01.04.26

A new articulation of housing erupts nearby. We are reminded of structures rendered in lego with a minimum of large window parts. The massing here excels at frontal facing in the style of Nouveau Bunker-esque. 

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31.03.26

PSV will be following the construction of spatial avoidance at Fraser/Kingsway with a keen eye for accidental series.

30.03.26

Here at the corner of Fraser and Kingsway there is evidence of erasure. The mini-mall with constrained parking options is no longer a last resort for slices, tacos, lottery tickets, or fluff and fold. Our earliest memory of the mall remind us that during a morning commute to work in the late '90's, a bullet was fired into one of the shop windows, perhaps where the jewellery store was located. 

Thereafter we will be able to readily recall the grease trap and rat warrens, and the early photography of a rooftop climber. We are invited to shape our city.

29.03.26

Once the empty room revealed

the ivory bowl of tender fruits, 

all was forgiven -

even the waxen

falsity of their skins.

28.03.26

The cafe sits across from the building that housed the tofu factory that closed thirty years ago. While much has changed there is a lot that remains the same. Like the caryatids standing unburdened in the faux portico. Or the aftertaste of the sauce spread across the focaccia baked next door only a day old. And the pawn broker whose grilled windows separate the sticky fingers from the cordless drills. After forty years of sitting here lies a wealth.
 

 

27.03.26

Homer Street Free Bike Deconstruction Parking. Bring a lock. Lose components, saddles and wheels. All makes and models accepted. No valet on site.

26.03.26

DePencier House at 151 East 8th Ave (1958, CVA). Widely considered to be the oldest inhabited house in Vancouver outside of the downtown core. 

On the evening of March 25th, 2026 an upstairs fire burned out much of the two top floors. A faulty electric blanket was the alleged source (2026, PFB). 

It has been determined that the barbershop is intact, but water damage has seeped and warped its way into the neighbouring osteria. 

"It was built in 1889 for early Mount Pleasant settlers, Henry (d. 1909) and Mary (d. 1896) DePencier, who lived here with their children and a domestic servant named Sarah Lowe. Henry DePencier was a grocery retailer whose store was located next door to his home. Giving up the retail trade, DePencier later worked as manager for North Pacific Lumber Co. and briefly, in 1891, a City of Vancouver councillor." (C. Hagemoen, 2022)