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Aug. 06, 2010 / Gordon Price

Death and Life of Pedestrian Malls

The prolific Yonah Freemark has penned a piece in Next American City on the revitalization of Downtown Raleigh when a…

Jul. 28, 2010 / Gordon Price

Green Wave

From Dave Ramslie, with the City of Vancouver’s Sustainability Office: Last Thursday Council passed a motion that now requires all rezonings…

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Jul. 27, 2010 / Gordon Price

Beirut Point

A comment you might have missed on the “Point versus Wall” post: If you’re gonna do point, Beirut might be…

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Jun. 23, 2010 / Gordon Price

Point versus Wall

Point towers or mid-rise streetwalls? It may sound like an arcane urban-design dispute, but it’s a fundamental disagreement on how…

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Jun. 21, 2010 / Gordon Price

The Great Right Way

From the Vancouver Public Space Network: Over the next two weeks, the Vancouver Public Space Network will be hosting a…

Jun. 10, 2010 / Gordon Price

Suburbs (gasp!) Thriving

The Sun quotes some ‘authority’ who doesn’t think the suburbs are all that sub: The lure of the backyard and…

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Jun. 09, 2010 / Gordon Price

Events!

Upcoming lectures for the urban-minded: New Thinking for Everyday Urbanism June 15, 7 pm Venue: SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West…

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Jun. 08, 2010 / Gordon Price

Clouds of Change is Twenty

From Donna Passmore: Twenty years ago today, the City of Vancouver released the Clouds of Change report. It…

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Jun. 04, 2010 / Gordon Price

Seawall Interruptus – 3

On June 10 at 9:30 am, Council will be considering a two-year extension for the floatplane terminal . But the report…

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May. 31, 2010 / Gordon Price

Seawall Interruptus – 2

As noted below, the seawall from Canada Place to Stanley Park is finished – but not connected. Though all the attention…

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May. 27, 2010 / Gordon Price

Seawall Interruptus

It’s taken almost two decades, but the seawall from Canada Place to Stanley Park is almost complete. Almost. There is…

May. 26, 2010 / Gordon Price

Calgary outgreens us!

The Mercer Quality of Living Survey is out. (Available here.) This year, Vienna is tops. Vancouver ties for fourth with…

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May. 19, 2010 / Gordon Price

More change at City Hall

A few additions to the City Hall post below. The Canada Line station has some cutsey public art: the always-popular…

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May. 17, 2010 / Gordon Price

Change at City Hall

The non-political ones, that is. And certainly the biggest change is the Canada Line. City Hall is now five minutes or less…

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