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Dec. 02, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Grand Bargain in Action: Vancouver and Seattle

Here are examples of how two cities absorbed population and housing growth over the last decade – illustrating the de-facto…
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Nov. 03, 2021 / Gordon Price

Streetcar City: Rethinking the Route for False Creek South

Streetcars and the Development of South False Creek by Rob Grant, a retired member of the Architectural Institute of British…
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Nov. 01, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Will it Be Eagle or Weave? Jericho Lands Development Seeks Input on Two Potential Site Plans

The City of Vancouver through their online “Shape Your City” is looking for feedback on a policy statement to guide…
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Oct. 28, 2021 / Gordon Price

The New Density Bar: How Indigenous partnerships could reset civic politics

There’s a seismic shift occurring in Vancouver’s real-estate and development industry, and it’s going to shake up our politics too. …
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Oct. 26, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Tuesday Throwback: False Creek South Opens in 1978 with the “Doughnut Cluster”

A quick review of the newspapers of the 1970’s and 1980’s  outline what a radical idea the development of the…
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Sep. 29, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

“TALL” Op-Ed Column by Architect Graham McGarva

  Architect Graham McGarva read the post on Tall Buildings  and responded “it was so serendipitous to see the other…
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Sep. 27, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

The Perfect Storm of Tall Buildings, Lawsuits & Insurance Claims

  There is a lot of interest in building taller residential  buildings, all governed by strata associations.  Bigger and taller…
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Sep. 21, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Mixing Middle Competition

Welcome to The Mixing Middle. Existing monocultural single-family neighbourhoods need to densify with Missing Middle housing.  But that on its…
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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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