A similar video about urban renewal in Victoria, produced in 1966, was released last year. The two videos make for an interesting comparison. You can see both and read my analysis at my blog, Vincent's Victoria. The post is called "Urban Renewal at the Movies: Vancouver vs. Victoria." (RUclips won't let me post a link.)
I love how the 'specially trained personnel' who were making their external survey couldn't even be arsed to get out of their cars and actually just walk around. Thanks, midcentury planners, for pretending you knew best.
Yep. The neighbourhoods of Strathcona ,and Hogan's Alley, were bulldozed to make way for ugly, modular buildings and structures with no character. It never suprises me how visionless city developers are.
Awesome video!those old houses are gold now!!
I miss vancouver before expo and the boom.
A similar video about urban renewal in Victoria, produced in 1966, was released last year. The two videos make for an interesting comparison. You can see both and read my analysis at my blog, Vincent's Victoria. The post is called "Urban Renewal at the Movies: Vancouver vs. Victoria." (RUclips won't let me post a link.)
Classic... baby, just classic.
sad to see so much history wiped out
I love how the 'specially trained personnel' who were making their external survey couldn't even be arsed to get out of their cars and actually just walk around. Thanks, midcentury planners, for pretending you knew best.
Yep. The neighbourhoods of Strathcona ,and Hogan's Alley, were bulldozed to make way for ugly, modular buildings and structures with no character. It never suprises me how visionless city developers are.
Queen E looks the same!
Does anyone notice what community was wiped from the face of the earth?