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Jun. 19, 2018 / Colin Stein

Urbanist Abroad: Day 15 – Kyoto

At just over 500 hectares, Nara Park in Japan is 20% larger than Vancouver’s Stanley Park, and a short day…
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Jun. 18, 2018 / Colin Stein

Vancouver Represents at International Solar Bike Rally

Friday, June 15th saw the official start of SunTrip 2018, the third annual solar bike rally — this year between…
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Jun. 18, 2018 / Colin Stein

Urbanist Abroad: Day 14 – Kyoto

As you may have heard by now, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake hit Osaka, Japan early this morning (Sunday at 10:00…
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Jun. 17, 2018 / Colin Stein

Happy Car-Free Day, Vancouver. BTW, Can There Be ‘Good Congestion’?

On the occasion of Vancouver’s big car-free weekend — Car Free Day events occurred yesterday in the West End and…
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Jun. 17, 2018 / Colin Stein

Urbanist Abroad: Day 13 – Kyoto

For one thousand years (794 through 1868), Kyoto was the imperial capital of Japan; indeed, the name literally translates to…
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Jun. 16, 2018 / Colin Stein

Urbanist Abroad: Day 12 – Tokyo and Kyoto

Some final bits of “real Tokyo” as Gordon Price departs this prefecture of 13 million people, just one part of…
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Jun. 16, 2018 / Colin Stein

Vancouver Mural – 20 W Hastings

Michael Alexander, one of Gordon Price’s travel partners on the east Asian urbanist study sojourn, took this photograph last month.…
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Jun. 15, 2018 / Colin Stein

Urbanist Abroad: Day 11 – Tokyo

On Gordon Price’s last full day in Tokyo, we get a few more shots of that Tokyo colour (and pattern)…
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Jun. 15, 2018 / Colin Stein

PIBC Webinar: On Truth & Reconciliation in Public Planning Consultations (June 20)

The Planning Institute of British Columbia (PIBC) has a special summer webinar on the day before National Indigenous Peoples Day,…
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Jun. 15, 2018 / Colin Stein

Then and Now: Architectural Perspectives by Vancouver Photographer at Venice Biennale

Architectural photographer Andrew Latreille, a Melbourne native based in Vancouver, has just returned from Venice for the launch of the…
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Jun. 14, 2018 / Colin Stein

Urbanist Abroad: Day 10 – Tokyo

Editor-in-chief Gordon Price spent part of yesterday on a guided tour of Kagurazaka, a traditional, prominent Tokyo neighbourhood, by local…
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Jun. 14, 2018 / Colin Stein

Vancouver’s Tenancy Market Jumps the Shark

Contributor Ian Robertson writes to suggest that Vancouver’s rental market has, just maybe, jumped the shark. A “den” just wide enough…
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Jun. 13, 2018 / Colin Stein

Urbanist Abroad: Day 9 – Shibuya and Tokyo

The city of Shibuya, a critical exurb to Tokyo, ranks high on the list of places to visit in Japan…
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Jun. 12, 2018 / Colin Stein

Urbanist Abroad: Day 8 – Tokyo

Design. Density. Delight. There’s so much going on in the many photos taken by editor-in-chief Gordon Price on his trip,…

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