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Apr. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Have Latte, Will Talk in the "Third Place".

In 1989, Ray Oldenburg coined the phrase “third place” in his book The Great Good Place.  The “third place” was…
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Apr. 19, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Back to Tsawwassen Mills Mall, Being Afoot, and Crossing Highway 17

If you have ventured out to this mall which takes up 1.2 million square feet of real estate, you will…
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Apr. 19, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Peter Ladner, the Provincial Election, and the Threat on Urban Mobility Initiatives

Peter Ladner writing in Business in Vancouver is a former city councillor, an avid bike rider, and a proud citizen of…
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Apr. 19, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

This Mulch Is Made For Walkin'

The Arbutus Greenway, in it’s temporary surface coverings, continues to attract people.  Here’s someone using the bark mulch to stride…
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Apr. 19, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Metro Vancouver Housing Prices Down, but Not For Long

Metro News and  Jeff Hodson reports that the latest Royal LePage housing price survey shows  a decline in housing prices in…
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Apr. 18, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Arbutus Greenway – Provisional Progress

Just north of Broadway, the temporary Greenway surfaces are coming into shape. All the better to encourage many types of…
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Apr. 17, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Original Frank Lloyd Wright House For Sale-

There is no doubt that the work of the west coast architects in developing the northwest coast style was greatly…
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Apr. 17, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

A Provincial Election, Tolls, and Public Transit

There has been some disappointing rhetoric about bridges, tolls, and congestion coming out of the stirred soup of next month’s…
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Apr. 14, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

A Blossom-ful Place

Lots of things change when big things change for the better. Here at Point Grey Road and Collingwood, you will…
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Apr. 14, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Point Grey Greenway– Blossoming

Work continues, and is steadily transforming Vancouver’s Point Grey Road from a roaring, dangerous arterial into a lovely place for…
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Apr. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Friday File: Pay Attention to the Zebra in the Streets in Bolivia

The Atlantic Monthly describes the innovative attempts of the City of La Paz Bolivia in  changing driver behaviour in the streets,…
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Apr. 12, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

A Public Secret

I call it the Yaletown Promenade.  It would be a truly spectacular urban secret, except that there are scads of…
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Apr. 12, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The "stupid stupid bridge"-Learning from Copenhagen's Mistakes

It is a “stupid stupid bridge“. From Arch Daily comes this little gem which shows that even the smart folks in Copenhagen…
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Apr. 11, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Seattle's "Endurance" Docks at Ballard Parklet

Little parklets are those exciting hacks of previous parking spaces morphing into things that well, ordinary people walking around can…

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