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May. 06, 2020 / Gordon Price

Covid City Trends – Did 1918 Matter?

Richard Florida’s observation, in M GEN: “The Harsh Future of American Cities”: Much of our current aversion to crowds will…
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May. 03, 2020 / Gordon Price

The Two Percent Solution

Sun columnist Doug Todd, who has been writing insightfully about the housing market for years, reported this comment from a…
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Apr. 17, 2020 / Gordon Price

The World Redesigned: Why we will still have gatherings

What will fill this: Since we’re never going back to the pre-Covid world anytime soon, will we still have large…
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Apr. 09, 2020 / Gordon Price

A World Redesigned: The Office

  At PT we’re thinking about how the world is being reshaped by the impact of Covid19.  While there may…
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Apr. 07, 2020 / Gordon Price

“Lifeline:” The Bicycle in a Pandemic

The current cover of the New Yorker, titled “Lifeline.” Here’s my version – an image taken on March 17, 8…
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Apr. 06, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

British Cars Shipping to Vancouver, British Cars Dunking into Burrard Inlet

Another wonderful image from Diane Sampson of a  British cars cargo from the SS “Mostun” Vancouver January 24, 1959 .…
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Mar. 26, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Dollar Store a Dime a Dozen, some Cities Say Not in Our Town

Finally there is starting to be a backlash to dollar stores which have pretty much usurped the vacated landscape of…
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Feb. 24, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Planning On the Edge~Where is Metro Vancouver Going? Panel Discussion & Book Launch this Thursday

  I received an advanced copy of “Planning on the Edge” which provides a reconciliation, social justice and sustainable development…
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Feb. 24, 2020 / Gordon Price

Australia: Emergency? What Climate Emergency?

Gord Price will be in Australia for the next month.  Follow his coverage here and on Instagram (gordonpriceyvr). More evidence…
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Feb. 12, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver’s Chinatown, The CBC, and a Vastly Overrated Death

On Tuesday night CBC radio hosted a special broadcast of their feature program, The Current with Matt Galloway. Never a…
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Jan. 15, 2020 / Gordon Price

A Livable Region Plan for the Province

  It’s not often that a political columnist will delve into the details of urban and regional planning.  Those are…
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Jan. 13, 2020 / Gordon Price

The World’s Richest People – and their education

Another intriguing one from Maps on the Web: Have you ever wondered what the world’s richest people studied in college?…
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Jan. 07, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

The Vancouver Life and Times of Postman and Usher Vern Frick

It is not often that a  Vancouver person’s  working life has a half century of documentation and film.  In 1964…
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Jan. 06, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Women are More At Risk In Car Crashes Because Vehicles Are Not Designed for Them

Last Fall Consumer Reports revealed that although most Americans killed in car crashes are male, data shows that it is…

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