison MCIP, RPP John Steil FCIP, RPP Richard Buchan Ryan Hennessey MCIP, RPP Sara Muir-Owen MCIP, RPP Alison Stewart MCIP, RPP Robert Buchan FCIP, RPP Yazmin Hernandez-Banuelas Kent Munro MCIP, RPP Mary Storzer MCIP, RPP Bill Buholzer FCIP, RPP MCIP, RPP Ashley Murphey Daniel Sturgeon Craig Busch Mark Holland MCIP, RPP Kathryn Nairne MCIP, RPP Bev Suderman MCIP, RPP Lesley Cabott MCIP, RPP Darwin Horning MCIP, RPP Claire Negrin MCIP, RPP Jesse Tarbotton MCIP, RPP Christine Callihoo MCIP, RPP Sharon Horsburgh MCIP, RPP Russell Nelson MCIP, RPP Shannon Tartaglia MCIP, RPP Ken Cameron FCIP, RPP Daniel Huang MCIP, RPP Kristian Nichols MCIP, RPP Alex Taylor MCIP, RPP Allan Campeau MCIP, RPP Emily Huang Nina Nichols Leanne Taylor MCIP, RPP Nicole Capewell Clarissa Huffman Gary Noble MCIP, RPP Jan Thingsted MCIP, RPP Lui Carvello MCIP, RPP Christopher Hutton LainyNowak Margaret-Ann Thornton Daniel Casey MCIP, RPP MCIP, RPP Tracy Olsen MCIP, RPP MCIP, RPP Narissa Chadwick MCIP, RPP John Ingram MCIP, RPP Teresa O'Reilly MCIP, RPP Erica Tiffany MCIP, RPP Keltie Chamberlain Kasha Janota-Bzowska Chris Osborne MCIP, RPP Tanya Turner MCIP, RPP Chee Chan MCIP, RPP Deborah Jensen MCIP, RPP Kerry Pateman MCIP, RPP Sean Tynan MCIP, RPP Ada Chan Russell MCIP, RPP Diana Jerop Odete Pinho MCIP, RPP Eric Vance FCIP, RPP Lindsay Chase MCIP, RPP Carole Jolly MCIP, RPP Barclay Pithelky MCIP, RPP Robert Veg MCIP, RPP Rebecca Chaster Kenna Jonkman MCIP, RPP Melissa Pryce MCIP, RPP Gloria Venczel MCIP, RPP Jeff Chow MCIP, RPP Chani Joseph-Ritchie Andrew Ramlö MCIP, RPP Alex Wallace Hazel Christy MCIP, RPP MCIP, RPP Nicholas Redpath MCIP, RPP Dan Wallace MCIP, RPP Jason Chu MCIP, RPP Marina Jozipovic Matthew Rempel Tania Wegwitz MCIP, RPP Norm Connolly MCIP, RPP Michelle Kam MCIP, RPP Stephen Richardson Richard White FCIP, RPP David Cooper MCIP, RPP Teresa Kaszonyi MCIP, RPP MCIP, RPP Lynn Wilson MCIP, RPP Bill Corsan MCIP, RPP Heather Kauer Carly Rimell Mary Wong MCIP, RPP Ken Cossey MCIP, RPP Anthony Kittel MCIP, RPP Mikayla Roberts Kasel Yamashita MCIP, RPP Devan Cronshaw Robert Knall MCIP, RPP Aaron Rodgers MCIP, RPP Ray Young MCIP, RPP Patricia Dehnel MCIP, RPP Nancy Knight MCIP, RPP Rob Roycroft MCIP, RPP Jeff Zukiwsky MCIP, RPP Kirby Delaney Mark Koch MCIP, RPP Karen Russell FCIP, RPP Therese Zulinick MCIP, RPP Jag Dhillon FCIP, RPP Jane Koepke MCIP, RPP Peter Russell MCIP, RPP
WINTER 2019 PLANNING WEST 29 WORLDVIEW
Golden Bridge of Bà Nà Hills, Da Nang, Vietnam
Vietnam’s “Cầu Vàng” or “Golden Bridge” is a 150 metre (490 feet) long pedestrian walkway that connects a cable car station to the gardens in the Bà Nà Hills. Open since June 2018, this unique walkway has garnered worldwide attention for its eye-catching artistic design and structural engineering (made of timber with stainless-steel railings treated to look like gold). Designed by TA Landscape Architecture of Ho Chi Minh City,two giant stone hands appear to extend out of the jungle treetops, supporting the bridge at over 1,000 metres (3,280 feet) above sea level, giving visitors a breathtaking view high in the Bà Nà Hills.
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