Older houses in Coal Harbour
If you’ve read my blog for any length of time, you’ll probably notice I’m fascinated with the transformation of urban centres. This interest stems from my doctoral dissertation research (although when I wrote my PhD thesis, I examined aspects of industrial/urban transformation, rather than purely changes in urban form).
I walk throughout Vancouver quite a lot, and I’m definitely drawn to Coal Harbour for a variety of reasons. It’s close to my downtown office at The Network Hub, it has a beautiful marina, and it presents interesting challenges when exploring its urban structure. Increasing densification and urbanization in this area has meant that some older houses had been torn down and condos built.
I did remember, though, that often times I would pass by some older houses and I set out to find them in a recent photowalk I did. You can see that I did, indeed, find one (on Bute between Melville and West Pender). Only two, for now, but I’m sure there are more.
I often do the same thing for Yaletown and the West End. I’ll post photos of those photowalks soon.
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well the houses don’t look so old ,but they might be very expensive for sure
but pretty cool pictures though,i must say