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Vancouver Would Be Cooler If

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If / False Creek

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If it Had a Weird Village of Spherical Homes

Made of concrete strengthened with fibreglass and originally subsidized by the Dutch government, these futuristic homes from 1984 are awesome.

Jun 5, 2018
Vancouver Would Be Cooler If

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If It Had a Massive Carpet Modelled On Its Streetscape

A South African furniture design company has made a 3m x 2m 'New York City Carpet' and we're a little covetous of it.

May 30, 2018
Vancouver Would Be Cooler If / California

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If It Had This Shop Stocked With Wines by Women Winemakers

This female-forward, animal-friendly Silver Lake wine shop would be perfectly suited to Main Street.

May 14, 2018
Vancouver Would Be Cooler If / False Creek

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If It Had Tiny Islands for Hanging Out On in False Creek

With good weather approaching, we saw this 215 sqft island designed for Copenhagen's harbour and got covetous about it.

Apr 20, 2018
Vancouver Would Be Cooler If / Strathcona

Vancouver Would Be Cooler if Our Anarchists Filled Our Pot Holes (Like They Do in Portland)

Portland anarchists decided to radically intercede where their city had failed them, taking direct action to the streets, literally.

Apr 5, 2018
Vancouver Would Be Cooler If / Downtown

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If It Had a Japanese-Style ‘Capsule’ Hotel & Sauna

This capsule hotel and sauna facility in Tokyo would be nice fit for Vancouver, which could use more diversity of accommodations.

Jan 24, 2018
Vancouver Would Be Cooler If / Downtown

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If This Brilliant Little Shop Opened on Robson Street

It ticks three Vancouver boxes. 1.) It has good branding. 2.) It's an Instagrammable one-hit wonder. 3.) People line up for it.

Jan 8, 2018
Vancouver Would Be Cooler If / Downtown

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If Chancho Never Ran Out of Its Delicious Carnitas

A direct appeal to the owners of Chancho to expand their hours so they stop running out of food during the dinner rush.

Nov 22, 2017
Vancouver Would Be Cooler If / East Vancouver

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If It Had More Public Bake Ovens

Toronto has more than a dozen public bake ovens but Vancouver has just the one. What do we have to do to get more?

Sep 18, 2017
Vancouver Would Be Cooler If / Railtown Japantown

What Is a ‘Flavour Concentration Booth’ and Why Doesn’t Vancouver Have Any?

We're crossing our fingers for Ichiran's eventual arrival in Vancouver, ideally somewhere in old Japantown.

Aug 14, 2017
Vancouver Would Be Cooler If

Vancouver Would Be Cooler if it Had a Mario Kart Cosplay Service Similar to Tokyo’s

All one needs is some courage and a Japanese/International driver's license...

Aug 4, 2017
Vancouver Would Be Cooler If

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If Each Neighbourhood Had Its Own Manhole Art

There are over 19,000 different manhole cover designs in Japan. They even make manhole trading cards! While Vancouver does have some artfully embellished manholes we nevertheless believe it would be very interesting to have their designs determined by the individual neighbourhoods in which they are found.

Jul 17, 2017
Vancouver Would Be Cooler If / West End

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If A Japanese Misting Arch Came To Stanley Park

Imagining Australian artist James Tapscott literally "cool" installation much closer to home...

Jul 5, 2017
Vancouver Would Be Cooler If

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If It Had A Playground High Up In A Forest Canopy

Jun 2, 2017
Vancouver Would Be Cooler If / West End

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If It Had A Mirrored Espresso Bar In Stanley Park

May 26, 2017
Vancouver Would Be Cooler If / Downtown

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If It Had A Watery Black Hole On W. Georgia Street

May 19, 2017
Vancouver Would Be Cooler If / Gastown

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If It Had A Gigantic Moon Illuminating Blood Alley

May 3, 2017
Vancouver Would Be Cooler If

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If It Had ‘Rage Rooms’ For Venting Stress & Angst

Apr 25, 2017
Vancouver Would Be Cooler If

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If It Had Shelters That Came With Their Own Rain

Apr 3, 2017
Vancouver Would Be Cooler If / False Creek

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If False Creek Had Paris’ Sweet New Water Taxis

Mar 24, 2017
Vancouver Would Be Cooler If

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If It Had Peace & Quiet Ratings For Public Spaces

Jan 27, 2017
Vancouver Would Be Cooler If

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If Restaurant Staff Were Celebrated On Menus

Jan 13, 2017
Vancouver Would Be Cooler If

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If It Had One Or Two Pay-To-Play Coffee Hangouts

Dec 19, 2016
Vancouver Would Be Cooler If

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If It Had A ‘Bike Hotel’ For Secure Bicycle Storage

Dec 7, 2016
Vancouver Would Be Cooler If

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If It Had A Cocktail Bar Outfitted With Hammocks

Dec 1, 2016
Vancouver Would Be Cooler If

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If It Had Many More Brightly Coloured Crosswalks

Nov 24, 2016
Vancouver Would Be Cooler If / East Vancouver

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If Its Dead Restaurants Would Deliciously Haunt Us

Oct 3, 2016
Vancouver Would Be Cooler If

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If It Had An Observation Shelter At Prospect Point

Sep 28, 2016
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