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Nov. 18, 2010 / Gordon Price

Hidden Density

Brent Toderian, the City of Vancouver’s Director of Planning, came up with a triptych that beautifully describes three kinds of…
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Nov. 16, 2010 / Gordon Price

Readings

Suggestions from Price Tags readers … Scot Bathgate in New Zealand recommends this article “out of a cabinet minister in…
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Nov. 14, 2010 / Gordon Price

“Fair Tolling”

The story may have been that Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts turned down the entreaties to run for the Liberal leadership.  But…
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Nov. 09, 2010 / Gordon Price

Events, Dear Boy, Events

Some upcoming events of interest: HOW DID THAT GREEN SPACE GET THERE Have you ever thought about who creates the…
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Nov. 05, 2010 / Gordon Price

Potluck Politics

My current Business in Vancouver column: If you’re going to a potluck, the first rule is that you have to…
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Nov. 02, 2010 / Gordon Price

Capital Pan

There’s been a lot of this sort of argument recently: I thought of how this city, my city, puts more…
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Oct. 26, 2010 / Gordon Price

Kleiber’s Law: Growth and Creativity in Cities

Michael Alexander sent along this excerpt from Steven Johnson’s book, “Where Good Ideas Come From.” Scientists and animal lovers had…
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Sep. 25, 2010 / Gordon Price

Stewart Brand on “New Urbanism”

To get a flavour of Stewart Brand’s iconoclastic thinking, check out this reprint of his anaylsis of New Urbanism here.…
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Sep. 23, 2010 / Gordon Price

Speaking of Sustainability

The Brand lecture is almost half full already.  Sign up now if you really plan to attend. And from our…
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Sep. 21, 2010 / Gordon Price

The Eco-Pragmatist’s Manifesto

How have you heard about Stewart Brand? Perhaps as founder of the Whole Earth Catalog.  Or of The Well, a…
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Sep. 03, 2010 / Gordon Price

Stimulus for Your Brain

It’s almost time for the Fall Lecture season to begin. Here are some upcoming ones you might want to put in…
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Aug. 26, 2010 / Gordon Price

Frontiers and Foreclosures

Frontiers is a series of photographs that document houses on the forefront of interaction with the economy and the environment.…
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Aug. 23, 2010 / Gordon Price

Dream or Nightmare?

Don Buchanan sends along an article from New Geography: Vancouver: Planner’s Dream, Middle Class Nightmare. With a reiteration of familiar arguments,…
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Aug. 20, 2010 / Gordon Price

Streetcars – The Missing Link

Streetcars: The Missing Link? brings together decisions makers, academics and community leaders to explore, discuss and debate the potential role…

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