In 1926, the City of Vancouver’s Town Planning Commission hired Harland Bartholomew to prepare a comprehensive plan for a city region of 1 million people. While never officially adopted by the City, Bartholomew’s plan would set the tone for Vancouver’s urban structure. In the spirit of “what is old is new again”, the plan contained this profile and typology set for major and minor streets in the region. Add a few cycling lanes and these profiles could be placed in any contemporary urban plan.
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I’d love to read greater detail about this plan, and be able to zoom into the graphics. Isn’t it curious how so much remains the same, and that the foundations of planning techniques are still contemporary 85 years later?