Join Gordon Price, Director of the SFU City Program and long-time Vancouver resident, for a planning tour of Vancouver's West End. The West End reveals about eight different architectural stages, from fine wooden mansions to functional wooden walk-ups, not to mention numerous high-rise towers where the origins of Vancouverism can be found.

But how did it all come about – and why?

Gordon will explain some of the planning theory and trends that shaped the West End – and some of the forces likely to shape its future.