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Feb. 11, 2010 / Gordon Price

O4 – Lessons

Is it just me – a carless West Ender – who finds the quiet streets of downtown downright eerie? I…

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Feb. 09, 2010 / Gordon Price

O3 – Light

Confident prediction #2 – We won’t miss the helicopters after the Olympics. They’re a constant presence over the downtown now; one…

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Feb. 07, 2010 / Gordon Price

O1 – Quiet Time

On return from Seattle this Superbowl Sunday: the traffic light, the border quick, the city gray and quiet. After three days away,…

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Jan. 28, 2010 / Gordon Price

Game Changes

There’s more happening in Vancouver as the Olympics approach than I can keep track of. Fortunately I have PT readers…

Jan. 27, 2010 / Gordon Price

Doing Vancouver One Better

Nick Christensen, a writer with the Hillsboro Argus (Hillsboro is a distant suburb of Portland), spent a recent weekend in…

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Jan. 25, 2010 / Gordon Price

Missed opportunity

Back in 2005, “City Comforts” guy David Sucher recommended this for Whistler: Those of you who know the winter resort…

Jan. 13, 2010 / Gordon Price

Call and Response

Some great responses coming in to replace‘s request for unique and quirky examples of Vancouver’s urbanism, especially from those out…

Jan. 12, 2010 / Gordon Price

A rising tide

There’s going to be a flood of articles profiling Vancouver as the Olympics focus international attention on us. Please send…

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Dec. 21, 2009 / Gordon Price

Light in Madrid

Good friend Brian Williamson sends some images of how they do festive lighting in Madrid: What, I wonder, will we…

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Nov. 07, 2009 / Gordon Price

A Fun Fix for Political Junkies

Credit due: Michael Geller came up with the idea. And though there are a lot of those with NPA ties…

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Nov. 06, 2009 / Gordon Price

Dept. of Clarification

The indispensable Jeff Nagel, who covers transportation issues for the Surrey Leader (and should be doing it for a larger…

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Nov. 02, 2009 / Gordon Price

IPhone Rhapsody

Just got an IPhone. And quickly realized that it is not in fact a phone. It is a computer that…

Oct. 29, 2009 / Gordon Price

Funding Showdown – Part 1

My latest Business in Vancouver column: Is TransLink going to be put on life support? According to insiders, that may…

Oct. 22, 2009 / Gordon Price

Vancouver’s bus service tops in the world

I missed this piece in Business in Vancouver. Thanks to Glen Korstrom for passing it along. Staff at TransLink subsidiary…

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