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Oct. 28, 2021 / VWPT Vancouver

Translink unveils TRANSPORT 2050, and Policy Development Manager Eve Hou is here to spill the beans.

Big news for the Region! Translink has just unveiled Transport 2050: its blueprint for the next 30 years of regional…
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Oct. 28, 2021 / Gordon Price

The New Density Bar: How Indigenous partnerships could reset civic politics

There’s a seismic shift occurring in Vancouver’s real-estate and development industry, and it’s going to shake up our politics too. …
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Oct. 26, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Tuesday Throwback: False Creek South Opens in 1978 with the “Doughnut Cluster”

A quick review of the newspapers of the 1970’s and 1980’s  outline what a radical idea the development of the…
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Oct. 25, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

False Creek South Shell Game? Report to Council Skips Public Involvement & Process

If the strategy was to get Vancouver residents rallying for or against redevelopment of housing on city lands, the report…
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Oct. 06, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Mayor Phillip Owen: A Life of Vancouver Civic Service

Who was the Mayor who stood up to the Liberal Provincial Government when photo radar was yanked province wide, hoping…
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Sep. 28, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Time for a Check In & Reboot of the Strata Property Act

This week Viewpoint Vancouver covered the challenge of tall towers and outlined some of the nightmarish costs when building systems…
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Sep. 21, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

1981 Vancouver: Frank & Myra, Camerawork Graphics & The Rooftop at 660 Jackson Avenue

  Frank Murphy and Myra Thomson are involved and engaged citizens that now live in Nanaimo. When downtown revitalization and…
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Sep. 17, 2021 / Gordon Price

The best places in the world to work from home

Here’s a list (found on a list of the 24 underrated web sites) that has been compiled by Nomadlist of…
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Sep. 15, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Climate Risk Assessments & Climate Refugees will Impact Property Values

Here’s another way that real estate prices will be getting more expensive: places that are not as impacted by climate…
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Sep. 09, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Bye Downtown Department Store, Hello Post-Covid Downtown Public Space

What to do with the new economic reality of many downtown “anchor” flagship stores unable to survive changing shopping trends?…
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Sep. 08, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

The Downtown Department Store: Purveyor of Women’s Independence?

Vancouver has already seen the reuse of large downtown retail floorplates for other purposes. Take a look at Simon Fraser…
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Sep. 07, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Delta’s Federal Conservative Candidate Says Massey Tunnel will Proceed Immediately if Elected

Think of the current Federal election as the warm up for the next main event, the municipal elections in British…
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Sep. 02, 2021 / Gordon Price

MLR Forum: Federal All-Candidates on Mobility and Land Use

Moving in a Livable Region is hosting the Federal Election All Candidates’ Forum on Mobility and Land-Use in Metro Vancouver.…
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Aug. 31, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Paris Goes 30 Km/h Everywhere: Here’s Why We Should Too

  Paris is implementing what other European cities like Brussels Belgium, Grenoble and Lille France, and Bilbao Spain are already…

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