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Mar. 23, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Tour: Modular Affordable Housing

At Main & Terminal.…
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Mar. 21, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Larry Beasley and Metro Vancouver's Potential Third Housing Sector

Both Peter Ladner in Business in Vancouver  and columnist Daphne Bramham in the Vancouver Sun  have featured comments made by Larry…
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Mar. 20, 2017 / Gordon Price

Lecture: Geller on "Affordable Housing Redux" – Apr 4

Affordable Housing Redux . As an architect, planner and developer, for many years Michael Geller has been advocating creative new…
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Mar. 20, 2017 / Gordon Price

Daily Durning: A Housing Plan in Portland

From Sightline: The Portland Plan – Down with McMansions, Up with Abundant Housing  This article combines and adapts three articles by…
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Mar. 17, 2017 / Gordon Price

Advice to the couple moving to the suburbs

From the New York Times: So the couple did what countless other city dwellers with growing families and a hankering…
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Mar. 16, 2017 / Gordon Price

Daily Durning: A Single Block in Seattle

From Sightline: Returning Seattle to Its Roots in Diverse Housing Types  This is the story of a single city block…
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Mar. 15, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Lose a Highway, Gain a Place-Carson City Rebuilds its Downtown

There is a renaissance occurring in many American towns that are reclaiming their downtowns when bisecting highways are rerouted from…
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Mar. 13, 2017 / Gordon Price

The Paradox of the Canadian Housing Market

From the New York Times: It is a paradox of the red-hot real estate market around Toronto: Some owners are…
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Mar. 13, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Granville Island History-Who What and Why

Granville Island has a different history than the rest of Vancouver. The CBC has prepared  a short precis of the creation…
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Mar. 13, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Bridge to Nowhere Connects in New York City

  So what happens if there is a pedestrian “bridge” placed over a street between two buildings and those buildings…
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Mar. 13, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Nanaimo Arena Iced for Now

In a vote that was really no surprise, The CBC reports that the City of Nanaimo’s ballot to approve an $80 million…
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Mar. 11, 2017 / michaelkluckner

Build more Kerrisdales to rework the RS areas!

The Kerrisdale village, about 8 blocks across, developed with low-rise to mid-rise apartments/condos from the 1940s to the 1990s. It…
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Mar. 10, 2017 / Gordon Price

On the Ballot: Growth and Gentrification in Los Angeles

Los Angeles has traditionally had an impact with respect to urban growth issues on other cities, including ours.  Speculation on…
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Mar. 08, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

A New Heritage

Will future generations look back on this building with awe and reverence — the vanguard of an emerging aesthetic?  A…

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