Image of the day: 1923 Parker Street
Why isn't it legal to build this by right?
A small apartment building in Grandview-Woodland, on a 50x122 lot. It was built in 1965, with nine one-bedroom apartments, three per floor. The area is now zoned RT-5 (duplex), so it’s illegal to build something like this today.
For more photos of small apartment buildings in Vancouver that are now illegal, see To Build Fast, Think Small. Danny Oleksiuk, Sightline, October 2025.
Sources:
City of Vancouver’s Digital Zoning Map
Vancouver Assessment Map, by Jens von Bergmann
Granted it is close to transit being a house or two a way from Victoria and a few blocks to Hastings, could parking be the concern? If you Google Street View the laneway, there is number parking for 5 vehicles (though stall 5 is shared with a garbage bin so probably a motorcycle parking at best).