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Sep. 15, 2006 / Gordon Price

TODD LITMAN STRIKES AGAIN, AND AGAIN

Here’s the latest from Todd Litman.  He’s the guy behind the Victoria Transport Policy Institute, which, if it were somewhere…
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Sep. 14, 2006 / Gordon Price

Revelation: Seoul's Cheonggyecheon

I had read about this before, but didn’t really appreciate it until I saw this picture: According to Toronto’s Spacing…
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Sep. 13, 2006 / Gordon Price

AN OLIVE BRANCH FOR A BRIDGE

The GVRD has politely asked the Province whether it would like to talk about our future. It wants to know…
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Sep. 12, 2006 / Gordon Price

Frontiers in Traffic Calming

Mary Jo Porter from Seattle knew I’d love this piece from Monday’s Seattle Times: a ladybug painted on an intersection…
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Sep. 10, 2006 / Gordon Price

MUST READ – Canadian Architect

This month’s issue of Canadian Architect is largely devoted to Vancouver. I’ll definitely have more to say on some of…
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Sep. 10, 2006 / Gordon Price

Wonderful World, c. 1954

Jason Vanderhill saw this reprint from a children’s book of 1954 – The Wondeful World – on The Balloonists’ blog.  “Looks rather…
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Sep. 10, 2006 / Gordon Price

Canada: A country without a future?

When it comes to sustainable city-building, the urban-issues columnist for the Toronto Star, Christopher Hume, thinks so – here.…
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Sep. 09, 2006 / Gordon Price

Architectural Comfort Food

There’s a provcative critique of Vancouver’s downtown architecture by Robert A.M. Stern in the Sun today. (Here for subscribers.) “I…
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Sep. 07, 2006 / Gordon Price

Viewpoint: My window, Vancouver

The view out the front window this evening, as the long summer draws in.  …
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Sep. 07, 2006 / Gordon Price

Google Transit

Okay, TransLink, get on the phone immediately to Google – (650) 253-0000 – and ask to be the next partner…
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Sep. 06, 2006 / Gordon Price

"Extreme Makeover" – Governing Magazine's take on Vancouver

Alan Ehrenhalt, the Executive Editor of Governing Magazine made a special visit to Vancouver this spring to witness the city’s condo boom firsthand. …
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Sep. 05, 2006 / Gordon Price

Vancouverism – An Australian Perspective

Nice piece here on Vancouver by Dr. Gabrielle Kuipe, an urban planner in Sydney who was here for the World…
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Sep. 04, 2006 / Gordon Price

Price Tags 88 – Intersections

A new Price Tags has just been published.  PT 88 compares two downtown intersections in emerging neighbourhoods – Downtown South and…
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Aug. 31, 2006 / Gordon Price

Caifornia Scheming

California has done it again. The Governor and Legislature, though from opposing political parties, have agreed to a plan that…

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