Station Helps Put London District on the Right Track

December 26th, 2011

Wish we can get properties with this kind of characters in Vancouver... Merry Christmas!

December 23, 2011

Station Helps Put London District on the Right Track

By NICK FOSTER

1-Station

LONDON — The English poet John Betjeman described the towering Gothic rail station of St. Pancras in north-central London as “too beautiful and too romantic to survive.” But survive it did, even after being slated ...

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Grading the green roof on Vancouver's new convention centre

December 8th, 2011

Grading the green roof on Vancouver's new convention centre

It's been three years since it was complete, so is Canada's biggest green roof a success?

BY STEVE WHYSALL, VANCOUVER SUN

The massive green roof on the convention cerntre is mostly visible to people working in adjacent highrise office blocks or living in luxury condos opposite.

Photograph by: Handout photo, Va ...

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Fairmont Pacific Rim ready to open

February 4th, 2010

Fairmont Pacific Rim - the 2nd last water front building at Coal Harbour is ready to be unveiled just in time for 2010 Olympics.

Gillespie to Unveil Fairmont Pacific Rim

Gillespie Pacific Rim Fairmont

Fairmont Poetry

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View corridors remain protected

January 27th, 2010

Majority city council approved to continue the protection of view corridors. Guess Shangri-la will remain the tallest building for the city for another while.

Vancouver council agrees to protect view corridors.

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B.C. real estate market carried higher by wave of sales

January 15th, 2010

Dec 2009 BC real estate market was 132% better then Dec 2008. Market should continue to grow in 2010:

B.C. real estate market carried higher by wave of sales.

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Re:place Magazine

August 18th, 2009

I just stumbled across this on line magazine which has some good features on urbanity.

http://regardingplace.com/

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Famed Vancouver Architect, Arthur Erickson Has Died

May 21st, 2009

His many landmark buildings will be with us for some time yet. R.I.P.

http://tinyurl.com/q4ba5w

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Home Maintenance Tips

April 5th, 2009

Wayne de Jong of "Pillar To Post Home Inspections" puts out this great newsletter with smart tips on home maintenance:

http://tinyurl.com/cao27q

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Securing Coal Harbour During The 2010 Olympics

March 3rd, 2009

Miro Cernetig looks at what security for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games might entail for downtown Vancouver

http://tinyurl.com/dc6w8r

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Healthy Banks In Canada According to Newsweek

February 25th, 2009

The Canadian Banking Industry remains in good stead despite worldwide chaos in the banking sector. You may find the following article published in Newsweek February 16th, 2009 issue of interest:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/183670

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Joy Chao, Coal Harbour Realtor

Dexter Associates Realty Ltd.

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