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Jan. 27, 2010 / Gordon Price

Post-Motordom Melbourne

Australia’s great southern city is, as Vancouver, on its way to Post-Motordom.  The inner city at least is seeing a drop in traffic…
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Jan. 12, 2010 / Gordon Price

A Call to All Urbanists

This probably means you. From the re:place team.   A humble call to help us with suggestions for the our newest…
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Jan. 04, 2010 / Gordon Price

The ALO Triangle – Aberdeen

[The third of a series.  Start here.] It may be one-and-a-half times as long as the route from Lansdowne Station, but…
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Jan. 02, 2010 / Gordon Price

The ALO Triangle – Lansdowne

The ALO Triangle lies between the Aberdeen and Lansdowne Canada Line stations and the Olympic Oval – the territory to be traversed by…
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Dec. 07, 2009 / Gordon Price

Schadenfreude in Dubai – 2

At least Guardian writer Steve Rose had said “I told you so” a year ago.  Now he follows up with a…
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Dec. 01, 2009 / Gordon Price

An East-Sider in Surrey

Mike Klassen, the acerbic blogger at citycaucus.com, was invited out to Surrey last week to speak at a public meeting…
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Nov. 23, 2009 / Gordon Price

Why Ant-like Agents Love Paris

From MIT’s Technology Review: Luciano da Fontoura Costa at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil and few pals created…
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Oct. 28, 2009 / Gordon Price

World’s Greatest City

Hong Kong, according to CNNGo, is the world’s greatest city, and they give 50 reasons why, including these: 11. Cash-free living…
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Oct. 24, 2009 / Gordon Price

Green Streets Vancouver

Green Street Vancouver has just come out. It’s a beautiful book, mostly photographs, commissioned by the City of Vancouver to…
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Oct. 02, 2009 / Gordon Price

Granville Redux

Lisa Brideau walks down Granville Street, and reflects: As part of my route to/from work every day (via the Canada…
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Sep. 30, 2009 / Gordon Price

Unconventional spaces

More public art at the Convention Centre. Jill Anholt’s “Line of Work”, unveiled on September 25, was described here in an article…
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Sep. 24, 2009 / Gordon Price

Walking Tour 4: Yaletown Park

I first posted on the new park at Nelson and Mainland in April, 2007 – here –  just after it was…
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Sep. 22, 2009 / Gordon Price

Walking Tour 3: Downtown South

Continuing on the tour, walking east on Nelson into Downtown South.  Almost all the blocks have filled in now, and…
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Sep. 16, 2009 / Gordon Price

Cool Watch: Bus stops

Gladys We sends us a link to the World’s Coolest Bus Stops. My favourite?  This one by Dennis Oppenheim in…

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