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Apr. 16, 2019 / Gordon Price

Professor Kennedy Addresses the Board of Trade

Last Wednesday, the mayor addressed a full class at the Board of Trade, with a PowerPoint lecture that outlined the…
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Apr. 12, 2019 / Gordon Price

Does gentrification cause displacement? Not necessarily.

I’ve seen at least at two studies which demonstrate that ‘gentrification’ does not necessarily lead to major displacement of poorer…
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Apr. 11, 2019 / Gordon Price

A Graphic Graphic in Kitsilano

By way of Aaron Licker @LGeospatial:…
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Apr. 11, 2019 / Gordon Price

SFU Lecture: Home or Commodity? The Transformation of Housing and its Discontents – Apr 23

In cities across the world, housing systems are undergoing immense change. Homes are being transformed into liquid commodities, and as…
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Apr. 08, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Not In My Back Yard~Some Kitsilano Homeowners want to Axe 1805 Larch Street Application

Trust Dan Fumano in his Vancouver Sun article to wade right into the ongoing NIMBY and YIMBY discussions which in…
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Mar. 28, 2019 / Colin Stein

Jim Hanson’s Brilliant Idea for Housing in District of No Vancouver

You may have caught wind of the District of No Vancouver’s — how shall we say — odd approach to…
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Mar. 28, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Duke of Data Andy Yan Was Right All Along~Vancouver Housing Ownership

What a difference four years make, and some apologies need to be made by several people to the Duke of…
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Mar. 26, 2019 / Colin Stein

Strike 3 for District of No Vancouver, and a Resident Responds

Much continues to be said and written about the District of No Vancouver’s compulsive nixing of social and non-market housing…
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Mar. 08, 2019 / Gordon Price

District of No Vancouver: It Gets Worse

We’ve covered the rejection by the District of North Vancouver Council of the Delbrook affordable housing proposal, CHAC funding and…
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Mar. 05, 2019 / Colin Stein

DNV Withdraws Core Funding for Affordable Housing Committee

As a follow-up to yesterday’s post on the subject, last night the District of North Vancouver council did what it…
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Mar. 04, 2019 / Colin Stein

District of No Vancouver?

It’s a motion that could be considered a little too on-the-nose.  The District of North Vancouver’s new council — which previously…
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Feb. 25, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver’s New Fire Hall Puts Firemen, Moms & Kids in New Mixed Use Model

Mixing land uses has already been done in several notable Vancouver buildings. There is a child care centre planned for…
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Feb. 23, 2019 / Ken Ohrn

Planning the New Broadway

Vancouver is getting a major Skytrain extension, a rapid transit line through the second-largest employment corridor in the Province of…
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Feb. 22, 2019 / Ken Ohrn

Jericho Lands Update

Vancouver’s Jericho Lands are essentially 90 acres of greenfield, located amid some of Canada’s most expensive and most desirable real…

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