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Feb. 08, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Walking Sheds and Why They Matter

  From the brilliant minds of  Public Square, Robert Steuteville writes about the return to compact walking friendly neighbourhoods, with…
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Feb. 08, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Cashing In on the Pre-Sale Condos

Business in Vancouver writer  Frank O’Brien outlines an interesting story to watch-what is  happening  with those assignment sales of uncompleted highrise…
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Feb. 07, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Seniors' Care Housing and Why This Matters

The Vancouver Sun’s Bethany Lindsay describes  B.C. Seniors’ Advocate Isobel Mackenzie  release of information that 27 per cent of residents in care…
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Feb. 03, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Chinatown, High Density Development and Why This Matters

This article by Wanyee Li in Metro News gets to the nub of a vital issue for one of the oldest,…
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Feb. 01, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Housing those Growing Booming Seniors

The New York Times  notes that every day for the next 19 years 10,000 people in the United States will…
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Jan. 30, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Mike Harcourt and the Massey Tunnel-"Let's Get Moving"

Michael Harcourt was Mayor of Vancouver for six years and Premier of this province for five years. In the Vancouver Sun…
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Jan. 26, 2017 / Gordon Price

Buenos Aires 14 – Discovered Spaces and Real Estate

Though the viaduct described below ends after it crosses the vastness of Av Libertador (one of those multi-lane arterials which…
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Jan. 25, 2017 / Gordon Price

Buenos Aires 11- Wealth and its Loss

Bring it all together from a century ago – the migration, the wealth, the European influences and architectural aspirations (everyone…
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Jan. 23, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

#2. Doug Massey responds to Todd Stone Letter-Massey Bridge/Tunnel "Conspiracy"

On his Metro Vancouver transportation blog, Stephen Rees has a letter from guest editor Doug Massey in response to Minister of…
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Jan. 23, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

#1. Back to the Massey Bridge-Todd Stone on Why It’s Good For You

In that story that just won’t go away, the Delta Optimist has printed on January 20th a letter from the Minister…
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Jan. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Going, going, gone….Mega Mall Sold for $100.00

Many thanks to Scot Bathgate who sent this story of the 1.1 million square foot “Galleria” mega mall at Pittsburgh Mills in…
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Jan. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Friday File: Making Polynesian Floating Islands designed in San Francisco

The BBC reports on a project we’d all like to work on-Polynesia has signed an agreement with the Seasteading Institute of…
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Jan. 19, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Back to the Massey Bridge-Out to Tender

That 3.5 billion dollar project that just seems to go ahead regardless of public input  from others in Metro Vancouver…
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Jan. 18, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Trump Tower Vancouver-Hotel Reviews Already In

Price Tags did award a 2016  Gordie to the Trump Tower for being one of the most polarizing planning issues of…

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