A Brief Pause in the Conversations

Resting the pen for the times ahead

Dylan Thomas’s writing shed is much tidier than where I work, even with the balled up papers on the floor!

I am very grateful to all City Conversations subscribers. Your encouragement and engagement has supported my modest efforts to explain some Vancouver planning and related issues in a way that is understandable to folks without urban design, architecture or real estate experience.

With a new Council, Park Board and School Board all so different than expected, I will maintain a watching brief, comparing ABC’s actions to their promises. My hope is that they will implement their platform in a way that engages citizens rather than ignoring most of them, as was their predecessors’ approach. I expect there will be food for many more City Conversations. Ideally more of them will be positive. Meanwhile my pen will take a brief rest—probably 10 days to two weeks.

One thought about which I would appreciate your feedback. My 88+ City Conversations to date amount to a 100,000+ word chronicle of the 19 months leading up to and including the election campaign…more numbers from the numbers guy! Since so much of what they considered is still in play—the Vancouver Plan, Jericho Lands, UBC SkyTrain extension, to name but a few—I’m thinking there may be some interest in me capturing an edited version of what’s happened and what’s still to come in book/ebook format. What do you think?

Thanks to all of you for your words of encouragement and support. Talk soon.

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Today’s question: Would you even consider buying a copy of a book/ebook about the lead up to the 2022 Vancouver election and the issues still facing us? What aspects would you like to read about or refer to?

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I am a Vancouver-based architect, building envelope and building code consultant and LEED Accredited Professional (the first green building system). I am semi-retired for the moment, still teaching and writing, so not beholden to any client or city hall. City Conversations mix real discussion with research and observations based on my 40+ year career including the planning, design and construction of almost every type and scale of project. I am the author of the award winning Amazon best seller “An Architect’s Guide to Construction.” So publishing a book about City Conversations is not my first rodeo!