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Apr. 20, 2017 / Gordon Price

Daily Scot: Hunger Games in Vancouver

Scot says ‘Sheesh!’…
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Apr. 19, 2017 / Gordon Price

Panel: Heritage and Real Estate – Apr 26

Heritage and Real Estate: Vancouver’s Challenging Heritage Environment Vancouver Heritage Foundation invites you to attend an open discussion on a…
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Apr. 19, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Metro Vancouver Housing Prices Down, but Not For Long

Metro News and  Jeff Hodson reports that the latest Royal LePage housing price survey shows  a decline in housing prices in…
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Apr. 18, 2017 / Gordon Price

Philosopher's Cafe: Housing or Parking? – May 1

Housing crisis or parking crisis? How are mobility rights to be weighed against other human rights? Does our current political…
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Apr. 17, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Original Frank Lloyd Wright House For Sale-

There is no doubt that the work of the west coast architects in developing the northwest coast style was greatly…
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Apr. 11, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Homelessness Numbers Up 30% Since Last Count

The CBC has reported that the number of people sleeping on the street in Metro Vancouver has increased by 30 per…
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Apr. 10, 2017 / jamesavbligh

James and Errin go to Japan

Some people go to the beach when they are on vacation and some people go on a pilgrimage to look at buildings.…
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Apr. 05, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver Art Gallery Asks Feds for $100 Million for New Building

The Vancouver Sun reporter Kevin Griffin  gives the latest on the Vancouver Art Gallery’s missive to build the proposed Herzog &…
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Mar. 30, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Metro Van Housing Sales Slow Down- Housing Prices Still High.

As reported in Business In Vancouver by Patrick Blennerhasset, despite what you are hearing about housing sales slowing, prices being asked…
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Mar. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Japan's Population-"A Demographic Time Bomb"

The Independent’s Business Insider article via Andy Yan describes the increasing aging population of Japan, called by economists as a  “demographic time bomb.”…
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Mar. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

A Flood "Utility Pod" New York City Style

Ny.Curbed.Com describes the interesting “utility pods” commissioned by the New York City Housing Authority and designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)…
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Mar. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

A Movie of the Missing Middle

Christopher Cheung in The Tyee has prepared a  ten minute video featuring “Patrick Condon, chair of the urban design program at…
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Mar. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Aging, Design and the City and Why This Matters

By 2030, one-quarter of all Canadians will be over 65 years of age, which will have profound impacts on Canadian…
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Mar. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

A Vancouver Special Space? Named After Architectural Visionary, Bing Thom

Ralph Segal was the senior architect and development planner for the Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. He is…

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