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Feb. 01, 2007 / Gordon Price

Moscow Paint Job

Michael Klassen – newly appointed to the Vancouver City Planning Commission – sends along a snippet from his blog (via…
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Feb. 01, 2007 / Gordon Price

Affordable Housing? Vancouver?

Solutions to the housing crunch in Vancouver? Ways to create more affordable housing? For everyone? Enough with the questions.  Time…
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Jan. 31, 2007 / Gordon Price

The City We Love

Kits Pool and English Bay, taken a few days ago by VancouverDuane.  Click over and check out some of his…
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Jan. 30, 2007 / Gordon Price

The City That Never Walks

New York? Robert Sullivan explains.…
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Jan. 30, 2007 / Gordon Price

The Highway Mentality in Action

A sterling example in today’s Oregonian (thanks to Sightline’s TidePool) on the attitude of the Federal Highway Administration when it…
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Jan. 30, 2007 / Gordon Price

A Good Question for Gordon Campbell

An Op-Ed in today’s Sun:  The 2002 B.C. Energy Plan strongly promoted fossil fuels, supporting coal-fired power plants, coal-bed methane…
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Jan. 29, 2007 / Gordon Price

The Daily Alarm: Quote 1

There is going to be a huge amount of response to the Fourth Assessment of the IPCC on Feb 2…
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Jan. 29, 2007 / Gordon Price

Mutual Admirers

Brian Libby writes the definitive blog for those admirers of things architectural and urban in Portland. I sent him the…
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Jan. 29, 2007 / Gordon Price

Stanley Park: More Views

I have to agree with Stuart Lefeaux, the long-time superintendent of Stanley Park, about the consequences of the December windstorm:…
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Jan. 28, 2007 / Gordon Price

Good Advice from a Bench

At the corner of Barclay and Denman Streets in the West End, on a small rectangular lot next to King…
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Jan. 26, 2007 / Gordon Price

Denigrating Mr. Sullivan

The most circulated article around City Hall yesterday was Gary Mason’s column in the Globe and Mail. (Here, if you’re…
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Jan. 25, 2007 / Gordon Price

Thrilling Wonders

From Max Richter’s Shortlist, a link to a very cool blog: Dark Roasted Blend from Thrilling Wonder, who in turn have…
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Jan. 25, 2007 / Gordon Price

Soviet Roadside Bus-stops

Yes, a whole collection of Soviet Roadside Bus-stops! It’s one of those sites you just have to share (which is…
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Jan. 24, 2007 / Gordon Price

GATEWAY BLINDNESS

On Thursday, Council will be discussing this report from the Vancouver Economic Development Commission: I did a quick search, wondering…

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