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Dec. 03, 2019 / Gordon Price

Goodman Gate

Goodman, Vancouver’s pre-eminent seller of small (and some large) apartment blocks, has raised the alert about a Council motion that…
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Sep. 30, 2019 / Gordon Price

Josh Kepkay’s Podcast: “What the Future Holds with Gordon Price”

Josh Kepkay is a realtor, and now a podcaster – an opportunity, of course, to increase his profile while having…
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Aug. 22, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver’s Granville Island Again~Is it for People or Is it for Cars?

There’s new management in town for that place that attracts lots of passionate reaction, Granville Island. Owned and governed by…
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Jul. 30, 2019 / Gordon Price

Jobs Jar: Green Building Engineer

The Sustainability Group at the City of Vancouver is hiring a Green Building Engineer to help us meet our Greenest…
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May. 27, 2019 / Gordon Price

City Conversations: Dirty Money 2

. Dirty Money 2: the Dirt on Housing Prices The province recently released Peter German’s report on money laundering in…
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May. 23, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Free Tickets Still Left to Hear International Urbanist Jeff Speck Tonight!

How can walking, biking and transit shape neighbourhoods? Come hear author and urbanist @JeffSpeckAICP discuss this topic at the @InspireJericho…
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May. 21, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Mulhouse’s Magical Downtown Transformation

If you have been on the eastern border of France near Switzerland and Germany you may have visited Mulhouse, a…
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May. 17, 2019 / Gordon Price

Tough Questions I Wanted To Ask

[Update: Do read Geoff’s comment at the end of this post.  Powerful and provocative.]   SFU Vancouver – the downtown…
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May. 08, 2019 / Gordon Price

Panel: Best High Street Design – May 29

Information and registration here.…
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May. 08, 2019 / Gordon Price

Metro Sustainability Breakfast: Circular Cities – May 16

At this breakfast you will hear highlights from a recent report on how cities in Holland are embracing the circular…
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Apr. 01, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Expansion Back On? It’s Bait & Switch “Big Berth” Time at Deltaport

It’s not over until it’s over and Peter Ladner has forwarded this article from Business in Vancouver reporting that GCT Canada…
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Mar. 20, 2019 / Gordon Price

New York to adopt ‘Vancouver tax’ to pay for subway

Only they call it the ‘pied-à-terre  tax.   From the New York Times: A plan to tax the rich on multimillion-dollar…
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Mar. 15, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Port of Vancouver’s Deltaport Terminal 2 Expansion Torpedoed, Western Sandpipers Celebrate

In the Good News, Bad News department, Delta Optimist’s Sandor Gyarmati reports on the face-saving exercise being undertaken by Deltaport’s…
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Mar. 05, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

The Coolblue One Day Delivery By Bike in The Netherlands & Belgium

Spotted the “CoolblueFietst” on delivery in #Delft’s city centre today. With a turnover of €1.2 billion in 2017, consumer electronics…

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