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Overlooking the Tiergarten from the Victory Tower

Overlooking the Tiergarten from the Victory Tower

Living in BerlinStephanie BraconnierApril 30, 2012Tiergarten, SpringComment

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Held a breath for too long

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Keep the bullet holes.

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Whom is the city for, and what shall we do there?
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This photo series is about #discardedspaces.
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Cathedral Plaza is one of those rare spaces in downtown Vancouver that's not privately owned by a development group or property manager and, for me, is therefore showing the most authentic public persona of the city. What is the city when it's not being guarded over by security cameras and uniformed guards?
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For me it demonstrates the real nature of public space in the city; a gathering spot for those without another place to be.
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Many other plazas I was photographing had private "watchers" who would come out and investigate my activities. Anyone looking not suitable was hurried off the property. In between these regular security rounds, a man prepared a needle behind the dense foliage of the BC Hydro building while I knelt in the shade nearby, focusing on a beautiful brutalist waterfall.
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I met two homeless men who lamented the unfairness of policing in Vancouver. "You can literally shoot heroin in plain view and police will just give you an overdose kit. But if you are caught drinking alcohol you get arrested." They said this was one of the few places they could come and enjoy themselves. They drank cheap vodka out of an old 2L bottle.
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The plaza is owned by the church across the road and not maintained. Garbage cans loaded with the detritus of the city overflow onto the brown, unwatered grass. The fountain is filled with murk and grime, while needles and those who have used the needles lay in the shade of the concrete and metal structures. The whole place smells dank, like an open-air toilet.
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Still, the space serves a purpose here in a city where open space is at a premium and urban beautification comes at the cost of true public space. When we give these spaces to private developers, who is the city really for?
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#Vancouver #designtalk #privatelyowned #whoisthecityfor #publicspace #urbanoasis #cityscape #urbanlife #homelessness #opoidcrisis #downtownvancouver #cityrant #urbaninfrastructure #vancouverisnumber1 #realtalk #humansofvancouver #beautifulphotosofhorribleplaces
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Sunset on the seawall.

Last year I was walking the dog and noticed a work crew removing the dude from #dudechillingpark for "restoration"
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Thankfully I took this photo the week before so we can all reflect on how appropriately named the park was and how confusing it must be to newcomers now 🤔 😜
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#parkinthecity #vancouverparks #vancouverparkboard #yourbcparks #mtpleasant #green #publicspace #urbanlandscapes #greenspace #citylife #eastvan #Vancouver #outside #driftwoodstatue #dudechilling

#skyglow and #silos = 🔥
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#viterracascadiaterminal #viterra #industrialwaterfront #sunset #eastvan #NewBrighton #cityscape #urbanlandscapes #Vancouver #Canon6D

The Ironworkers Memorial bridge looks way cooler from below then when you're driving across! I love the hint of train going by here on its way to the inner harbor.
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#ironworkersmemorialbridge #NewBrighton #bridge #northshoremountains #eastvan #cprail #industrialwaterfront #harbour #sunset #Vancouver #vancouverparks #tlpicks #yellow #urbanlandscapes #infrastructure

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