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Mar. 12, 2007 / Gordon Price

Dead Cyclists and Idiots

Back from Australia (much more on that later), but to get things rolling again, here’s an item from my Inbox…
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Feb. 16, 2007 / Gordon Price

A Forum for West Point Grey

Architect Rick Balfour comes up with more audacious ideas before breakfast than most of us have in a year. (He…
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Feb. 15, 2007 / Gordon Price

Look up: Eco-Density Infill?

I must have missed this: the 2006 winners of Best Practices in Affordable Housing, according to CMHC (they do so much…
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Feb. 14, 2007 / Gordon Price

Life’s Harder in Seattle

Find out why: here.…
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Feb. 14, 2007 / Gordon Price

Eco-Density Rolls Out

First up: a column by the Mayor in the National Post. It’s time to talk about urban density Tue 13…
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Feb. 14, 2007 / Gordon Price

The Sound of a Vacuum Filled

That’s the Gordon Campbell I know. Over 30 initiatives were announced in yesterday’s Throne Speech to respond to global warming…
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Feb. 06, 2007 / Gordon Price

Video: Vancouver 2010

Thanks to Pacific Metropolis for picking up this promo video for 2010. It’s just one gorgeous scene after the other,…
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Feb. 05, 2007 / Gordon Price

Cheney's Fund Manager Attacks U.S. Energy Policy

Frankly, I would have guessed this was a hoax … until I read the article. Step forward, Jeremy Grantham —…
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Feb. 05, 2007 / Gordon Price

The Daily Alarm: Quotes 3 (The Deal)

Here’s the deal: those who deliver reliable quantities of hydrocarbons at an affordable price get to run things. At least,…
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Feb. 04, 2007 / Gordon Price

Architect against Iconic-ism

Architect Bing Thom recommended I read this piece from the Tyee on the prospects for the Larwell Park site (just…
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Feb. 03, 2007 / Gordon Price

Critiquing the Critic: Trevor Boddy

Good cities need good critics.  And Trevor Boddy, a regular contributor to the Globe and Mail, could be that critic…
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Feb. 02, 2007 / Gordon Price

Musey-room

Is there anything so obscure or arcane that someone won’t open a museum about it?  Apparently not.…
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Feb. 02, 2007 / Gordon Price

Road Show

The B.C. Ministry of Transportation is hitting the road to peddle Gateway: Would You Like to Share Your Ideas on…
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Feb. 02, 2007 / Gordon Price

The Daily Alarm: Quote 2

So it begins.  From the Calgary Sun: EDMONTON — Alberta can’t make absolute reductions in greenhouse gas emissions during the…

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