Photo Essays

Team Colours

I don’t obscure these pages with issues-oriented coverage often, so when I do it’s nice to think the issues might count for something. Yesterday’s snap federal election, called five weeks earlier by Conservative PM Stephen Harper in a bid to…
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International Village

A centerpiece of the Vancouver city council’s much-ballyhooed attempts to resurrect the derelict downtown eastside, the upscale International Village shopping mall has become a classic example of how not to draw suburbia-bound shoppers back to the city core. Positioned upmarket…
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Tractlands

Words found in sales brochures for various planned community, circa 1951-1959. “The Budgeteer. This is a brand new idea in duplexes. Each house rents from $65 a month. They are not for sale. Available only to employees of designated defense…
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The Winged City

Mechanics and Protocol The Skytrain is approaching the platform. Please stand clear and make way for alighting passengers. Open twenty-four hours. Gates open three hours before scheduled departure time. Follow the signs to customs clearance and immigration. Photography of the…
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