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Nov. 25, 2013 / Gordon Price

“Backlash by the Bay”: Gentrification in S.F.

Think gentrification debates can get bitter in Vancouver? Well … . As the center of the technology industry has moved…
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Nov. 13, 2013 / Gordon Price

One handy place: Metro Vancouver Events of Interest

Various upcoming events of interest:  Metro Vancouver Calendar of Events . PIBC PlanTalk – Availability, Utilization, and Intensification of Industrial Lands…
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Nov. 12, 2013 / Gordon Price

ULI: Emerging Trends In Real Estate 2014 – Nov 26

The ULI BC Annual Networking Breakfast featuring presentation of Emerging Trends In Real Estate 2014. For those wanting insight as…
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Nov. 12, 2013 / Gordon Price

The Happy City Machine: A public design laboratory

Charles Montgomery is about to launch his new book “Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design.”  Here’s a related event.…
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Nov. 08, 2013 / Gordon Price

Panel: Generation Rent – Nov 13

Generation Rent is a special public storytelling night and panel discussion that will close a year of affordable housing reporting by…
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Nov. 07, 2013 / Gordon Price

Free Lecture: Housing in Vienna – Nov 14

“Housing for the 21st Century:  The Vienna Model” . Wolfgang Förster, Head of Housing Research Department, City of Vienna . Thursday, November 14 –…
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Nov. 06, 2013 / Gordon Price

How expensive is housing in London?

So expensive that … Sam Cookney, a blogger based in London, theorized on Twitter that it’d be cheaper for him…
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Nov. 06, 2013 / Gordon Price

Charles Marohn Goes Ga-Ga in the West End

It’s Barclay Street between Jervis and Broughton in the West End on a foggy fall day: . Chuck struggles to…
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Nov. 06, 2013 / Gordon Price

This Week: Images from You – 3

From Wise Monkeys, via Twitter: Rowhouses on Commercial Street. Densification that fits the neighbourhood. Works for me! . This week,…
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Nov. 04, 2013 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets, Intertwining Economies

A Twitter game: Take two (or more) tweets that happen to show up in the same feed that, when juxtaposed, make…
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Oct. 30, 2013 / Gordon Price

Facts at Your Fingertips: Canada’s Housing Crunch

From the Federation of Canadian Municipalities: . Crunching Canada’s Housing Numbers . What are the economic benefits of a stable,…
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Oct. 29, 2013 / Gordon Price

David Brooks in Sprinkler City: America before the bust

Further to the report on The Cost of Sprawl, here is a 2002 article from the Weekly Standard:  Patio Man and…
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Oct. 24, 2013 / Gordon Price

On Gentrification: A young PT reader comments

Just in case you missed this thoughtful comment from Jimbo – a young PT reader – below the Kluckner video,…
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Oct. 09, 2013 / Gordon Price

Homelessness Action Week – Oct 13-19

Attend Homelessness Action Week events in Vancouver  from October 13 to 19 – an annual regional campaign across Metro Vancouver aimed…

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