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Sep. 14, 2009 / Gordon Price

Walking Tour 2: Granville

Continuing on the tour, now at the 800-block Granville: A few more weeks, and Granville will be up and running. …
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Sep. 01, 2009 / Gordon Price

“Vancouverism” – What’s your definition?

Andrew Pask of the Vancouver Public Space Network writes: I’m currently working on a story for the Vancouver Public Space…
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Aug. 27, 2009 / Gordon Price

The best suburb in America

Well, it’s my favourite.  And it’s a hundred years old. Forest Hills Gardens bought the garden city movement to America. …
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Aug. 11, 2009 / Gordon Price

Leavenworth Combo

I spent last weekend in Leavenworth.  No, not the prison; that’s in Kansas.  This is Leavenworth, Washington – the  mock…
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Aug. 06, 2009 / Gordon Price

The Challenge Series: Public Space + Infrastructure

Bravo, Roger Bayley! Roger (principal of Roger Bayley Inc.) is an engineer who works with Merrick Architecture on the Olympic Village project. …
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Jul. 24, 2009 / Gordon Price

Fifty Magic Metres

As unreal as Whistler Village can sometimes seem (and isn’t that the point of a resort environment?), there are some valuable urban-design…
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Jul. 22, 2009 / Gordon Price

Creative Bus Stops

Another link from Chuck Davis (via Frosty Forst) – this time of creative bus stops from around the world: Including…
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Jul. 09, 2009 / Gordon Price

Traffic calming and fact checking

I had just about missed Michael Mccarthy’s Courier piece on traffiic calming until it popped up on a listserv.   He’s…
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Jul. 07, 2009 / Gordon Price

The Great Debate: Seattle vs Vancouver

So which city – Seattle or Vancouver – has the best built environment? It was the subject of The Great Debate – this…
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Jun. 17, 2009 / Gordon Price

Marketing

Last Thursday: best breakfast I’ve had all year.  Reason: the Vancouver Farmers Market society was giving their annual briefing at…
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Jun. 03, 2009 / Gordon Price

A Great Debate

Every year the SFU City Program presents a speaker in urban design, sponsored by VIA Architecture.  This year, something different. …
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May. 26, 2009 / Gordon Price

Bikes on Bloor

Here’s a study that asks businesses along Bloor Street how they’d feel about losing parking for a bike lane. The…
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May. 25, 2009 / Gordon Price

They did it!

New York City has closed off five blocks of  Times Square to vehicles.  You can check it out for yourself…
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May. 24, 2009 / Gordon Price

Math and the City

Fascinating online column (well, I think so) in the New York Times today on Math in the City by Steve…

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