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Apr. 17, 2023 / Gordon Price

50th Anniversary of the Agricultural Land Commission Act

Shaundehl Runka passes along this note from ALR/ALC historical expert Barry Smith. (There is one minor amendment to the document…

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Nov. 14, 2022 / Gordon Price

Help Wanted: Urbanists in Jakarta

This November, Gord Price will be taking a somewhat delayed (darn pandemic) to visit to Singapore and Jakarta, Indonesia. In…

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Nov. 10, 2022 / Gordon Price

Uytae Lee: The Non-capitalist Solution to the Housing Crisis

Uytae Lee’s latest video (supported by VanCity) on the Very Big Issue – housing affordability and supply. As always, he…

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Oct. 27, 2022 / Gordon Price

Love the Lane! (Why Is this even necessary?)

We’re inviting anyone who loves cycling in Stanley Park to join us for #LoveTheLane, a celebration ride around Stanley Park…

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Oct. 26, 2022 / Gordon Price

(West) Vancouver is Dying

You may have seen “Vancouver is Dying”: Here’s the West Vancouver version. (Warning: This is not a parody.) …

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Oct. 24, 2022 / Gordon Price

“Cycling Through Covid” in Canada

The latest from Buehler and Pucher: How 14 large cities around the world adjusted their cycling policies during the first…

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Oct. 15, 2022 / Gordon Price

Help Wanted: Urbanists in Singapore

This November, I’ll be fulfilling a desire I’ve add for many years: a visit to Singapore. I’m particularly interested in…

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Oct. 12, 2022 / Gordon Price

Public Salon Think Tank Series – Oct 26

The 36th Public Salon will feature speakers on topics related to the themes of the new Global Civic Think…

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Oct. 11, 2022 / Gordon Price

Public Safety: Repeating History

By coincidence, I was pursuing some clippings from the Vancouver Sun collected in the ’70s. And what should I notice…

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Sep. 23, 2022 / Gordon Price

A Green Party Vision for Our Housing Future

Here’s the Green Party’s housing platform. Here are three points from it: Implement a simple menu of repeatable building forms,…

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Sep. 20, 2022 / Gordon Price

Policy and Politics in Park Board Platforms

Two parties at different points on the ideological spectrum – ABC (centre right) and Greens (centre left) – put out…

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Sep. 16, 2022 / Gordon Price

Upcoming events with Great Communities Institute – Sep 29, Oct 20

Exploring the Full Potential of Public Realm Public Realm is often uninspiring and “copy-paste” these days. But it doesn’t have…

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Sep. 08, 2022 / Gordon Price

A Bad Idea That Sounds Like a Good Idea

Let’s make safer roads compulsory. We don’t really need to change the law. Just give unlimited resources and lots of…

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Sep. 06, 2022 / Gordon Price

Live Event: Exploring the Full Potential of Public Realm – Sep 29

Public Realm is often uninspiring and “copy-paste” these days. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Explore the future…

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