Geoff
@geofflister.ca
Strategic image and motion.
Skiing, mountain biking, cycling, disc golf, gaming. I'll try anything once.
Skiing, mountain biking, cycling, disc golf, gaming. I'll try anything once.
Vancouver downzoned most of the city under TEAM in the 70’s.
Downzoning was used by cities around the world to preserve neighborhood aesthetics & protect property values.
New evidence from Chicago in @findingspress.org ⏬ shows downzoning's effects over several decades:
—Massive drop in housing construction
—Higher home prices
—Increased racial segregation
New evidence from Chicago in @findingspress.org ⏬ shows downzoning's effects over several decades:
—Massive drop in housing construction
—Higher home prices
—Increased racial segregation
Downzoning Chicago: How Local Land Use Policy Has Reduced Housing Construction and Reinforced Segregation | Published in Findings
By Yonah Freemark, George Kisiel. Downzonings were used by US cities in the postwar period to preserve neighborhood character. These land-use policies were associated with lower housing supply, higher...
findingspress.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Vancouver downzoned most of the city under TEAM in the 70’s.
Always gold.
Excited to share a new video I produced with Urbanarium on their Decoding Timber Towers competition, which challenged teams to design 8–20+ storey buildings out of wood!
Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ42...
Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ42...
Did these designs crack the code to wood towers?
YouTube video by About Here
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Always gold.
It’s wild to watch a group of councillors with a majority fail to govern for three years on the platform they were elected on and then try and hammer it all out in a budget doc without doing any of the real work that would be required to achieve their goals.
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It’s wild to watch a group of councillors with a majority fail to govern for three years on the platform they were elected on and then try and hammer it all out in a budget doc without doing any of the real work that would be required to achieve their goals.
Latest project, and I'm pretty stoked to be supporting this kind of talent to become the next mayor of Vancouver. This is the kind of leadership we need.
Exciting news - I’m seeking the mayoral nomination with @OneCityVan! 1 / 5 youtu.be/2MTf7QmcEpc
My name is William Azaroff and I'm seeking the mayoral nomination with OneCity
YouTube video by William for Vancouver
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Latest project, and I'm pretty stoked to be supporting this kind of talent to become the next mayor of Vancouver. This is the kind of leadership we need.
Things I'd do if I was rich: I'd go to Norway (a place that builds with lots of wood) and find some well spoken, burly firefighter and pay them to do a tour of North America's firehalls, explaining why single stair egress is fine.
Coalition building is hard, but we gotta do it.
Coalition building is hard, but we gotta do it.
November 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Things I'd do if I was rich: I'd go to Norway (a place that builds with lots of wood) and find some well spoken, burly firefighter and pay them to do a tour of North America's firehalls, explaining why single stair egress is fine.
Coalition building is hard, but we gotta do it.
Coalition building is hard, but we gotta do it.
Our neighbourhood would go bonkers for a block party. We have 500-600 children at our door every year. The neighbourhood has relatively narrow sidewalks, and a little more breathing space would be so welcome.
Honestly gobsmacked by ABC's referral of my road safety motion to staff.
Halloween is the most dangerous night of the year for CHILDREN.
This was an attempt to use an existing process to keep CHILDREN safe, and ABC punted it to staff w/o offering an alternative.
Really, guys?
Halloween is the most dangerous night of the year for CHILDREN.
This was an attempt to use an existing process to keep CHILDREN safe, and ABC punted it to staff w/o offering an alternative.
Really, guys?
October 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Our neighbourhood would go bonkers for a block party. We have 500-600 children at our door every year. The neighbourhood has relatively narrow sidewalks, and a little more breathing space would be so welcome.
If we want prices to decline, cities need to make that assumption in the economic analysis they use to set form of development and set fees for development.
Vancouver's most recent referral report that re-aligns residential zoning used existing prices as a baseline in their modelling by Coriolis.
Vancouver's most recent referral report that re-aligns residential zoning used existing prices as a baseline in their modelling by Coriolis.
October 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
If we want prices to decline, cities need to make that assumption in the economic analysis they use to set form of development and set fees for development.
Vancouver's most recent referral report that re-aligns residential zoning used existing prices as a baseline in their modelling by Coriolis.
Vancouver's most recent referral report that re-aligns residential zoning used existing prices as a baseline in their modelling by Coriolis.
A wonderful vision of what the future could bring in Vancouver.
Here's a consolidated thread with some of our more recent #SingleStair explorations.
We've been doing these with the aim to influence vancouver zoning and building code deliberations, and because we want to understand what the potential is.
First up: 33x122 lots, 4 and 5 storey, fronting a park
We've been doing these with the aim to influence vancouver zoning and building code deliberations, and because we want to understand what the potential is.
First up: 33x122 lots, 4 and 5 storey, fronting a park
October 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A wonderful vision of what the future could bring in Vancouver.
It's exceedingly obvious when amateur, or even semi-skilled, communicators use ChatGPT as their voice.
It devalues your brand. Stop it.
It devalues your brand. Stop it.
October 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It's exceedingly obvious when amateur, or even semi-skilled, communicators use ChatGPT as their voice.
It devalues your brand. Stop it.
It devalues your brand. Stop it.
Question: Do you assume uncredited art is made by AI, now? I'm starting to do so.
October 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Question: Do you assume uncredited art is made by AI, now? I'm starting to do so.
"The planning process treats housing, which at least in the abstract is a source of opportunity, as a source of trouble instead. New housing is not considered a benefit in itself, but a burden for which existing residents deserve compensation and developers must make amends."
October 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"The planning process treats housing, which at least in the abstract is a source of opportunity, as a source of trouble instead. New housing is not considered a benefit in itself, but a burden for which existing residents deserve compensation and developers must make amends."
In a healthy housing market, pre-sales would sell for less than existing stock.
More policy should think about how to achieve that.
More policy should think about how to achieve that.
October 6, 2025 at 12:43 AM
In a healthy housing market, pre-sales would sell for less than existing stock.
More policy should think about how to achieve that.
More policy should think about how to achieve that.
Vancouver’s developers have made a sharp turn into purpose built development. I don’t think influencers like @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social really have a grasp on the change and its effects.
October 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Vancouver’s developers have made a sharp turn into purpose built development. I don’t think influencers like @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social really have a grasp on the change and its effects.
Canada Post is finally doing the right thing and ending door-to-door mail for rich urbanites.
3/4 of Canadians already use a community mailbox—every person living in a townhouse, an apartment, a condo, or a rural community is deeply subsidizing home delivery for wealthy SFH owners in cities.
3/4 of Canadians already use a community mailbox—every person living in a townhouse, an apartment, a condo, or a rural community is deeply subsidizing home delivery for wealthy SFH owners in cities.
September 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Canada Post is finally doing the right thing and ending door-to-door mail for rich urbanites.
3/4 of Canadians already use a community mailbox—every person living in a townhouse, an apartment, a condo, or a rural community is deeply subsidizing home delivery for wealthy SFH owners in cities.
3/4 of Canadians already use a community mailbox—every person living in a townhouse, an apartment, a condo, or a rural community is deeply subsidizing home delivery for wealthy SFH owners in cities.
Lowest population growth in Q2 since we started keeping record just after WWII. One of the largest swings in our history.
Canada’s population growth has stalled for two quarters now, after massive increases in the post-Covid years
September 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Lowest population growth in Q2 since we started keeping record just after WWII. One of the largest swings in our history.
A must read for any and all commentators and journalists on housing. @michaelwiebe.bsky.social is an economist has specialized in replication: basically he’s a scientist who fact checks other scientists.
New post: I read Patrick Condon's book, so you don't have to.
1/
1/
September 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
A must read for any and all commentators and journalists on housing. @michaelwiebe.bsky.social is an economist has specialized in replication: basically he’s a scientist who fact checks other scientists.
Strawberry vending machine on the bike route to Antwerp, just across the Dutch border. Wild.
September 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Strawberry vending machine on the bike route to Antwerp, just across the Dutch border. Wild.
The trains in the Netherlands sure make me appreciate how rarely the skytrain runs late.
August 31, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The trains in the Netherlands sure make me appreciate how rarely the skytrain runs late.
So much opportunity here, we just need to get going!
Multiplexes are coming!
But more slowly in some places than others. Why?
@jensvb.bsky.social & I highlight our recent (open access) paper w/ Tsur & @tomdavidoff.bsky.social comparing multiplex reforms in Kelowna & Coquitlam & also look at Vancouver so far.
homefreesociology.com/2025/08/29/m...
But more slowly in some places than others. Why?
@jensvb.bsky.social & I highlight our recent (open access) paper w/ Tsur & @tomdavidoff.bsky.social comparing multiplex reforms in Kelowna & Coquitlam & also look at Vancouver so far.
homefreesociology.com/2025/08/29/m...
Multiplex Reforms: The Details Matter
Co-authored by Jens von Bergmann and cross-posted at MountainMath Many Canadian municipalities are implementing reforms to allow multiplexes in formerly single family areas. These initiatives are d…
homefreesociology.com
August 31, 2025 at 9:44 AM
So much opportunity here, we just need to get going!
That JCrew can’t afford real creative doesn’t exactly scream quality.
August 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
That JCrew can’t afford real creative doesn’t exactly scream quality.
If cities are going to use economic modelling to set taxes in an attempt to control land prices, that modelling needs to be updated quarterly.
@jwhiteyvr.bsky.social any plans to bring us into the future or is the CoV just counting on forever rising rents like the current plans dictate?
@jwhiteyvr.bsky.social any plans to bring us into the future or is the CoV just counting on forever rising rents like the current plans dictate?
August 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
If cities are going to use economic modelling to set taxes in an attempt to control land prices, that modelling needs to be updated quarterly.
@jwhiteyvr.bsky.social any plans to bring us into the future or is the CoV just counting on forever rising rents like the current plans dictate?
@jwhiteyvr.bsky.social any plans to bring us into the future or is the CoV just counting on forever rising rents like the current plans dictate?
Imagine if the gulf islands had bike lanes like this everywhere, a couple of e-bike rental shops at the ferry terminal, and luggage delivery.
You don’t have to imagine it, you just have to visit the north islands of the Netherlands.
You don’t have to imagine it, you just have to visit the north islands of the Netherlands.
August 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Imagine if the gulf islands had bike lanes like this everywhere, a couple of e-bike rental shops at the ferry terminal, and luggage delivery.
You don’t have to imagine it, you just have to visit the north islands of the Netherlands.
You don’t have to imagine it, you just have to visit the north islands of the Netherlands.
Given the reorganization of left and right happening now, it’s why they are about to come back, too.
There’s a far left that will reject anything and everything, and the federal NDP is mired in it.
But look at BC politics.
There’s a far left that will reject anything and everything, and the federal NDP is mired in it.
But look at BC politics.
Why the left is losing two generations of young people.
Jon Lovett’s face when LA City Councilmember Imelda Padilla said she forced an affordable housing project to go down from six stories to three stories and add in EV charging spaces
August 28, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Given the reorganization of left and right happening now, it’s why they are about to come back, too.
There’s a far left that will reject anything and everything, and the federal NDP is mired in it.
But look at BC politics.
There’s a far left that will reject anything and everything, and the federal NDP is mired in it.
But look at BC politics.
Half the people reading paper books are being performative and the other half are just seeking reality.
August 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Half the people reading paper books are being performative and the other half are just seeking reality.
Spent an afternoon in Almere, famously pulled out of the ocean in the 50s and 60s and built over the last 60 years or so.
August 26, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Spent an afternoon in Almere, famously pulled out of the ocean in the 50s and 60s and built over the last 60 years or so.