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Mar. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

A Vancouver Special Space? Named After Architectural Visionary, Bing Thom

Ralph Segal was the senior architect and development planner for the Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. He is…
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Mar. 23, 2017 / Gordon Price

Patrick Condon on Point Grey Road

A plea for a lighter, greener, cheaper, more collaborative approach to building the “Greenest City” The sad case of Point…
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Mar. 23, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge and a Letter from Delta

  A  cogent letter appeared in the Delta Optimist from a Delta resident who has suggested that there are ways to immediately…
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Mar. 23, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

"Building more Roads to reduce Congestion drives Traffic up"

Nic Slater posted this excellent three-minute video, produced in Great Britain but with much relevance to the situation with the…
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Mar. 23, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

"Global Urbanism" in the New Downtown "Blended" Mall

The Guardian  comments on the “Oculus”, the  1.4 billion dollar mall linking New York City’s One World Trade Center, the…
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Mar. 23, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Community Free Store

Leave a gift, take a gift. Minimal rules. Inspired by Afeatherway.com (a free trading platform). Located on the new, improved Point…
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Mar. 21, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

San Francisco-A Childless City and Richmond-A Dog Park

The New York Times  notes that San Francisco, with a population of 865,000 has “ roughly the same number of dogs as…
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Mar. 21, 2017 / Gordon Price

Recent Developments 2 – Lower Burrard Street

The City took the opportunity, at the time it was doing major water-and-sewer pipe upgrades under the street, to reconfigure Burrard…
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Mar. 20, 2017 / Gordon Price

A Scathing Critique of Transit Planning in Toronto

Tamim Raad draws attention to the comments on Toronto transit planning by those who were there in the ‘golden age,’…
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Mar. 20, 2017 / Gordon Price

Recent Developments 1 – Burrard Bridge, West Side

Sun on a Sunday, warmth in the air, a new project to explore – the finally finished sidewalk, bike lane…
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Mar. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Public Art Trumps Billboards in Coachella Valley

  Tara Culham passes along this article from Twisted Sifter.com where from Feb. 25 through April 30, 2017, “the Coachella Valley California and…
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Mar. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge Becomes Election Tunnel

In the  Globe and Mail  Ian Bailey  reports that the proposed Massey Bridge which is slated to replace the Massey…
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Mar. 17, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Death Knell of the Suburban Mall

The Business Insider reports that American families are no longer packing up and spending their evenings and weekends shopping at the…
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Mar. 17, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Walk More, Spend Less Time In Hospital, Save Two Billion Dollars Annually.

The excellent work that Dr. Larry Frank is undertaking at the University of British Columbia has been reinforcing the importance…

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