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Sep. 22, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

And All That Is Old Shall Be New Again — 2018 Vancouver Civic Election

What’s happened with zoning changes in Vancouver is a cultural change, and a fight that’s as old as Vancouver.  The…
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Sep. 20, 2018 / Gordon Price

‘If you don’t like the product, criticize the process’

I  I’m going to claim credit for that line.  It’s something I coined after sitting through countless hours of public…
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Sep. 19, 2018 / Gordon Price

Architecture of the Temporary

This housing complex being erected by the City on Larwill Park (presumed site of the new Art Gallery and office…
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Sep. 17, 2018 / Gordon Price

Open Letter to Council: Amending RS-1 for More Housing Choice

  The temperature is going up.  As the election approaches and the City moves towards a ‘Making Room’ rezoning in…
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Sep. 14, 2018 / Gordon Price

Why the Housing Crisis as We Knew it is Over

Photo by Michael Geller, Vancouver Courier Truth or clickbait: Is the housing crisis in Vancouver really over? Nope, not for…
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Sep. 11, 2018 / Colin Stein

Vancouver’s Worst Zoning: The Walking Tour (Sep 16)

Advocates from Abundant Housing Vancouver are hosting a walking tour with a bit of a bite this weekend… Vancouver’s Worst…
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Sep. 07, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Living and Eating as a Downtown Eastside Resident

The Tyee’s Christopher Cheung is known for reporting the story beyond the story. While the main press talks about soup…
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Sep. 05, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Vancouver – the Evil Bicycle Becomes Normal

As the 2018 civic election rolls onward, we await the list of candidates who’ve filed nomination papers with Elections BC…
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Aug. 30, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The 1950’s Birth of the North American Back Yard

There is an exhibition currently touring from the Smithsonian titled “Patios, Pools and the Invention of the Backyard”.  Jak King…
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Aug. 29, 2018 / Gordon Price

Bon-bons the from Housing Data Book – 4

Aaron Cheng has been reading the Housing Vancouver Data Book, and adds more to the post below on the percent…
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Aug. 29, 2018 / Gordon Price

The Spook Index – 2

Maybe we could have seen the housing crisis coming if we had only listened to the spookmeister when his ‘experts’…
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Aug. 29, 2018 / Gordon Price

The Spook Index: Measuring change in the housing market

How you see the housing/rental market depends ever so much on whether you’re a houser or a housee.  For example,…
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Aug. 29, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Pouring the Details~Thomas Edison’s Patent & Concrete Housing

Via Jak King this article from Atlas Obscura tells the interesting story about Thomas Edison and the development of concrete houses. While…
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Aug. 23, 2018 / Gordon Price

Bon-bons from the Housing Data Book

We asked PT readers to take a look at the overwhelming number of statistical goodies in the Housing Vancouver Data Book,…

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