Tag: Jericho Beach

Given what is transpiring across Canada on native lands, across the US from Standing Rock to Oregon, and across the world, it seems a good time to revisit the words of Thomas Banyacya of the Hopi delivered at Habitat Forum at Vancouver’s Jericho Beach in 1976. Read more about Banyacya here. As Cultural Survival writes:… read more Thomas Banyacya delivers Hopi prophecy at Habitat ’76

Hi Habitat family members, Can anyone fill in the missing names? And please let me know if any of these names are wrong! The image is property of the City of Vancouver Archives and I can’t publish the original. Please don’t reproduce! Thank you… I am only publishing this marked up version for research purposes.… read more Habitat crew photo – wood delivery day

Photo credit: Erol Baykal OK everyone, I need your help! I had not wanted to release this photo before the book came out but we haven’t identified enough of the crew, so it would be wonderful if you could assist in identifying faces. Click on the image and then use the zoom tool to zoom… read more Habitat Crew Photo 1976 – please help identify faces!

Jericho wharf, currently under demolition, is visible here through the gap between the two buildings, there where you see the ocean. The beautiful Bill Reid-adorned hangar sits where the chain-link fence sailboat enclosure is located now. There were also two hangars set farther back from the shore, where the parking lots are now (this footage… read more Wishing for an alternative to Parks Board’s new Jericho Beach plan

Jericho Beach Wharf, where so many dignitaries and Vancouverites gathered during Habitat Forum in 1976, is being demolished this week by the Vancouver Parks Board. Once the wharf is gone, the beach will undergo ecological restoration. Despite the merits of removing the creosote-soaked wharf, it still seems a sad event, especially in 2011 which is… read more Jericho Beach wharf demolition

These videos, courtesy The Hackery, document the construction of Vancouver’s Habitat Forum site of the 1976 UN Conference on Human Settlements. The beautiful First Nations mural was designed by artist Bill Reid, and the hangar it adorns sat on land now occupied by a chain link fence and sailboat storage at Vancouver’s Jericho Beach, just… read more Happy 35th Anniversary, Habitat Forum & UN Habitat!

It was a very rainy but successful Jane’s Walk at Jericho Beach on May 7, 2011, exploring the site of Vancouver’s 1976 Habitat Forum and remaining signs of the old Flying Boat military base. These urban walks are in honour of the renowned urbanist Jane Jacobs, and I was honoured that Jane’s son Ned, also an… read more Jane’s Walk 2011 – Habitat Forum site

On this hand-drawn site plan from the original Habitat Forum site brochure, do you see the building at upper left marked #15 – Press Centre? Today that building is the Jericho Sailing Club, and it is all that remains of this site (with the exception of the driftwood sculpture on the homepage and the wharf… read more Habitat Forum site