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Apr. 10, 2008 / Gordon Price

Real Affordability in Seattle

We need the equivalent of this map for Vancouver: You can find the full explanation here in the Slog Blog…

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Jan. 04, 2008 / Gordon Price

An Edible Blog

I was researching “Paris height limits” the other day. (I’m heading for the City of Light in February – actually,…

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Dec. 12, 2007 / Gordon Price

Seattle's New Neighbourhood

Another piece on the explosive growth in the South Lake Union neighbourhood. “What happened is pretty much what everybody expected,…

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Dec. 11, 2007 / Gordon Price

The American Dream Foreclosed

If you’re a reader of James Kunstler’s books and blog, you’re familiar with his argument that “the suburbs have no…

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Nov. 12, 2007 / Gordon Price

Big Idea from Smallworks

The other day The Tyee asked me for an idea that I think has traction: something that will shape our city…

Nov. 02, 2007 / Gordon Price

Knute Berger: Anti-Fan

Crosscut – Seattle’s Tyee – has a columnist, Knute Berger, who every so often tosses off a little diatribe on…

Oct. 22, 2007 / Gordon Price

New York thinks we're expensive!

It may not be news to us – but the New York Times just ran a story on how expensive…

Oct. 20, 2007 / Gordon Price

Hey, Progress! – continued

“There’s never enough” – that’s the first rule of non-market housing. Advocates for affordable housing in a tight market like…

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Sep. 13, 2007 / Gordon Price

More numbers: Why the kids are still living at home

Andrew Ramlo and David Baxter of Urban Futures were fast off the mark with an analysis of the latest census…

Aug. 31, 2007 / Gordon Price

The Perfect and the Good

A good piece in The Tyee by Cynthia Yoo, reporting from the frontlines of the rental housing crunch. … my…

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Aug. 18, 2007 / Gordon Price

Woodward's Rising

As I learned on Council, when it comes to the issue of housing, especially in the Downtown East Side, advocates…

Jul. 17, 2007 / Gordon Price

Taking Advantage of a Good Crisis

My latest column in Business in Vancouver: July 10-16, 2007; issue 924 Housing crises can generate solutions Having been on…

Jul. 05, 2007 / Gordon Price

Perth Gets Pricey

The New York Times reports on how the commodities boom in Western Australia has affected the price of housing in…

Apr. 13, 2007 / Gordon Price

The Three-Storey Story, Chapter Two

Last November, I wrote a post (here) on the dilemma of the three-storey walk-up, the plain stucco boxes that proliferated…

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