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Oct. 01, 2015 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Words: Changing the Conversation on Housing

Ohrn: I’ve been a participant in the endless slogging to make using the bicycle as transportation into a legitimate type…
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Sep. 30, 2015 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Image: Pay Parking

Concord Pacific has some new condos on the rise, called One Pacific.  Their web site describes suites ranging in size from…
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Sep. 29, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning's Housing Summary

A compilation from Tom Durning: . Good article on Canada’s housing needs – rabble.ca/why-canada-needs-real-housing-policy This maybe nearer to the truth, though…
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Sep. 29, 2015 / Gordon Price

More evidence that Vancouver is politically irrelevant – 2

An expected announcement:  . And no, the point is not that the City of Vancouver’s proposed Broadway line has been…
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Sep. 28, 2015 / Gordon Price

More evidence that Vancouver is politically irrelevant

From The Sun on Saturday on the Premier’s speech to the Union of B.C. Municipalities Premier Christy Clark sought to…
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Sep. 23, 2015 / Gordon Price

All Too Familiar: Affordability and Rental Crisis in Portland

From oregonlive: . Working class priced out, kicked out in new Portland housing boom . Despite 22,000 new apartments coming…
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Sep. 23, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Living the Vancouver Dream by Moving Away

From the Asian Pacific Post, by Michael Stewart . I’M LIVING THE VANCOUVER DREAM BY MOVING AWAY . In October…
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Sep. 22, 2015 / Gordon Price

Minefields on Granville Street

From today’s Sun:   The buyer is Hui Xiang International Realty Developments Ltd., a B.C. incorporated company with directors who…
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Sep. 22, 2015 / Gordon Price

What’s Wrong With Shipping Container Housing?

Everything, according to Mark Hogan, whose analysis is reprinted in ArchDaily.  He has a whole bunch of reasons why using…
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Sep. 10, 2015 / Gordon Price

Out-of-town topic: A Vote on Heritage, Values and Who We Really Are

I’m off for a week to speak at a conference – and so Price Tags is in your hands. Here’s…
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Sep. 10, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: “Sue the Suburbs!”

You can imagine how thrilled Durning was to see this: . It’s an urbanist’s dream come true: The ability to…
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Sep. 04, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Low-rise apartment housing stock: Some not-good news

Just out from Business in Vancouver: Sales of mostly older apartment buildings dominated high-value commercial real estate sales during the…
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Sep. 04, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Sound Familiar?

From The Guardian: . Why the nimbys are winning the UK’s housing battles . Middle England is at war and…
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Sep. 03, 2015 / Gordon Price

Video and Discussion: “Vancouver and Stockholm Housing” – Sep 17

Another DUDOC presentation: . TWO WATERFRONT CITIES – VANCOUVER AND STOCKHOLM HOUSING In the postwar period, Sweden has undergone a…

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