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Nov. 07, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

The Iconic Vancouver Special: Alex Saar’s Latest Lego Hack

Designer Alex Saar is a local creative genius blending in current culture and the popular lego toy. When the Barge…

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Sep. 23, 2022 / Gordon Price

A Green Party Vision for Our Housing Future

Here’s the Green Party’s housing platform. Here are three points from it: Implement a simple menu of repeatable building forms,…

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Sep. 22, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Former City of Vancouver Senior Architect Ralph Segal on Broadway & Vancouver Plans: A Rejection of Core Vancouver Planning Principles?

Ralph Segal was the senior architect/urban designer/development planner in charge of the Planning Department’s Urban Design and Development Planning Centre…

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Aug. 16, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Is this the Updated “Vancouver Special” of Richmond Hill Ontario?

Sixty years ago if you wanted to build a detached house in Vancouver you were limited by square footage on…

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Jul. 07, 2022 / Gordon Price

The Return of the Corner Store?

Ah, the romance of the corner store. Like the Wilder Snail in Strathcona: Or Le Marche in Mt. Pleasant:…

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Jun. 29, 2022 / Gordon Price

Paris: Favourite Flowers

So much of Paris looks the same – beautiful, majestic, harmonious but mostly of Lutetian limestone (known as Paris stone). …

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Jun. 21, 2022 / Gordon Price

The Transformation of Rue de Rivoli

The first in a series on contemporary urbanism in European cities. The Rue de Rivoli is one of the…

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Jun. 01, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Nathan Edelson on the Broadway Plan: “Vancouver Needs More False Creek Souths”

On May 31, Council concluded the public hearing in the Broadway Corridor Plan and will be deliberating on the plan…

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May. 31, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Ralph Segal, City of Vancouver’s Former Chief Urban Designer on the Broadway Plan

If you worked at City Hall in the 1990’s and 2000’s, you knew Ralph Segal. He was the senior architect/urban…

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May. 26, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

A Solution to Broadway Plan Stalling: Phase, Prioritize & Evaluate Affordable Rental Housing

Earlier this week Viewpoint Vancouver posted about the Broadway Plan which has a broad brush approach to upzoning eight blocks…

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May. 25, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Mount Pleasant Residents Bristle Against Park Board Plans for Local Outdoor Pool

Here we are in Vancouver, a city that is basically surrounded by water but we have few outdoor pools in…

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May. 09, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

The Vancouver Plan: More Housing, But Less Talk about How We Get There

Nearly four years ago in pre-pandemic times, the newly minted Vancouver City Council members publicly expressed how important the Vancouver…

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May. 04, 2022 / Gordon Price

A Very Good Deal

The Mayor is proposing a ground-breaking deal to preserve rental accommodation along the Broadway corridor. The draft plan includes compensation…

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Apr. 06, 2022 / Gordon Price

Draft Vancouver Plan: First Impressions

The Draft Vancouver has been released here: The first coverage is coming out. Here’s Dan Fumano in The Sun, and…

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