Lucy Maloney (OneCity) brought forward a motion that directed staff to work on legalizing 6-floor apartments by bike routes and parks; I wrote about it here, but the point is I thought it was great. Vancouver desperately needs options for building low-rise apartments like these across the city, and legalizing…
Earlier this week I was walking through the Olympic Village when I noticed some leaflets put up on a development board. Turned out that some NIMBYs were opposing an elementary school, of all things. I did a TikTok on it that has got a lot of views (it’s embedded here…
Lucy Maloney, a Vancouver City councilor with OneCity, has a new motion coming up on September 17, 2025, that I encourage everyone to support: “Beyond Arterials: Creating More Housing Options on Low-Traffic Streets”. You can read a bit more about why this is important below, or CLICK HERE to go…
Yep, I’m taking the plunge and have signed up for TikTok. I’m @pwaldkirch. If you’re on it, give me a follow, and if you have any recommendations for good urbanism accounts there let me know! My second post there is doing surprisingly well and is getting (what seems to me)…
Stephen Quinn had me on to talk about some updates to the Broadway Plan that happened in December 2024, and it gave me a great opportunity to talk about some key ideas. Here’s a clip; the full interview is here. He introduced Abundant Housing Vancouver as a “pro-density” group, which…
