Posts with tag Vancouver olympics

Twilight House Listing Remains Undead, Despite Olympics Fever

Attention "Twi-hards": your window of opportunity to live among the sexy vampires of the "Twilight" saga hasn't closed just yet. The Vancouver, B.C. house that stood in for the Cullen clan's moody Washington home is still on the market - and at a newly reduced price. "Reduced," in this case, means a savings of more than... Continue Reading »

Vancouver's Olympic-Sized Billion Dollar Burden

In Vancouver, as in other Pacific Northwest cities like Seattle and Portland, sustainability is an overriding principal for architecture and urban planning. So it was with pride that the city's Olympic organizing officials crafted a public-private partnership in which an inner-city, former industrial zone became not only... Continue Reading »

Vancouver's Olympic Rise in Rent

A Vancouver landlord would like to raise his tenants' monthly rent by $15,450! File under: not fair, eh. Canada.com recently reported that a Vancouver woman is being forced to rent month-to-month and may soon face eviction because her landlord wants to cash in and jack up rents during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics... Continue Reading »

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