Wednesday, May 29, 2013

From BT | A | Works
The Life, Death, and Reincarnation of the Great Vancouver Corner Grocery

BTAworks is the architectural and urban research and development division for Bing Thom Architects. Click the above image for the interactive map of Neighbourhood Corner Grocery Stores in the City of Vancouver.

Continuing with variations on the theme of exploring the centres of community and commerce, this entry looks at the phenomenon of the neighbourhood corner grocery stores in the City of Vancouver. In the spirit of contributing to urban planning discourse, this map of the corner groceries is the done within the context of existing land use zoning in the City. As reported by the intrepid Frances Bula, most of these shops were established when zoning requirements in many neighbourhoods were more flexible and when the slurpee was the unfortunate cause and effect of a night’s overindulgences. However, as explored in her piece, many of these corner groceries have seen a life, death and reincarnation over the decades. More at: BT | A | Works » The Life, Death, and Reincarnation of the Great Vancouver Corner Grocery

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