Not from this guy of course, former C0-Director/Dictator of City Planning Larry "Beezelebub" Beasley. Just as his work over the past decade in Vancouver has been equally as destructive as additive in the Downtown Peninsula, I've posted a few links that have been equally as informative as disinformative in my research over the past short while.
The Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association is pretty much self-explanatory, and certain executive members have taken an interest in UBC Architecture studio's dealing with Vancouver's urban fabric and continual attempts at renewal. There is definitely a vested interest in business with an emphasis on reversing the current condo conversions happening throughout the downtown peninsula. Among some ideas that I would highlight to give you a sense of where they're coming from: removing alley garbage bins entirely, massive tax breaks/incentives for new venture creation, panhandling eradication, etc.
Price Tags is the blog site of past city Councillor and current Director of the City Program at SFU. His blogs cover his travels throughout the Pacific Rim and the Pacific North West. He frequently and publicly butts heads with another Vancouver urban critic, Trevor Boddy in an entertaining manner. More on that later.
Small Footprints was a project put together by UBC Planning students which address particularly contextual issues surrounding affordability and value in the current Vancouver real estate market.
Laneway and Thin Homes is a brief but useful source for alternatives to conventional building assembled by the Canada Mortage and Housing Corporation, an extremely useful website for anyone interested in anything related to building in Canada.
SmartGrowth is a non-governmental agency devoted to ethically minded development in different urban contexts throughout British Columbia. Smart Growth, as addressed in the course reading, is a huge buzzword in today's urban conversations. SmartGrowth BC definitely falls within the 'new urban vision' category of alternative styles of managing urban growth in the Lower Mainland in particular.
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