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Jan. 09, 2015 / Gordon Price

Chart of the Year: Income Growth and Inequality

As a complement to the post below, here’s another year-end recognition – this one in The Dish: Chart of the…
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Jan. 06, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Stirred Pot: Gentrification, NIMBYism, Class and Bad Blood

Up and down the west coast. In Seattle (from the New York Times): In Suburban Seattle, New Nests for China’s…
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Jan. 04, 2015 / Gordon Price

Red and Blue and B.C.

Richard Florida wrote this op-ed in today’s New York Times on the “significant economic division between conservative ‘red states’ and liberal…
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Dec. 17, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Empty Homes in London

Another angle on the empty-house issue.  From The Guardian: Property investors in Islington who leave homes empty could face jail: Property…
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Nov. 26, 2014 / Gordon Price

Thought Experiment: What would Alibaba want, and what would we do?

Here’s a purely speculative exercise. From Business in Vancouver: Will Vancouver be Alibaba’s next home away from home?  “Had a great…
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Nov. 26, 2014 / Gordon Price

Truckin’ – The Evolution of Retail

Here, at the East Side Culture Crawl, was a pod of food trucks: . Nice synergy: small, entrepreneurial businesses serving…
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Nov. 24, 2014 / Gordon Price

Is Climate Change Consequential? – 2

So far the comments to the post below have been disappointing: ‘Comments not worth commenting on’ – the usual back-and-forth…
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Nov. 24, 2014 / Gordon Price

Is Climate Change Consequential?

The Prime Minister went to the Arctic for nine days and never spoke of climate change. The words didn’t cross his…
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Nov. 18, 2014 / Gordon Price

Turnaround: Transit, the Economy and Political Messaging

Two reasons why the business and development community will be strong supporters of the referendum. First: Transit hubs a magnet for new…
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Nov. 13, 2014 / Gordon Price

To All Parties: Will your policies affect existing property values?

Last April, I posted “Vanishing Vancouver: The Dilemma of Incompatible Values” in response to a column by Barbara Yaffe on the loss of Vancouver’s pre-1940s…
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Nov. 13, 2014 / Gordon Price

Comments worth commenting on: "The End of the Residential Highrise?"

Comments to previous posts worthy of reprint here – the foreground. Indeed, this whole thread to “The End of the…
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Nov. 04, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: "Back and forth on CACs" with Karen Sawatsky

Not just for policy wonks.  Community Amenity Contributions (CACs) have been a contentious issue on civic-election platforms.  Karen Sawatsky provides…
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Nov. 03, 2014 / Gordon Price

Disconnect: Oddest headline of the week

Today’s lead headline in The Sun: . . So it’s all about the money, is it?  Confirming critics belief that…
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Oct. 31, 2014 / Gordon Price

Ralph Segal: How to save character homes

This comment is in response to a post on Barbara Yaffe’s column about a drop in property values as a…

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