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Sep. 08, 2021 / Gordon Price

“How To Be At Home”

From our National Film Board, a beautiful and slightly heartbreaking animated poem for this time.…
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Sep. 02, 2021 / Gordon Price

Heritage Vancouver Walking Tour: The Pandemic-Era City and Beyond

What is the heritage of an event that has impacted our lives so profoundly? On this two-hour tour around downtown…
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Aug. 12, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Public Art in Venice: A Floating Violin Plays Tribute to Pandemic Loss

The very best public art has layers of thought and discovery embedded in it. And that’s the case with this…
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Aug. 05, 2021 / Gordon Price

Assorted Dehors

City of North Van Councillor Tony Valente, over a pasta dinner on Beach in the streeterie nearest the spinning chandelier,…
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Aug. 05, 2021 / Gordon Price

Melbourning Vancouver

Daily Scot is always on the lookout for signs that Vancouver is adopting great ideas from Melbourne on how to…
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Jul. 30, 2021 / Gordon Price

Just Us

People in the Park during the Pandemic.  How a lot of Vancouverites spent last evening.  …
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Jul. 15, 2021 / Gordon Price

How to Commute without Commuting

Helpful hints for those who will work at home  – from The Atlantic: Many people liberated from the commute have…
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Jun. 29, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Second Wave of Streeteries – New York Style

Last year, when the City of Vancouver expedited permits for outdoor cafes and patios on sidewalks and – heavens! –…
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Jun. 16, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Future in Lanes and Everyday Life

We used to rely on the front covers of cheap sci-fi paperbacks for images of the future. The cities were…
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Jun. 15, 2021 / Gordon Price

Which Way One-Way? A Fork in the Road for White Rock

Of all the COVID-created spaces in Metro, one of the smaller interventions has received a lot of the attention –…
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Jun. 14, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Benefits of a Changing Rush Hour – Who, What and How

I’ve been waiting for the reports to start on what’s happening with rush hour.  First a few isolated ones, and…
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Jun. 03, 2021 / Gordon Price

Beyond COVID: Reimagining Our City Centres 

While we don’t know what these next few months will bring, or exactly when our cities will open, there is…
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Jun. 03, 2021 / Gordon Price

What a Year It’s Been

Via Jeff Speck…
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May. 25, 2021 / VWPT Vancouver

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