August 1977 — From my archives. Paintings on hoarding around a construction site at Burrard Street and Pacific Blvd showing local celebrities of the era including David Y.H. Lui behind the barrel, Norm Grohmann with the umbrella next to Red Robinson, and Premier Gordon Campbell who had his portrait defaced with brown paint.
June 12th, 2026 — Construction beginning on the Marpole transit center. Photographed from the Canada Line bikeway.
June 5th, 2026 — The new Oakridge Park Mall from just east of Cambie Street..
June 4th, 2026 — The towers surrounding Burnaby’s Brentwood Mall loom over the single family homes on nearby Brentlawn Drive.
May 14th, 2026 — The Channel Ridge housing development on Salt Spring Island as it looks today overgrown with scotch broom and other weeds, and below, as it looked 22 years ago; logged bare and made ready for construction that never really began.
April 19th, 2026 — Hole in the ground covered by plywood, in the 4000 block of West 27th Avenue
April 19th, 2026 — In the 500 block of Drake Street.
April 3rd, 2026 — Possible multiplex under construction on Locarno Crescent.
March 29th, 2026 — Construction of a 39 story residential tower in the 1600 block of Alberni Street has been halted for over a year for financial reasons.
March 24th, 2026 — Skytrain’s Canada Line cuts through condo construction on #3 Road near Capstan Station.