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Jun. 08, 2012 / Gordon Price

Colours on an Overpass

Via Paul Hillsdon’s blog: South Surrey’s new Pioneer overpass, a striking pedestrian bridge over Hwy 99 that lights up at…
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Jun. 07, 2012 / Gordon Price

Pattullo Bridge debate will tell us where we’re going: Price

Chris Bryan at the New Westminster News Leader did good coverage on the community meeting to discuss the future of…
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May. 25, 2012 / Gordon Price

Pattullo: No money for transit, No money for bridge

The head sums up my position, as quoted in Metro: “You may design (a bridge) for cycling, walking and transit,…
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May. 25, 2012 / Gordon Price

Vanishing Vancouver: Insights a la Kluckner

Michael Kluckner, author of Vanishing Vancouver: The Last 25 Years, spoke to a full house at the Vancouver Historical Society…
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May. 18, 2012 / Gordon Price

Passerelle Repeat: Simone de Beauvoir

Brent Toderian sends a tweet: @pricetags, do you have this De Beauvoir-designed #Paris ped bridge in your collection? From Bibliotheque…
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Mar. 20, 2012 / Gordon Price

Amenity versus Affordability?

From the Downtown Vancouver Association: “It’s time for some deep self-reflection about who we are in Downtown Vancouver, and what…
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Mar. 08, 2012 / Gordon Price

STROADS and the Old

Another insightful column by Charles Marohn in Better! Cities & Towns: A STROAD is a street/road hybrid; the futon of…
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Mar. 06, 2012 / Gordon Price

“Affordability, Sustainability, Activability” – Gord Price in North Vancouver City

The City of North Vancouver is currently undertaking a review of its Official Community Plan – or in less bureaucratic…
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Mar. 04, 2012 / Gordon Price

Just how badly do you want what you want?

How badly?  That’s the questiion asked at the end of a first-class piece on the population capacity of a place…
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Feb. 29, 2012 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Month: the Moses Bridge

This incredible “sunken” bridge located in the Netherlands is giving visitors a unique way to access a beautiful 17th Century…
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Jan. 25, 2012 / Gordon Price

Tentpole Densities and Threshold Effects

Mikael Colville-Anderson recommends this “brilliant TED talk about future cities now by Alex Steffen.” . . Alex synthesizes a lot…
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Jan. 24, 2012 / Gordon Price

Best Tech Tools for Cities

From Next American City – “We pick the best apps, websites and software for enhancing and improving urban life.”  Mostly…
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Jan. 18, 2012 / Gordon Price

Best Government Ideas of 2011

From Governing magazine. Grabber: Drinking toilet water.…
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Jan. 16, 2012 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Month – Rotterdam Temporary

From Pop-Up City: The International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR) and Rotterdam-based architecture firm ZUS have launched the project I Make…

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