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Apr. 11, 2007 / Gordon Price

Bell Tolls for Free

What happens when one of the finest classical musicians in the world, playing some of the most elegant music ever…
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Apr. 11, 2007 / Gordon Price

A Forum for False Creek

Rick Balfour’s proposal for a forum at Jericho in Point Grey provoked the expected reaction: here.  But it also drew…
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Apr. 11, 2007 / Gordon Price

Nibble, nibble

Ever tried to find a detailed map of the Agricultural Land Reserve for your region?  As far as I know,…
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Apr. 10, 2007 / Gordon Price

The Growth Debate: Kelowna Version

Occasionally some remarks I make provoke a reaction. (Not as often as you’d think, or I’d sometimes like.) But a…
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Apr. 10, 2007 / Gordon Price

Price Tags 92 – Spring Walk

Download the latest Price Tags here.   Or go to www.pricetags.ca. I was working on another issue in the Australia series,…
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Apr. 09, 2007 / Gordon Price

Crosscut: Stop Smirking, Seattle

Bellevue is more racially diverse than you are. And that’s only one of several surprising revelations involving changing demographics and…
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Apr. 08, 2007 / Gordon Price

Water and oil

Speaking of convenience stores (below), here’s another take from Lisa Margonelli’s Oil on the Brain.  (There are some books you…
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Apr. 07, 2007 / Gordon Price

Urban Fare at a gas station?

David Sucher on his City Comforts blog asks an intriguing question:  So where is the “high-end” mini-mart? Obviously it would…
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Apr. 06, 2007 / Gordon Price

Foreign Ownership and Vacancy Rates

A Price Tags reader was reading Michael Geller’s blog entry on Australia’s Gold Coast, and one of the things that…
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Apr. 06, 2007 / Gordon Price

EcoDensity: Playing the Real Estate Game

This is one of the best articles written so far on EcoDensity (and a certain planning director thinks so too).…
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Apr. 06, 2007 / Gordon Price

Monkey Dust – The Cyclists You gotta love this one – no matter which side of the saddle you’re on.…
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Apr. 05, 2007 / Gordon Price

Gateway project will fail, planning prof warns

In today’s Province, Valley columnist Brian Lewis reports on the panel discussion in Surrey yesterday, sponsored by the GVRD. (By…
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Apr. 02, 2007 / Gordon Price

Short-sighted Seattle

Why Seattle will never be as good a city as it should.  On the other hand ….…
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Apr. 02, 2007 / Gordon Price

Something grand about going small

From the National Post   Brian Hutchinson National Post Monday, April 02, 2007 CREDIT: Steve Bosch, CanWest News Service A…

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