New Media » gastown http://jnarvey.com Essays and opinions on current affairs and politics. Published from Vancouver, Canada by new media writer Jonathon Narvey Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:07:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Why Does Woodwards Matter? http://jnarvey.com/2010/02/08/why-does-woodwards-matter/ http://jnarvey.com/2010/02/08/why-does-woodwards-matter/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:22:46 +0000 jnarvey http://jnarvey.com/?p=2381 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Long before the redevelopment of the Woodward’s building was completed—to offer a mix of market and social housing reinvigorating Vancouver’s oldest neighborhood—there were skeptics of the plan; not least from the potential buyers:

“I got a call from a guy who was from L.A. and who had expressed interest in buying a unit, and he was in town walking around the [Woodward's] building. While he was there, a woman on the sidewalk dropped her drawers in front of him. So he took a photo of her on his cellphone, sent it to me and asked: ‘Should I be worried?’”

But that was in April of 2006, and the optimists seem to have the upper hand these days.

Read the full article at Granville: Woodward’s Revitalizing Gastown?
Vancouver Woodwards building

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