Karrie Jacobs from Dwell Speaks About the Perfect 100,000 House

October 19th, 7 pm

Venue: SFU Harbour Centre

Admission is free. Reservations advised:

Call 604-291-5100 or e-mail cs_hc at sfu dot ca


It doesn’t get much more American than this: Karrie Jacobs went on the
road, looking for happiness in a thousand square feet. She went in
search of “The Perfect $100,000 House.'’ After traversing 14,000 miles,
meeting with dozens of architects and builders, she wrote a book about
it. Imagine Jack Kerouac with a real-estate licence.


As the editor in chief of Dwell, a shelter magazine based in San
Francisco, and a contributor to the New York Times, Metropolis and
Travel & Leisure, she knew a lot of the territory south of the
49th. But the City Program figured, if she hadn’t been to Vancouver in
awhile, she might be interested to see what you can get in Lotus Land
for a thousand grand, plus 10-per-cent exchange.