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Oct. 30, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Should Pot Be Grown On Metro Vancouver's Agricultural Lands?

There is no doubt that growing marijuana is going to be a big business. And there is also no doubt…
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Oct. 27, 2017 / Gordon Price

Burrard Bridge: Fences, Posts and Some Gorgeous Lamps

Irony Alert: the barrier fencing – an addition that most heritage advocates and others feared – became the needed justification…
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Oct. 27, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Arbutus Greenway In Late October II

The third season, heritage blackberries, afternoon sunshine.…
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Oct. 26, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Arbutus Greenway In Late October I

The Greenway, in Vancouver’s third season, hosting a trio of giggling school kids.…
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Oct. 25, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

The Lights On Burrard Bridge

Here’s pix from a show put on via the new light system on the Burrard Bridge.  A small crowd started…
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Oct. 25, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Arbutus Greenway — Design Jam

And no, it’s not cookin’ down those heritage blackberries Instead, it’s a multi-day workshop to move closer to a “……
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Oct. 25, 2017 / Gordon Price

Burrard Bridge: Back Story

Don Luxton, the heritage consultant for the Burrard Bridge project, reflects back on how we got here – and how…
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Oct. 24, 2017 / Gordon Price

Time Lapse: Commercial-Broadway Station Walkway Installation

Maybe we love this kind of thing because it’s so much like toy construction sets, only real.…
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Oct. 23, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Burrard Bridge — Light Me Up

Apparently the 74 beautiful new-old lights on the Burrard Bridge have some hi-tech aspects. Controlled by gizmos located in one…
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Oct. 23, 2017 / Gordon Price

Burrard Bridge: "A Civic Triumph" – 1

“A civic triumph.” That’s how Don Luxton, the heritage consultant for the Burrard Bridge project, characterizes the results.  And as…
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Oct. 23, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Burrard Bridge In Detail

Rattan Mall has written in The Indo-Canadian Voice on the Burrard Bridge project and Saturday’s opening ceremonies.  The article treads…
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Oct. 23, 2017 / Gordon Price

Freeways without a Future

A feature from the New York Times: One of the groups leading the new charge is Congress for the New…
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Oct. 23, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

When is an Art Exhibition not just an Art Exhibition?

There’s a bit of a firestorm for a developer curated art exhibition at the Fairmont Pacific Rim in Coal Harbour…
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Oct. 23, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

What makes a Town or City Walkable?

From the Daily Durning comes this gem from governing.com  and Alan Ehrenhalt that once again reinforces the importance of sidewalks and street…

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