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Tag Archives: Design

SERIES—False Creek South: An Experiment in Community

January 3, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Tyee Solutions Society explored one of the country’s most audacious, if now long-forgotten, experiments in social and urban engineering.

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The Tyee, Tyee Solutions Society

Second Life for False Creek South?

January 3, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

A deal that made Vancouver’s urban housing experiment possible now clouds its future. Last in a series.

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The Tyee, Tyee Solutions Society

A Hippie-era Urban Experiment Hits 40

January 2, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Eccentric False Creek South nailed one goal: creating real community in Vancouver’s core. Part 3 of a series.

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The Tyee

Stars Aligned for False Creek South

January 1, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Decades ago, three levels of gov’t agreed to build something a little crazy. Funny thing: it mostly worked. Part 2 of a series.

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The Tyee, Tyee Solutions Society

False Creek’s Urban Experiment Seeks a Second Act

December 31, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Clock ticking for a Trudeau-era attempt at a visionary utopia in Vancouver. Part 1 of 4.

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The Tyee, Tyee Solutions Society

Pecha Kucha a simmering saucepan of food, art and ideas

November 30, 2011by David P. Ball Leave a comment

A chocolate train station. A feared food critic. A guerrilla gastronomer. Pecha Kucha Volume 19 straddled the worlds of design, eating and art.

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Vancouver Observer

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About David P. Ball


I'm an award-winning reporter, editor, podcaster & photographer in Vancouver.

Currently freelancing, I am on the editing team at IndigiNews, and was previously a staff reporter with CBC, the Toronto Star, The Tyee, and B.C. correspondent for Agence France-Presse.

My 25 years of experience include award-recognized investigative reporting, radio and video storytelling, photojournalism, and editing.

BYLINES:
Al Jazeera. Globe & Mail. Le Monde. VICE. The Guardian. The Tyee. National Post. South China Morning Post. Times of India.

For six years I've hosted Cited Media's Addiction Practice podcast, have experience in broadcast TV & radio at CBC, and previously produced & hosted the daily Pulse news show for CFRO 100.5fm.

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REPORTING PUBLISHED IN 150+ publications internationally, reaching billions:

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• Ottawa Sun & QMI chain
• iPolitics
• Hamilton Spectator
• 24 Hours
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• Greystone Books Points of Interest
• Canada's National Observer Extract

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PHOTOGRAPHY

• Globe & Mail
• New York Post
• Bild am Sonntag (DE)
• National Post
• Toronto Star
• Georgia Straight
• VICE
• The Province
• Jakarta Post

IMAGES LICENSED for:

• Canadian Museum of History exhibit
• Canadian Museum of Human Rights exhibit
• Museum of Anthropology exhibit
• International School of Geneva exhibit
• Canadian Centre for Architecture exhibit
• University of Toronto Press cover, Responding to Human Trafficking (J Kaye)
• University of Toronto Press photo in Remembering Vancouver's Disappeared Women (A Dean)
• John Wiley & Sons photo in Abnormal Psychology 5th Canadian Ed. (ed. G Davison)
• Chenelière Éducation photo in textbook


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