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Sep. 02, 2021 / Gordon Price

SFU City Program: Real Estate Development

If you work with real estate developers or want to understand how the development industry functions, this course offers an…
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Aug. 31, 2021 / Gordon Price

My Most Valued and Valuable Book

It’s been sixty years since this book was printed:   Yes, a first-edition (paperback) of the 1961 book that transformed…
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Aug. 27, 2021 / Gordon Price

How Do We Talk About Senakw?

We’ve never found a way to talk about Tssawwassen Mills. It’s that giant auto-dependent single-use shopping complex on the way…
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Aug. 25, 2021 / Gordon Price

Appreciating G’Ville

In the next few years, the City will be constructing the Granville Bridge Connector – a safe and seamless route…
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Aug. 20, 2021 / Gordon Price

Burnabyism – 3: Observations from Ann McAfee

Ann McAfee was a planner with the City of Vancouver from 1974 to 2006, notably as Co-Director of Planning with…
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Aug. 18, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver Versus Burnaby: Selling Place & Context, Or Towers Above Clouds?

Gordon Price  has been writing about Burnabyism and how the Grand Bargain is being enacted, with point towers on podiums…
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Aug. 17, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Curator of Bentall Centre

Chuck We is a curator. His gallery is the Bentall Centre. As a Senior VP, Western Canada, for Hudson Properties,…
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Aug. 13, 2021 / Gordon Price

Burnabyism – 2

It’s great to see some thoughtful responses to what is now the first post on the idea of Burnabyism: how…
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Aug. 12, 2021 / Gordon Price

Burnabyism

Here’s a fun way for an urbanist to spend an afternoon: choose a destination somewhere out in the region along…
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Aug. 05, 2021 / Gordon Price

Assorted Dehors

City of North Van Councillor Tony Valente, over a pasta dinner on Beach in the streeterie nearest the spinning chandelier,…
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Jul. 30, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Costs of Inclusionary Zoning in Toronto

It’s curious that there hasn’t been more coverage of the Inclusive Zoning (IZ) initiative happening in Toronto.  In December 2019,…
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Jul. 06, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Idyllic Dilemma of South False Creek

Almost half a century after it was designed and built, the South Shore of False Creek – a reflection of…
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Jul. 05, 2021 / Gordon Price

Knowledge Network: Form + Place

Another elegant documentary from the Knowledge Network: “The people, places and things that have left their mark on BC’s unique…
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Jul. 02, 2021 / Gordon Price

How Colour is Coming to Vancouver

Viewpoint (Daily Scot in particular) has been railing for many years on the absence of colour in Vancouver architecture –…

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