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Jun. 13, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Hogans Alley and the Loss of a Community

Before Vancouver’s  Georgia Viaduct was implemented, there was an active community that existed between Union and Prior Streets in Vancouver.…
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Jun. 13, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

The Crossing That Can Kill You

The Globe and Mail has weighed in  with an article titled “Fatal Crossings” analyzing five years of data to ascertain…
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Jun. 10, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Friday File-Dog Dropping Goes AWOL

  BBC News reports that the fundamental public art necessary to a new civic campaign to pick up after your dog…
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Jun. 10, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Flying Cars and the Co-Founder of Google

After the excitement generated by the driverless car’s  flypaper technology  to deal with hitting pesky pedestrians, patented by Google, the Friday…
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Jun. 10, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

The Tortoise and the Hare

Every year as part of the Share The Road Challenge, car drivers and transit users compete in a race to…
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Jun. 10, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

And Speaking of Silos…

In Australia a 200 kilometer “silo art trail” follows murals painted in farming country in Victoria state. This area has…
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Jun. 09, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Peter Wohlwend, Walkability, and Windsor Way

  I have found that it is not city administration, policy and budgets that create great communities, but the concepts…
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Jun. 08, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Reclaim, revamp waterfront in White Rock?

Waterfront redos seem to be in vogue these days, and the article in the Vancouver Sun by Kent Spencer describes the City…
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Jun. 08, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver Public Library Playing Beautiful Music

One of the most valuable things I own is a Vancouver Public Library card. It gives you access not only…
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Jun. 08, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

We Didn’t Really Mean It

Insights West surveyed people in Metro Vancouver in the months leading up to the transit plebiscite. You remember that the…
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Jun. 07, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Making Big Plans-And Who Decides?

Michael Kluckner, artist, writer, historian, and lover of all things Vancouver has written a very evocative essay on planning decisions…
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Jun. 06, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

$92 Dollars An Hour on the East Side

  This article in the Vancouver Sun written by Stephanie Ip  confirms what many had surmised-instead of working for a…
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Jun. 06, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Regional Planning as if our Future Mattered

What would you think of a vision for the region which warns about the need for “transformative actions and unprecedented…
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Jun. 03, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Saddling Up

It’s an interesting match with a disruptive technology pairing with a 20th century retailing success. At Wal-Mart’s Annual Conference held…

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