Criticism, Politics & Social Sciences 

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Mike Chadwick captures the visual celebration of the city with Vancouver In Focus, an artistic collection of contemporary black-and-white photographs of downtown Vancouver s most striking buildings and landmarks. These arresting images, focusing on architectural details and built form, highlight the successful integration of urban design with Vancouver's much celebrated natural setting. Well-researched information about specific buildings and landmarks provides a framework in which to view the city's downtown neighbourhoods, and accompanying maps of each featured sub-area make it easy for the reader to travel, book in hand, from one end of the city to the other. Chadwick provides an overview on some of the successful planning initiatives that stimulated the redevelopment of older neighbourhoods and touches upon the buildings, public spaces and cultural underpinnings of some of Vancouver s oldest and most scenic places. This highly readable book will appeal to visitors, newcomers and life-long residents. Vancouver In Focus is an invitation to explore the city anew, through Chadwick s fresh perspective and focused lens, and to marvel at Vancouver's emergence into the twenty-first century as a leader in urban design.