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Nov. 18, 2010 / Gordon Price

Hidden Density

Brent Toderian, the City of Vancouver’s Director of Planning, came up with a triptych that beautifully describes three kinds of…

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Nov. 16, 2010 / Gordon Price

Readings

Suggestions from Price Tags readers … Scot Bathgate in New Zealand recommends this article “out of a cabinet minister in…

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Nov. 09, 2010 / Gordon Price

Events, Dear Boy, Events

Some upcoming events of interest: HOW DID THAT GREEN SPACE GET THERE Have you ever thought about who creates the…

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Aug. 12, 2010 / Gordon Price

Face-off at Perception Gap

From my Business in Vancouver column: Looks like another politician has fallen into Perception Gap. Mayor Robertson seems to have…

Jul. 26, 2010 / Gordon Price

West End Fireworks

Not what you’re thinking. Terry Lavender writes up a good summary of the STIR issues (rental housing vs highrises) in the Vancouver…

Jul. 05, 2010 / Gordon Price

Housing on the hills

A community too expensive for the mayor to live in? Could have happened to him, says Darrell Mussatto: He pulls…

May. 07, 2010 / Gordon Price

The Living and the Dead

WEST VANCOUVER HOUSING FORUM Join me on May 18th for a panel discussion on how to respond to West Vancouver’s…

May. 06, 2010 / Gordon Price

330 Square Feet

I lived for a month in an apartment that was just under 300 square feet at 600 Drake Street. I learned a…

Apr. 30, 2010 / Gordon Price

Scarier than the PNE Rollercoaster

Ride the Vancouver condo market – and hold on!…

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Apr. 20, 2010 / Gordon Price

West Van Housing Forum

For North Shore readers (and others) interested in housing issues – a free forum in West Vancouver on May 18…

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Apr. 12, 2010 / Gordon Price

STIRing Up the West End

A past column I wrote for Business in Vancouver: It looks like Vision Vancouver is STIRing up the West End.…

Dec. 12, 2009 / Gordon Price

The Thousand Dollar House

What can you build for $1K? That’s what 13 architecture students at MIT have been challenged to find out. You…

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Sep. 15, 2009 / Gordon Price

Future Shack

The Seattle branch of the Architectural Institute of America just held a competition on “how to craft a better Seattle.” …

Sep. 08, 2009 / Gordon Price

Mixed blessings

I don’t usually do a lot of postings on Vancouver’s real-estate market since it’s a favoured topic in so many…

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