The author and architectural historian Harold Kalman discusses the fifth edition of Exploring Vancouver: Ten Tours of the City and Its Buildings (Harbour Publishing, 2023), with Joseph Planta.

Exploring Vancouver: Ten Tours of the City and Its Buildings, Fifth Edition by Harold Kalman & Robin Ward (Harbour Publishing, 2023). Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: Exploring Vancouver

Text of the introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.

Hal Kalman joins me again. The fifth edition of Exploring Vancouver has just been published, and Hal and Robin Ward have written a marvelous guidebook of walking tours that showcase the notable architecture in Vancouver and the surrounding area; for they venture to the new buildings at the University of British Columbia, as well as the buildings erected because of the 2010 Olympics in Richmond, and elsewhere. Their tours take us to Surrey too. I’ll ask Hal about this new edition, as well as the previous four, the first of which was published nearly fifty years ago. From Hal’s perch in Victoria, where he lives now and where he joined me from one week ago, I’ll ask him about how he’s viewed the city over the decades, and in recent visits. I’ll ask if he can look to the future as well with developments at Oakridge, and the proposed projects at the south end of the Burrard Bridge, and the Jericho Lands. Harold Kalman is a specialist in architectural history and heritage conservation. He is the author or co-author of many standard texts on architecture and conservation including Exploring Ottawa: An Architectural Guide to the Nation’s Capital, A History of Canadian Architecture, and Heritage Planning: Principles and Process. He is a Member of the Order of Canada. Visit www.haroldkalman.ca. Exploring Vancouver: Ten Tours of the City and Its Buildings is published by Harbour. Please welcome back to the Planta: On the Line program, Hal Kalman; Mr. Kalman, good morning.

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