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Nov. 09, 2017 / Gordon Price

Burrard Bridge: Kudos

From Michael Alexander: So a bunch of us rode across the Burrard bridge going north. After months of construction, workers…
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Nov. 08, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

How the Flooded City of Vanport Changed mid century Portland's Attitudes to Racial Segregation

From Christina Capatides with CBS  comes the story of Vanport Oregon and Henry Kaiser. During World War Two this industrialist brought…
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Nov. 07, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Unlocking the Night New York Style

  New York City is embarking on a competition on  how to encourage the night-time use and animation of Brownsville  a…
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Nov. 07, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Tackling Congestion — Are You Interested?

It’s Time, Metro Vancouver.  Traffic congestion is here, and under the status quo, it’s not going to improve any time…
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Nov. 07, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Jericho Pier Project Moving Forward

Vancouver Park Board, via twitter, tells us that they have approved the concept design for a new Jericho Beach Park…
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Nov. 06, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Parking Enforcement Officer Championing Toronto's Active Transportation has Twitter Silenced

“When I went to police college for social media training, they told me to find your  voice, find your community …
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Nov. 06, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Burrard Bridge Turns a Corner

Brian Gould sends along a terrific video of the spankin’ new-old Burrard Bridge from the point of view of people…
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Nov. 03, 2017 / Gordon Price

SFU City Conversations: Rethinking and Repurposing Waste – Nov 9

SFU City Conversations: Rethinking and Repurposing Waste In coordination with the launch of New Delhi-based artist Asim Waqif’s new installation at Offsite, SFU…
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Nov. 03, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

A Drive Through 1966 Vancouver

The Ministry of Transport has released this gem of a 1966 car trip from Horseshoe Bay to New Westminster. Already garnering over…
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Nov. 03, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Mayor and Chief Planner to San Francisco~Vancouver wants to Collaborate on Housing Solutions

The Mayor of Vancouver and the Chief City Planner Gil Kelley have jointly submitted an editorial which has appeared in the San…
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Nov. 02, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Province Announces Massey Bridge Reviewer

It was one of the most prudent decisions of the new Provincial government.  Instead of implicitly accepting the proposed ten…
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Nov. 01, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

New Restrictions for Foreign Buyers being introduced in New Zealand

In a move to provide housing as a right to residents of New Zealand, the new Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern…
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Oct. 31, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Heather Street Lands – Another Step

The planning process moves along with documents and another open house about this 21-acre (8.5 hectare) site in the heart…
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Oct. 30, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Arbutus Greenway's Streetcar

At the weekend’s “Design Jam“, 100 residents of Vancouver, from all ‘hoods and oodles of demographics, volunteered their weekend to…

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