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Apr. 30, 2014 / Gordon Price

The New Point Grey Road – 18: Before and After

John Calimente was out over the Easter weekend, with camera, taking photos of Point Grey Road and the improvements at the…
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Apr. 30, 2014 / Gordon Price

The New Point Grey Road – 17: Blossoms Irresistible

More pictures of Point Grey Road are irresistible, even if they’re of the same thing, even another blossoming tree, like…
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Apr. 28, 2014 / Gordon Price

The City as Workout: How the Sun Run changed our city

It’s been 30 years, it’s the biggest in Canada, it’s why we are such a fit city. . . This…
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Apr. 28, 2014 / Gordon Price

Warning – 2: Olympics as War (Or, What Vancouver escaped)

Two years to go to the Rio Olympics, and as seems customary for the Summer Games, the bad news is…
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Apr. 28, 2014 / Gordon Price

The New Point Grey Road – 16: All Inclusive

A street for everyone: .…
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Apr. 25, 2014 / Gordon Price

The New Point Grey Road – 15: Connections to PGR

Things are moving quickly on the improvements to … well, let’s call it the Southside Seaside: the connections from Burrard…
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Apr. 24, 2014 / Gordon Price

The New Point Grey Road – 14: Saturday Night Soccer

Spontaneity in the middle of the street:   Peter Ladner Or, Things that are difficult to do in traffic.…
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Apr. 24, 2014 / Gordon Price

Next Generation Transportation: The BAU/ST Dichotomy

Never heard of the BAU/ST Dichotomy? That’s probably because we just coined the term.  And by “we” I mean the…
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Apr. 22, 2014 / Gordon Price

SCARP symposium: “Disasters – Natural and Otherwise”

Karenn Krangle, the rigorous reporter from Novae Res Urbis, did comprehensive coverage of the two-day symposium called “Planning the Metropolitan Vancouver…
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Apr. 17, 2014 / Gordon Price

Do’s and Don’ts and Duh’s

In Charles Marohn’s latest missive from Minnesota, he provides some tips for public officials who would like “to move away…
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Apr. 16, 2014 / Gordon Price

How things get done (or not) in YVR and NYC

Michael Alexander reports: For those who complain that Vancouver doesn’t take care of business, and imagine that other cities must…
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Apr. 15, 2014 / Gordon Price

The New Point Grey Road – 13: Todd’s Take, My Rebuttal

Doug Todd blogs in the Vancouver Sun on Point Grey Road.  His post is indented; I add my comments afterwards. The residents…
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Apr. 14, 2014 / Gordon Price

The New Point Grey Road – 12: Athletic Highway

This weekend the east end of Point Grey Road was still a mass of construction:   There is still no clear route…
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Apr. 14, 2014 / Gordon Price

Climate Change in America: Thinking like the Dutch

Russell Shorto profiles Henk Ovink in the New York Times Magazine: “How to Think Like the Dutch in a Post-Sandy…

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