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Kenneth Chan
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Optimistic realist. Daily Hive Editor for Architecture, Real Estate, Transport, Urban Issues, Politics & Business. 🏗🏙🏘🚎🚇⛴✈️ kenneth@dailyhive.com
Caught the new Mark V #SkyTrain on my way home from the fireworks last night.

We're now one of those "Mind The Gap" metros with this announcement at Burrard Station. 🚇
July 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
My 30-second time-lapse video today of travelling across the Granville Connector between the northern end of the Arbutus Greenway and the Granville Entertainment District in downtown Vancouver. #vanre #vancre #vanpoli 🚶‍♂️🚲🛴

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July 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Spotted a new Mark 5 #SkyTrain on a Millennium Line test run. #TransLink
June 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The inaugural Web Summit Vancouver conference is underway!

Bluesky CEO Jay Graber runs this social media app, now with 35+ million users, with just 25 staff.

@websummit.bsky.social #WebSummit #WebSummitVancouver
May 28, 2025 at 4:28 AM
The very first time I've come across a moving test of the new #SkyTrain Mark V train. #TransLink
May 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
If approved, Vancouver's future tallest building could be even taller than Canada's existing tallest of First Canadian Place in Toronto. #vancre #vanre #vanpoli

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May 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Centre of the universe.
May 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
First time spotting the new Mark 5 #SkyTrain vehicle out and about for testing.

The train is definitely slightly longer than the station platforms, with the ends sticking out.

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April 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
First preliminary by-election results have just come in... OneCity's Lucy Maloney and COPE's Sean Orr with the early lead. #vanpoli #vanelxn #vanelxn25
April 6, 2025 at 6:05 AM
JUST IN... As of ~9pm, one hour after polls were scheduled to close, 15 of 25 polling stations remain open.

City staff reaffirm that every voter in line at 8pm will vote. No closing time estimate.

Counting begins after last voter. #vanpoli #vanelxn25

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April 6, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Taking the Eurostar high-speed rail from Brussels to Amsterdam. 🚆
February 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The Europa Building in Brussels... the beating heart of the European Union, and an interesting example of heritage preservation and retention. 🇪🇺
February 15, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Currently in Brussels... Vancouver Olympic Line streetcar, is that you?

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February 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Amsterdam celebrates its 750th birthday this October. 🎂
February 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Stroget in Copenhagen. 🚶‍♂️
February 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Framed Copenhagen view... From inside the Royal Library of Denmark. 📚🇩🇰
February 11, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Truly impressed by this small but mighty subway, the Copenhagen Metro.

It's a Canada Line-sized automated metro, and it’s exactly what the Canada Line and other SkyTrain projects should be (except for the Copenhagen Metro's honour system for fares).
February 9, 2025 at 5:22 AM
A different kind of before-and-after look at NYC's Times Square transformation for pedestrians... as seen during my visit yesterday to the Danish Architecture Centre in Copenhagen.
February 6, 2025 at 3:03 AM
When in Copenhagen... Nyhavn.
February 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Woke up mid-flight and saw an exceptionally strong Northern Lights... somewhere over Greenland. ✈️
February 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Snowfall at Vancouver International Airport has really picked up in the last 30 mins. Very low visibility now. ❄️

The aircraft de-icing station is super busy. #YVR #aviation
February 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Like clockwork at Vancouver International Airport at the moment. ❄️

Relatively smooth operations with orchestrated caravans of snow plows circling the tarmac non-stop. @yvrairport.bsky.social #YVR #aviation
February 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
When the Premier of British Columbia swaps the typical podium for his office desk, you know it’s not just a speech -- it's an exceptionally rare State Of The Province sit-down.

David Eby says Trump's US tariffs are "a complete betrayal of the historic bond between our countries."

#bcpoli ##vanpoli
February 2, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Just walking by... New Marshalls sign going up at the Robson & Granville building.

Marshalls opens late March 2025, replacing the former space of its sister discount retailer, Winners. #vancre

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January 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Since the first fire began 4 days ago in the Los Angeles area, 37,000+ acres or about 150 sq km have burned.

To give BC residents some perspective, that's the size of the City of Vancouver, University Endowment Lands, UBC & the City of North Vancouver put together.
January 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM