Vancouver Sun letters to the editor for Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019
Credit to Author: Gordon Clark| Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2019 01:00:05 +0000
As evidenced by her most recent op-ed, advocating renovation of existing homes rather than the construction of plus-sized high-rises that overwhelm their neighbourhoods, Elizabeth Murphy’s contribution to public awareness of political mismanagement of real estate development in Vancouver is indispensable. Alas, despite her cogent, colourful and carefully documented arguments, the mismanagement rages on.
Surely that bloated, 14-storey monstrosity proposed at Broadway and Alma would win a repulsiveness contest.
In Vancouver, they don’t pave paradise, they clog it with high-rise hideousness. After all that densification, City hall plans to amputate vital vehicle lanes on the Granville Street Bridge — a designated rescue corridor — apparently for the sheer pleasure of fostering congestion.
The Livable City dies. The Lamentable City arises.
Eric Levy, Vancouver
Remember when Cambie Street was charming? Now it is one of many — and soon to be more — overcrowded streets in Vancouver with towering buildings blocking the light and changing weather patterns.
Do we really need a two-year transportation study in North Vancouver? We are already overbuilt, gridlocked and lacking affordable housing. It’s only getting worse.
Elizabeth Murphy’s op-ed last Saturday should be required reading for every local politician. Surely, somebody in council cares about the future of our city. Murphy for mayor!
Anita Karp, West Vancouver
Thank you for putting a smile on my face while the article about Nico Boffa. The story of the 12-year-old Billy Idol superfan brought back memories of being a teenager in the 1980s. I was also a Billy Idol fan and I was lucky enough to see him in concert in Kamloops when I was 13 or 14.
Thirty years later, I’m still a fan and will see him again at one of his Las Vegas residency shows in October.
Ursula Tomyn, Nanaimo
In the recent article describing the generally good condition of the sunken vessel HMS Terror and its contents in the Arctic, I see a golden opportunity to raise the ship to restore it enough to prevent further decay.
Next, find an accessible town in the Arctic to display the ship and the evidence left by the crew in all her glory days spent searching the edge of the known world. A place where all can visit to experience the presence of this vessel for themselves. It’s a thrilling, bold, but ultimately tragic example of how the British Navy worked for centuries to settle the Arctic Sea.
David Jones, Burnaby
Re: Letter concerned about recent op-ed by Lubomyr Luciuk.
The suffering and massive effort by the people of the USSR against Germany’s invasion in 1941 must be acknowledged and remembered.
But we must also remember that the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 1939 included a provision for non-aggression, which freed Germany to attack Poland, and then Germany could attack France and Great Britain knowing that it did not have to protect its back — ie. fight a two-front war.
It was also a secret protocol providing that Poland would be divided between Germany and the USSR upon agreed lines. In fact, after the German invasion, the USSR also attacked Poland to claim its share of the spoils.
That sounds very much like Germany and the USSR were allies.
E. Michael McMahon, West Vancouver
To the protesters in Canada on either side of the dispute in Hong Kong, please remember that you are in Canada, which has a large population of people of Chinese heritage. I hope you keep the disagreement peaceful. If you want to vent your outrage, go back to Hong Kong. I hope for the people of Hong Kong that Beijing does not resort to a massacre.
The Chinese government is ready to pounce if things are not brought under control. The whole world is hoping for a peaceful outcome. But have no doubt, China is run by one man and it is Communist nation. I hope the military does not use violence to solve what in their mind is disobedience to the government in Beijing.
Robert Slomen, Vernon
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