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Apr. 05, 2022 / Gordon Price

Revising the Grand Bargain – with Rob Grant

If the Grand Bargain is going to be discarded or majorly revised, there needs to be a new bargain –…
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Apr. 01, 2022 / Gordon Price

The Grand Bargain Repeated

When I coined the term “Grand Bargain” in this post back in 2019, I wasn’t sure if it would be…
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Mar. 31, 2022 / Gordon Price

Puzzle Pic: Where is this?

Can you name the street?…
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Mar. 30, 2022 / Gordon Price

Housing Applications at City Hall: Some Extraordinary News

Every aspiring local politician promises to speed up the approval process at City Hall.  Critics identify delay and ‘red tape’…
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Mar. 28, 2022 / Gordon Price

An inspiration for the new Art Gallery design?

Palmas 555: From that hotbed of modernist design: Mexico in 1975,  By Juan Sordo Madaleno / José Adolfo Wiechers /…
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Mar. 08, 2022 / Gordon Price

What Does B.C.’s Minister of Housing Have in Mind for Housing Approvals? Ken Cameron Weighs In

  It’s clear that B.C. Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Housing, David Eby intends to intervene in municipal government…
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Mar. 01, 2022 / Gordon Price

Michael Geller at Expo2020 and the best of public spaces

By Michael Geller Throughout history, World Expositions have introduced innovations that eventually become commonplace. Examples include the elevator, first displayed…
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Feb. 28, 2022 / Gordon Price

Brandon Donnelly: On Inclusionary Zoning

As I’ve said before, Toronto-based designer-developer Brandon Donnelly is the best urban blogger in the country for those of us…
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Feb. 28, 2022 / Gordon Price

Gord Price in Dubai – Is it the City of the Mid-21st Century?

Seriously?   I first went to Dubai in 2015.  It lived up and down to its reputation:  Absurd.  Unsustainable.  Hypocritical…
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Feb. 23, 2022 / Gordon Price

Heresy in Shaughnessy

 James from Shaughnessy, a Viewpoint reader, submits his viewpoint as a long-time resident …     I am a huge…
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Feb. 19, 2022 / Gordon Price

Urban Lunch: Geller and Davidoff – Feb 24

  Michael Geller: Sustainability Lessons from Dubai? Yes, Dubai! Michael Geller recently returned from Expo Dubai 2020. He will share…
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Feb. 14, 2022 / Gordon Price

Colin Stein on “Vanbikes” – Feb 24

Join Colin Stein online as he explores the factors, individuals and movements that made Vancouver one of the best places…
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Feb. 12, 2022 / Gordon Price

Population and Priorities: who should get the next SkyTrain?

CBC’s McElroy reports on the positioning that has already started for the next SkyTrain line. … the main goals of…
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Feb. 11, 2022 / Gordon Price

How to kill Kingsway in order to save it – and why we can’t

John Mackie is the Sun’s writer with an historic lens.  He helps us see the shape of the future through…

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