Talk:Kitsilano
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[edit] Tress lined streets and old houses ?
I agree re. the age of buildings (don't forget Strathcona (began as a neighbourhood in the 1860s) and Mt Pleasant (homes date from the 1880s)). Also, I'd be hard pressed to find many areas of the city without street trees (for example). Hu Gadarn 20:11, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
Ds13, while I think most of your changes are good, I don't understand why you made the change in the first paragraph to remove "tree-lined streets" and "oldest architecture". I think they are both important characteristics of the neighborhood that clearly distinguish it from other places in Vancouver. --Andrew Eisenberg 04:28, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks, Andrew. If you or others feel strongly that those descriptions are important to the article, add them back in. They're technically true, so I can't argue on that basis. There were two aspects to what I deleted so I'll explain my rationale for each:
- 1. Re/ "tree-lined streets"... technically true, though it's also true of all of Vancouver's neighbourhoods, isn't it? There may even be more remarkable tree-lined streets in Point Grey or Shaugnessey. But yup, Kits has nice trees.
- 2. Re/ "oldest architecture"... possibly true, though it's uncited, which would be very helpful if you want to add that description back. For comparison, I know there are buildings in Chinatown (like the Wing Sang building) from the 1880s. I would suggest that "oldest architecture" distinguishes Gastown more than any other neighbourhood since it has many buildings built in the 1910s and 1920s.
- Cheers. --Ds13 05:14, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Electoral districts
I corrected the text since Kitsilano is not entirely within Vancouver Quadra; the part west of Arbutus is within Vancouver Centre according to this map (see also this text description).
Also added provincial riding info. --Mathew5000 09:35, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Restaurants
It seems wierd to have a section on restaurants in Kits. I don't see any of the other Vancouver neighborhoods with a restaurants section. It's just a list with no links and no description.
Possibilities: either a) remove it, b) add links to the restaurant homepages, c) add restaurants section to all Vancouver neighborhoods sections.
My preference is a) since it just seems strange and out of place. Of course options b) and c) should go together.
