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May. 04, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Museum of Vancouver Goes to Vienna

The MoV will exhibit an exploration of Vienna’s housing model. HINT:  it’s really different from Vancouver’s.   Here’s more background.…
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May. 04, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Census Canada Says: We Are Getting Old

  Yesterday was a very exciting day for planners and statisticians who eagerly anticipated the new release of Census Canada…
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May. 03, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge Crossing in "heart" of Musqueam Territory, but First Nations Not Consulted

In a press release from the Musqueam Nation, Chief Wayne Sparrow stated  “Musqueam has not been meaningfully consulted nor accommodated for…
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May. 02, 2017 / Gordon Price

Sounding Familiar: Pressure on Chinatown – in Seattle

From the Seattle Times: “The developers are coming in and whatever they want to do with Little Saigon, they’re going…
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May. 02, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

City of Vancouver Redoing Three-Month Old Brand-Back to the Logo-Part Two

Instead of concentrating on issues like housing diversity, seniors needs, and affordability the City of Vancouver council is wading back…
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May. 01, 2017 / Gordon Price

Recent Developments 10 – A Half Century of Highrises

Following the election of a majority TEAM council in 1972, the residential highrise era came to a (temporary) end in…
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May. 01, 2017 / Gordon Price

Quote: Wozny on Housing

From another devastating analysis of the insane housing scene in Vancouver by the Globe and Mail’s Kerry Gold: (Development consultant…
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May. 01, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

1451 Wellington-"Even Your Car Gets Special Treatment"

  You just can’t make this stuff up. Mizrahi developments is preselling a twelve storey boutique apartment building in Ottawa…
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Apr. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

"Show Courage, Please U-Turn on the Massey Bridge Decision"

Another cogent letter in the Richmond News written by Andy Hobbs questions the expenditure of $3.5 billion dollars (now forecast to…
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Apr. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

McArthurGlen YVR Mall-Parking for Customers, Employees not so much.

According to The Richmond News (and thanks to Scot Bathgate for alerting Price Tags) there is a season of discontent with the…
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Apr. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Are North American cities going past "Peak Millennial"?

The New York Times is reporting that Millennials-those born between the early 1980’s and late 1990’s or early 2000’s-may have reached…
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Apr. 26, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Tide Changing in Seattle as Neighbourhood Council Input nixed by City

Next City describes the changes occurring to the thirteen neighbourhood district councils in Seattle. These groups of activist homeowners have “held…
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Apr. 25, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

End of the Single Family Neighbourhood? Greater Vancouver Board of Trade

The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade had a forum on  housing affordability and how to get young people living in…
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Apr. 21, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Ontario-Changes to Rentals, New Foreign-Buyers' Tax

The Globe and Mail reports that  some aspects of Vancouver’s foreign-buyers regulation have been embraced in Greater Toronto’s “Golden Horseshoe” the…

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