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Mar. 04, 2021 / Gordon Price

Daily Scot – Colour in Our Social Housing

Scot has lamented (for years!) the lack of colour in our architecture. (Here’s an explanation from a PT post in…
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Mar. 02, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Photographic Genius Stanley Woodvine Straightens Vancouver House Curve

Graphic artist and writer Stanley Woodvine has a good eye for design and form and he has achieved what so…
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Feb. 22, 2021 / Gordon Price

Urban design challenge: Georgia and Granville

It’s the No. 1 intersection in Vancouver: Granville and Georgia.  Canada Line, SkyTrain and major bus routes, department stores, banks…
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Feb. 19, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Symmetry of the 800-block Robson

The permanent closure of the 800-block Robson and its redesign (close to the original vision of architect Arthur Erickson) must…
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Feb. 16, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

The Good/Bad of Supertalls~Shangri-La Tower & 432 Park Avenue NYC~David Grigg Responds

This week I wrote about Vancouver’s Shangri-La  Tower which at 201 meters is the tallest tower in Vancouver. A “supertall”…
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Feb. 16, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Starchitect Coming to Improve Vancouver’s “Sterile & Boring” Tower Design

  Vancouver is soon to have a new edition of the starchitect interpretation of building with London England’s  Heatherwick Studio’s…
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Jan. 21, 2021 / Gordon Price

Waterfront Station: A Cautionary Tale – Part 2

Yesterday, Michael Alexander told the story of New York City’s fabulous (and fabulously expensive) new Moynihan Train Hall, and the…
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Jan. 20, 2021 / Gordon Price

Waterfront Station: A Cautionary Tale – Part 1

From Friend of PT, Michael Alexander: Earlier this month, New York City opened its new train station. The Moynihan Train…
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Jan. 11, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Will “The Evolution of Kerrisdale” Sells Condos in Today’s Market?

There’s a Vancouver real estate marketing YouTube video making the rounds of social media that describes a “different way of…
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Jan. 10, 2021 / Gordon Price

Turning a Corner on Robson (and Transforming Granville)

From the Daily Hive: … local developer Bonnis Properties and the local office of the architectural firm Perkins & Will…
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Jan. 07, 2021 / Gordon Price

Sam de Groot on the Central Waterfront

Regular PT commenter Sam de Groot linked to his blog – Dreams and Schemes – when referencing The Icepick, which…
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Jan. 06, 2021 / Gordon Price

No Grand Bargain in Grandview: Conflicting Visions on the Safeway Site

Friend of Price Tags and resident of Grandview, Gerry Stafford (who lives meters from the Broadway SkyTrain station) sends along…
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Dec. 15, 2020 / Gordon Price

Alex Botta on The Icepick (Updated)

Regular commenter Alex Botta responded extensively to the Return of the Icepick in a post below.  But his remarks deserve…
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Dec. 10, 2020 / Gordon Price

Heritage Commission Strongly Rejects “The Icepick”

At its meeting on December 7, 2020 the Vancouver Heritage Commission strongly rejected the Cadillac Fairview development next to Waterfront…

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