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Aug. 08, 2014 / Gordon Price

“How Vancouver Became One of North America’s Most Family-Friendly Cities “

Ken Ohrn links to this CityLab piece by Eric Jaffe.   Nothing we haven’t read before – and it lacks qualifications,…
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Aug. 05, 2014 / Gordon Price

Heritage Preservation: The Dilemma of the ‘Character’ House

Steve Mertl tackles a tough subject with a lot of nuance at Yahoo News: Canada’s character homes are disappearing fast, should…
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Aug. 01, 2014 / Gordon Price

Sprawl Lands: America and Mexico

From Metafilter: German photographer Christopher Gielen reveals haunting images of our endlessly repetitive development through aerial views of American urban…
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Jul. 30, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning

Now that I’m featuring the items that Scot Bathgate sends in as “The Daily Scot,” it’s only fair that Tom…
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Jul. 30, 2014 / Gordon Price

Cartoon Classic – 2: Dr. Dan explains gentrification

This one is from 1980 – by Garry Trudeau, of course.   Click to enlarge.  …
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Jul. 28, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Church of Change

Thank goodness some photographers in the past decided to document Vancouver as it was emerging.  (The entire history of the…
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Jul. 24, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Daily Scot

Scot recommends this from buzzbuzznews: . Mind the gap: The price difference between a house and condo in Canada just got…
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Jul. 23, 2014 / Gordon Price

Affordable Housing in San Francisco

Ray Spaxman passes on this piece from dezeen: Brooklyn artist Mark Reigelman and San Francisco architect Jenny Chapman have installed a…
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Jul. 22, 2014 / Gordon Price

Metro Info Gogo

From Metro Vancouver:  An enhanced planning and economy data webpage. . More accessible information about the region: monthly and annual…
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Jun. 10, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Growing Pains of Vancouver

Tristan Laurillard in conversation with architects, city planners and politicians: Jon Lightburn Niels von Meyenfeldt Peter Kreuk Jan Timmer Gordon…
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May. 30, 2014 / Gordon Price

Reading List: Good stuff from the Gray Lady

While blogging is light, here are three pieces pretty much guaranteed to provoke a discussion: . Roger Cohen: Capitalism Eating…
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May. 26, 2014 / Gordon Price

The New Market and a New Look for Condos

Tried of green-glass condo towers?  Aren’t we all. So how about this: .  . The Artemisia is at Hornby and…
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May. 21, 2014 / Gordon Price

Referendum: Mr. Rennie’s Support

I got very excited when I saw this headline in Business in Vancouver: Bob Rennie supports city’s CAC system, opposes…
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May. 19, 2014 / Gordon Price

“The most expensive housing market in North America is not where you’d think”

It’s not New York City or Orange County, California, but Vancouver, British Columbia. . James Suroweicki in The New Yorker…

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