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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

Paris, Road Closures, Traffic Evaporation and the Braess Paradox

  The website h2020 has a very interesting examination of “traffic evaporation”-what happens to all that traffic when you close urban…
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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. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Feds Not Funding Massey Bridge. Province Not Matching Metro Vancouver Transit.

The Federal government’s budget came down last week and it was called “Building a Strong Middle Class”. With that sentiment,…
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Mar. 23, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge and a Letter from Delta

  A  cogent letter appeared in the Delta Optimist from a Delta resident who has suggested that there are ways to immediately…
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Mar. 23, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

"Global Urbanism" in the New Downtown "Blended" Mall

The Guardian  comments on the “Oculus”, the  1.4 billion dollar mall linking New York City’s One World Trade Center, the…
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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 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge Becomes Election Tunnel

In the  Globe and Mail  Ian Bailey  reports that the proposed Massey Bridge which is slated to replace the Massey…
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Mar. 17, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Death Knell of the Suburban Mall

The Business Insider reports that American families are no longer packing up and spending their evenings and weekends shopping at the…
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Mar. 15, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Sandusky Ohio & a Pier-Recreational Waterfront or Parking Lot?

Sandusky is a town of 25,000 people with a metropolitan area of 77,000  located on the shores of Lake Erie…
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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. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Why do Commercial Delivery Trucks not Turn Left?

CNN explores a burning question: why do commercial delivery couriers always favour right hand turns? Apparently these services save “millions of…
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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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