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Aug. 28, 2019 / Gordon Price

Case Study Highrise

It’s said that this is the greatest architectural photo ever: It’s Julius Shulman’s 1960 photo of Case Study House 22…
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Aug. 26, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Former Director of Planning Ray Spaxman Discusses What is Iconic About Vancouver

  Douglas Todd in the Vancouver Sun opens up a conversation that is very timely: exactly what are we doing…
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Aug. 23, 2019 / Gordon Price

Precious Space

Eric is right in his comment to “How do you cycle to Stanley Park Brewing“: I was at the Pub…
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Aug. 20, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Summer in Vancouver Library’s New Rooftop Public Space

It’s summer in Vancouver and time for a visit to Vancouver’s newest and much loved public space, the main branch…
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Aug. 19, 2019 / Gordon Price

How do you cycle to Stanley Park Brewing?

A new brewpub in the old Fish House has opened in Stanley Park, next to the main tennis courts: Isn’t…
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Aug. 15, 2019 / Gordon Price

Trees at High Summer

As we pass high summer into the glory days of fall (the first leaves are changing, perhaps from a bit…
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Aug. 06, 2019 / Gordon Price

Tony Valente and The Shipyard Commons

City of North Vancouver Councillor Tony Valente has been involved with The Shipyards development for at least ten years as…
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Aug. 04, 2019 / Gordon Price

Playing with Pride

The Pride Flag – one of the great graphics of our times. Its simplicity, those particular colours, its inclusive meaning…
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Jul. 31, 2019 / Gordon Price

Rental Housing: Transformation and the Status Quo

Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of three- (arguably four-) storey frame apartment buildings were constructed in Vancouver after the Second World War. …
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Jul. 30, 2019 / Gordon Price

City Conversations: “Vancouverism” – The Video

It was a sunny July afternoon in a small downtown park. Larry Beasley and Ann McAfee, former co-Directors of Planning…
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Jul. 24, 2019 / Gordon Price

Tour the Heritage Heart of Mount Pleasant – Aug 18

Number One on Heritage Vancouver’s Top 10 Watch List site for 2019 is Mount Pleasant, one of Vancouver’s original neighbourhoods…
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Jul. 22, 2019 / Gordon Price

Lonsdale: The Shipyards – 2

The Shipyards has been launched.   It’s just east of Lonsdale at the North Vancouver waterfront – a mixed-use commercial…
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Jul. 20, 2019 / Gordon Price

Lonsdale: The Shipyards opens

“One of the best public spaces in British Columbia.” This is true, even though said by the previous CNV mayor…
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Jul. 18, 2019 / Gordon Price

Unhappy Infill

For some years now, the City has been approving the replacement of small plazas, originally incorporated into the design of…

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