"The ongoing demolition season is also astonishingly wasteful – a blight on a city that aims to be one of the world’s greenest. Tearing down a house to build a bigger one, without adding density, is the opposite of sustainable." http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/real-estate/demolition-derby-vancouvers-older-houses-are-disappearing-fast/article25420356/

Demolition derby: Vancouver’s older houses are disappearing fast

In Vancouver, older houses are being torn down at an average of three a day – despite new city rules aimed at deterring the practice

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