Feb 16th 2010 5:53PM
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 »
Jan 25th 2010 12:50PM
When a city is at the losing end of an Olympic bid, what happens to the city neighborhoods that were counting on a lift from all those Olympic development dollars? That's the question they've been pondering in Chicago's aptly-named Bronzeville neighborhood since the city lost the bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics in... Continue Reading »
Jan 15th 2010 9:30AM
With scores of Vancouver residents counting on gold-lined pockets come February, it's becoming apparent that the expected private-rental land rush around the 2010 Winter Olympics just isn't going to happen. And like the storied Russian hockey team bested by an unlikely American squad in the 1980 Winter Games, Vancouver... Continue Reading »
