Peter Waldkirch
@pwaldkirch.bsky.social
Likes: Star Trek, the accordion
Hates: the housing crisis
Abundant Housing Vancouver: ahvan.org
My website: pwaldkirch.ca
Hates: the housing crisis
Abundant Housing Vancouver: ahvan.org
My website: pwaldkirch.ca
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Fascinating how the "median single-family home" gets picked up as the easy basis for tax comparison here, despite lack of representativeness overall.
e.g. note that's a distribution reflecting only ~15% households in Vancouver - skewed toward wealthiest - compared to closer to ~40% in PoCo.
e.g. note that's a distribution reflecting only ~15% households in Vancouver - skewed toward wealthiest - compared to closer to ~40% in PoCo.
November 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Fascinating how the "median single-family home" gets picked up as the easy basis for tax comparison here, despite lack of representativeness overall.
e.g. note that's a distribution reflecting only ~15% households in Vancouver - skewed toward wealthiest - compared to closer to ~40% in PoCo.
e.g. note that's a distribution reflecting only ~15% households in Vancouver - skewed toward wealthiest - compared to closer to ~40% in PoCo.
Ken Sim and ABC are going to take an axe to funding arts and services in Vancouver all for the sake of a political stunt
a 12% CUT to arts and culture is coming to the City.
November 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Ken Sim and ABC are going to take an axe to funding arts and services in Vancouver all for the sake of a political stunt
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The hierarchy of controls in this article is excellent!
November 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The hierarchy of controls in this article is excellent!
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Someone in my neighborhood got FED. UP.
October 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Someone in my neighborhood got FED. UP.
I've been having fun making TikTok videos!
Connecting with people over housing and urbanism, all while embracing a bit of cringe? That is very up my alley.
Here's a few of my recent favourites, embedded in a webpage to make 'em easy to view:
pwaldkirch.ca/2025/10/31/t...
Connecting with people over housing and urbanism, all while embracing a bit of cringe? That is very up my alley.
Here's a few of my recent favourites, embedded in a webpage to make 'em easy to view:
pwaldkirch.ca/2025/10/31/t...
Adventures in TikTok land - Peter Waldkirch Webzone
I've been having fun doing short videos to connect with people about housing and urbanism--here are a few of my recent favourites!
pwaldkirch.ca
October 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I've been having fun making TikTok videos!
Connecting with people over housing and urbanism, all while embracing a bit of cringe? That is very up my alley.
Here's a few of my recent favourites, embedded in a webpage to make 'em easy to view:
pwaldkirch.ca/2025/10/31/t...
Connecting with people over housing and urbanism, all while embracing a bit of cringe? That is very up my alley.
Here's a few of my recent favourites, embedded in a webpage to make 'em easy to view:
pwaldkirch.ca/2025/10/31/t...
We're all laughing at this, but irl NIMBYs have destroyed more cities than Godzilla, just sayin'!
October 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We're all laughing at this, but irl NIMBYs have destroyed more cities than Godzilla, just sayin'!
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Vancouver council member Brian Montague got very worked up the other day, claiming without evidence that Vancouver police regularly ask drivers to not drive on Halloween. They don't.
He was responding to a notice from @lucymaloney.bsky.social, which would have asked the city to do so.
He was responding to a notice from @lucymaloney.bsky.social, which would have asked the city to do so.
October 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Vancouver council member Brian Montague got very worked up the other day, claiming without evidence that Vancouver police regularly ask drivers to not drive on Halloween. They don't.
He was responding to a notice from @lucymaloney.bsky.social, which would have asked the city to do so.
He was responding to a notice from @lucymaloney.bsky.social, which would have asked the city to do so.
Happy Halloween, here's one of my favourite movie death scenes
(from The Abominable Dr Phibes)
youtu.be/OvgYTXOw6EQ?...
(from The Abominable Dr Phibes)
youtu.be/OvgYTXOw6EQ?...
The Abominable Dr. Phibes - Death by Unicorn
YouTube video by Stephen King
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Happy Halloween, here's one of my favourite movie death scenes
(from The Abominable Dr Phibes)
youtu.be/OvgYTXOw6EQ?...
(from The Abominable Dr Phibes)
youtu.be/OvgYTXOw6EQ?...
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In voting down this motion, Clr Montague indignantly claimed that the VPD "puts out a message telling drivers to avoid non-essential travel every year" and that to suggest otherwise is "outright false." Can anyone find evidence of this? Here's their PSA for this year:
October 30, 2025 at 2:34 AM
In voting down this motion, Clr Montague indignantly claimed that the VPD "puts out a message telling drivers to avoid non-essential travel every year" and that to suggest otherwise is "outright false." Can anyone find evidence of this? Here's their PSA for this year:
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Over the past few years, I've frequently criticized Brian Montague for living in North Vancouver. Today I'd like to formally issue an apology.
It turns out he actually lives in Kelowna.
It turns out he actually lives in Kelowna.
Brian Montague, who bluntly has appeared to enjoy being a councillor less than any councillor I’ve ever covered, has announced he won’t be running for re-election
Vancouver councillor defends attendance record after selling local home, buying property in Okanagan
October 30, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Over the past few years, I've frequently criticized Brian Montague for living in North Vancouver. Today I'd like to formally issue an apology.
It turns out he actually lives in Kelowna.
It turns out he actually lives in Kelowna.
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Talking about making roads safer with Simi Sara!
Speed and Intersection cameras are not a "scam", and it is unfortunate that media chooses this framing when proven lifesaving measures, at worst, marginally inconvenience dangerous drivers.
megaphone.link/CORU7818382862
Speed and Intersection cameras are not a "scam", and it is unfortunate that media chooses this framing when proven lifesaving measures, at worst, marginally inconvenience dangerous drivers.
megaphone.link/CORU7818382862
Full Show: Speed Cam Scam, Long term care cuts & Laying of thousands by Mornings with Simi
megaphone.link
October 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Talking about making roads safer with Simi Sara!
Speed and Intersection cameras are not a "scam", and it is unfortunate that media chooses this framing when proven lifesaving measures, at worst, marginally inconvenience dangerous drivers.
megaphone.link/CORU7818382862
Speed and Intersection cameras are not a "scam", and it is unfortunate that media chooses this framing when proven lifesaving measures, at worst, marginally inconvenience dangerous drivers.
megaphone.link/CORU7818382862
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Maybe the reason Brian Montague brought forward the amendment to kill this Halloween safe streets motion is that he's still recovering from the time children "intimidated" him with their climate change art.
vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/11/27/v...
vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/11/27/v...
October 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Maybe the reason Brian Montague brought forward the amendment to kill this Halloween safe streets motion is that he's still recovering from the time children "intimidated" him with their climate change art.
vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/11/27/v...
vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/11/27/v...
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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 5:50 PM
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?
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Vancouver's survey on the draft Official Development Plan closes TODAY (Oct 29), so it's not too late to fill it in!
Here's the letter we sent to the city about it. And see below for a link to our blog with all the info you need to participate quickly and easily!
Here's the letter we sent to the city about it. And see below for a link to our blog with all the info you need to participate quickly and easily!
October 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Vancouver's survey on the draft Official Development Plan closes TODAY (Oct 29), so it's not too late to fill it in!
Here's the letter we sent to the city about it. And see below for a link to our blog with all the info you need to participate quickly and easily!
Here's the letter we sent to the city about it. And see below for a link to our blog with all the info you need to participate quickly and easily!
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New from @Sightline.org:
Small apartment buildings, everywhere, are how we can deliver homes in years rather than decades.
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Small apartment buildings, everywhere, are how we can deliver homes in years rather than decades.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
New from @Sightline.org:
Small apartment buildings, everywhere, are how we can deliver homes in years rather than decades.
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Small apartment buildings, everywhere, are how we can deliver homes in years rather than decades.
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To people looking for a home today, writes @dannyoleksiuk.bsky.social, it matters a great deal whether that home is built next year, or in ten. Re-legalizing small apartment buildings throughout our cities would create more homes faster. www.sightline.org/2025/10/28/t...
To Build Fast, Think Small | Sightline Institute
How re-legalizing small apartment buildings would spur the homes city dwellers need now.
www.sightline.org
October 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
To people looking for a home today, writes @dannyoleksiuk.bsky.social, it matters a great deal whether that home is built next year, or in ten. Re-legalizing small apartment buildings throughout our cities would create more homes faster. www.sightline.org/2025/10/28/t...
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The city's survey on the draft Official Development Plan (which is supposed to guide planning for the next 30 years!) closes TOMORROW, Wed October 29.
Want some help filling out the survey? Don't worry. We got you. With our help it'll only take a minute!
www.abundanthousingv...
Want some help filling out the survey? Don't worry. We got you. With our help it'll only take a minute!
www.abundanthousingv...
October 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The city's survey on the draft Official Development Plan (which is supposed to guide planning for the next 30 years!) closes TOMORROW, Wed October 29.
Want some help filling out the survey? Don't worry. We got you. With our help it'll only take a minute!
www.abundanthousingv...
Want some help filling out the survey? Don't worry. We got you. With our help it'll only take a minute!
www.abundanthousingv...
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Our Halloween message from Vision Zero Vancouver! 🎃 A little hard to hear, ironically because of all the cars
October 28, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Our Halloween message from Vision Zero Vancouver! 🎃 A little hard to hear, ironically because of all the cars
The shawarma guy was so busy so without thinking I said "everything" and only then realized that included PINEAPPLE now I feel I've made a huge mistake
a man in a hospital gown is smiling with the words i 've made a huge mistake behind him
ALT: a man in a hospital gown is smiling with the words i 've made a huge mistake behind him
media.tenor.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The shawarma guy was so busy so without thinking I said "everything" and only then realized that included PINEAPPLE now I feel I've made a huge mistake
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Their website does a great job getting into the many building code & zoning barriers that prevent Canadians from having what many Europeans take for granted.
impossibletoronto.ca...
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impossibletoronto.ca...
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Impossible Toronto — On the Courtyard — Impossibilities
Funded by The Neptis Foundation, On the Courtyard examines European courtyard blocks and identifies opportunities for and challenges to their integration into Toronto’s urban landscape.
impossibletoronto.ca
October 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Their website does a great job getting into the many building code & zoning barriers that prevent Canadians from having what many Europeans take for granted.
impossibletoronto.ca...
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impossibletoronto.ca...
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Better than Backyards: "Impossible Toronto" calls for gradual development of courtyard blocks in detached house areas.
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October 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Better than Backyards: "Impossible Toronto" calls for gradual development of courtyard blocks in detached house areas.
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Tonight! Open house - Vancouver's Official Development Plan (6-8 pm)
Community Hall at Kitsilano Neighbourhood House, 2305 W 7th Ave
Link in thread.
Community Hall at Kitsilano Neighbourhood House, 2305 W 7th Ave
Link in thread.
October 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Tonight! Open house - Vancouver's Official Development Plan (6-8 pm)
Community Hall at Kitsilano Neighbourhood House, 2305 W 7th Ave
Link in thread.
Community Hall at Kitsilano Neighbourhood House, 2305 W 7th Ave
Link in thread.
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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 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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
It's not easy to make a song that's over 400 years old sound urgent and contemporary, but Freddie Wadling's performance here gets there. (My favourite performance of a great song, I found it years ago but thought it had been taken down--tonight the algo did me a kindness.)
youtu.be/AuYnnTr_KMo?...
youtu.be/AuYnnTr_KMo?...
Freddie Wadling - Come Heavy Sleep
YouTube video by Rasmus Dahla
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 6:00 AM
It's not easy to make a song that's over 400 years old sound urgent and contemporary, but Freddie Wadling's performance here gets there. (My favourite performance of a great song, I found it years ago but thought it had been taken down--tonight the algo did me a kindness.)
youtu.be/AuYnnTr_KMo?...
youtu.be/AuYnnTr_KMo?...
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This sure looks like a way of pushing staff to quit
Remember, the city is also quietly offering "voluntary separation packages" with unspecified incentives as the mayor demands 0% property tax increase
More great work by my friend @isabellazavarise.bsky.social
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Remember, the city is also quietly offering "voluntary separation packages" with unspecified incentives as the mayor demands 0% property tax increase
More great work by my friend @isabellazavarise.bsky.social
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
City of Vancouver mandates staff to return to office 5 days per week
Come Jan.1, exempt or non-unionized staff at the City of Vancouver will have to work in-office five days a week, according to an email from the city manager.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This sure looks like a way of pushing staff to quit
Remember, the city is also quietly offering "voluntary separation packages" with unspecified incentives as the mayor demands 0% property tax increase
More great work by my friend @isabellazavarise.bsky.social
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Remember, the city is also quietly offering "voluntary separation packages" with unspecified incentives as the mayor demands 0% property tax increase
More great work by my friend @isabellazavarise.bsky.social
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...