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Jan. 23, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Proposed Pool Swims in Kitsilano Controversy~NIMBY or YIMBY?

As reported by Matt Robinson in the Vancouver Sun: “A shiny, new $75-million destination pool is something most city residents…
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Jan. 23, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

South of the Fraser River & the Industrialization of Delta~Agricultural Land: Going, going, gone

There has been a lot of back and forth about industrial development in Delta.  There is the MLA for Delta…
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Jan. 22, 2018 / Gordon Price

Modern Retail in the Age of Amazon – 2

From Recode: … the store’s real reason for being is to test what could be a breakthrough Amazon hypothesis: that…
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Jan. 22, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

City of Vancouver's Engineering Services First Artist in Residence, Germaine Koh

  Germaine Koh, Galleries West The City of Vancouver’s Engineering Services has announced their first artist in residence,  Germaine Koh.  Ms.…
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Jan. 22, 2018 / Gordon Price

Something people don't believe – 2

A comment from the previous post by Barry Rueger: I had cause to drive over the new Burrard bridge this…
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Jan. 19, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Free Public Wi-Fi

Shaw and City of Vancouver have put in place around 550 free public Wi-Fi locations in the City of Vancouver,…
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Jan. 19, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Chinese Housing Market Not So Hot~Metro Vancouver Implications?

It had been forecast for some time with the tightening of lending and monetary restrictions. But as the Wall Street Journal reports…
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Jan. 19, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The Friday File~ Veronica Moss, Auto Lobbyist

From StreetsBlog comes this cameo from  Saturday Night Live actress Kate McKinnon depicting Auto Lobbyist Veronica Moss. As StreetsBlog observes:…
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Jan. 19, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Using a Bike — Why and How Fast?

Results of a recent study from UBC asking 260 people about their bike trips — purpose and how fast (among…
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Jan. 18, 2018 / Gordon Price

Something people don't believe

From The Sun: Vancouver city council approves new bike lane for Cambie Bridge. Staff said fewer vehicles use the bridge today…
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Jan. 18, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The London Underground Salaries Map

The London Underground map was drawn by draftsman Henry Beck in 1931. Mr. Beck was working as an engineering draftsman…
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Jan. 17, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Tactics In Need of Revision

Despite the recent efforts by NPA Councilors DeGenova and Affleck on twitter to rile up opposition to the proposed Cambie…
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Jan. 17, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Back to the Bridge~Presentation to Previous Provincial Government on Twinning the Massey Tunnel Options

Doug Massey the son of George Massey (for whom the Massey Tunnel is named) spoke on radio regarding the memo and…
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Jan. 17, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Previous Provincial Gov't. Meeting with Engineers for a Submersive Twinned Massey Tunnel Building~An "Eye-Opener"

Price Tags Vancouver has reported on the fact that the previous Provincial Liberal Government did not release documentation that they had…

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