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Dec. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Job Jar~Gehl Institute Seeks Interns in New York City

Jan Gehl is one of the founding voices about designing cities around people, and creating safe comfortable cities from the…
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Dec. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

More Data Coming on Who is Who in the Metro Vancouver Market

Everyone was pretty excited when Statistics Canada and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released a batch of data…
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Dec. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

How to Make A Back Lane Not Just for Vehicles-was the "Country Lane" concept Just Ten Years too Soon?

You may have been  following the story of the Richmond residents living in Steveston that found out that the closed back…
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Dec. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Those Mega Cruise Ships Looking for a Vancouver Parking Place

In the “bad ideas that just won’t go away” department both Port Metro Vancouver and the Delta Optimist are out in force…
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Dec. 26, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Navigation Apps Turning Quiet Streets into New Arterials

You may relate to this. In a Delta neighbourhood there is a  residential street that  is the shortest distance between…
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Dec. 26, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

A Town That Named itself "Santa Claus"

Trust The BBC News to find that there truly is a place called “Santa Claus” that is in Indiana with a population…
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Dec. 25, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Season's Greetings From Price Tags Vancouver

    This image is courtesy of Price Tags contributor, author and artist Michael Kluckner. The Co-Editors of Price Tags’…
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Dec. 23, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Let It Snow

On my way somewhere else for errands, and saw this in Kits Beach Park. All the best of the holiday…
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Dec. 22, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Developer Gets Rezoning in Steveston without paying full Community Amenity Costs to City

There is a stormy situation in Richmond where developer Onni has been accused of bullying Richmond City Council in the…
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Dec. 21, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Richmond Developer Turns Over Assignment Fees for Community Groups

It’s nice to hear about developers that do the right work instead of doing the work right. When condo units…
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Dec. 21, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

A New Generation of Activists Assist in Chinatown's Next Chapter~Melody Ma

There are a lot of unsung heroes in Vancouver that care deeply about place and culture, and recognizing that some…
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Dec. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Save 13,000 Lives, Save Billions of Dollars Just by Walking and Biking

The British  non-profit Sustrans has been examining governmental plans to increase walking and cycling and have figured out that if the…
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Dec. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Statistics Canada Figures on Who is Buying What in Vancouver Real Estate

Statistics Canada  and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation released some new figures about housing in the Metro Vancouver market,…
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Dec. 19, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

New Downloadable Guide for Urban Bikeway Design

The National Association of City Transportation Officials have released a companion guide to their Urban Bikeway Guide. This manual contains state of…

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