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Oct. 21, 2015 / Gordon Price

October in New York: Parking lots, slivers and stories

I noticed this building at 785 8th Avenue, now known as the Icon, on a previous trip.  It’s still weird:…
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Sep. 26, 2015 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Words: Some Talk about This Topic

Much talk about this topic, and so much to say. It is my opinion that in this world, massive forces…
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Sep. 03, 2015 / Gordon Price

China’s ‘economic miracle’ explained

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Aug. 17, 2015 / Gordon Price

A Choice of Suicides: Political response to Vancouver’s real-estate market

It’s hard to keep up with the coverage on what is probably the No. 1 topic of conversation in this…
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Jun. 26, 2015 / Gordon Price

Signs of Our Times

From Ian Robertson, seen on Broadway. .…
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Jun. 26, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Value of Dirt

It’s not just residential real estate that’s going nuts.  This is from Business in Vancouver:     Dirt worth more…
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Jun. 25, 2015 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Words: Sunny Transformation

From Ken Ohrn: . A major transformation is underway. The tipping point has been reached. Everywhere, it seems, but in Canada,…
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Jun. 23, 2015 / Gordon Price

Buildings Up, Economy Down

It’s hardly an original observation: Whenever the “tallest building in the world” rises up, the world economy goes into a downfall.  It’s…
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Jun. 16, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Scot: The Hongcouver Interview

Scot thinks this podcast is worth your time.  Click through to the site; interview starts at 2.55 . South China…
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Jun. 16, 2015 / Gordon Price

Big Money, Big Buildings … and why just adding supply doesn’t work

Durning chooses this from CityLab: The Big, Big, Big, Big Money Behind Tall Buildings How super-luxury apartments became a major…
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Jun. 10, 2015 / Gordon Price

Oil companies don’t advertise like they used to

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May. 22, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Changing Face (and Reality) of London

Antje links to this extraordinarily well-illustrated piece in the MailOnline: . London enters the age of the skyscraper . Around 70…
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May. 22, 2015 / Gordon Price

Housing Affordability: “The time for denialism is over”

A column that only Ian Young could write: . The realisation that something is grotesquely awry with Vancouver’s housing market has…
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May. 21, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Crunch: Growth, productivity, high housing costs … and transit

Janis Magnuson asks: What do you think a similar analysis would find in Canada/Vancouver? By Richard Florida, from CityLab. . The…

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