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Nov. 06, 2014 / Gordon Price

Design Sundays at the Museum of Vancouver

What a good idea: . Design Sundays: Housing for a connected city What would our city look like if we designed…
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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. 04, 2014 / Gordon Price

Comments worth commenting on: The essential problem of "character"

Bias alert: I think PT commenters offers some of the best-quality observations and critiques of any urban blog I read. …
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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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Oct. 31, 2014 / Gordon Price

Lectures: Vancouver Vaudeville – The Great White Way / SROs

From the Vancouver Heritage Foundation: Evening Lectures at Hycroft: . Vancouver Vaudeville – The Great White Way   Did you…
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Oct. 23, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Daily Scot: "Younger adults opting to rent"

Scot can relate. From Yahoo Finance: Since 2008, the year Lehman Brothers collapsed and home prices dropped precipitously, there has…
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Oct. 23, 2014 / Gordon Price

Ray Spaxman: Responses to "The Telus Case"

Ray Spaxman received 25 responses to his email and PT post on “The Telus Case.” . Two comments resonated with…
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Oct. 21, 2014 / Gordon Price

Choose One: Millennials can/can't afford housing in Vancouver

A case of twinning articles, both published yesterday, with contradictory observations. First up, Patrick Condon in The Tyee: . Young Prospects?…
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Oct. 17, 2014 / Gordon Price

Marc Lee: Density, condos and housing affordability

A ‘Policy Note‘ from our Economist Down the Street at the CCPA: . Density, condos and housing affordability . How…
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Oct. 17, 2014 / Gordon Price

Let's play the TransLink No-Win Game

From Business in Vancouver: “Developers step up to pay for transit stations“ The economic benefits of being linked to rapid transit…
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Oct. 15, 2014 / Gordon Price

Ray Spaxman: "The Telus Case"

I overlooked one major issue in my previous note that will prevent some of the potentially best informed people from…
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Oct. 15, 2014 / Gordon Price

Seattle Symmetry: Who really cares about affordable housing?

It’s another one of those moments where Vancouver and Seattle undertake similar initiatives to respond to similar problems – in…
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Oct. 15, 2014 / Gordon Price

Vancouver Heritage Foundation’s 2014 Laneway House Tour – Oct 25

  100 Years of Living on the Lane . . Saturday, October 25 1 – 5 pm Tickets: $30+tax or…

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