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Mar. 08, 2019 / Gordon Price

Why does West Van ignore its own West End?

In much of the commentary over the West Van B-line, there’s an oft-repeated assumption, articulated by our very own Thomas:…
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Mar. 07, 2019 / Gordon Price

The District of No Vancouver, (dis)continued

After scrapping an 80-unit rental apartment building, with rents offered 20 per cent below market, along with a seniors’ respite…
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Mar. 07, 2019 / Gordon Price

Sam Sullivan: Was the defeat of the Four Seasons project a victory?

  Worth bringing forward: Sam Sullivan took the opportunity to comment on the upcoming ‘Tales from the West End’ talk…
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Mar. 04, 2019 / Gordon Price

Our Falling and Rising Towers

Towers go up, towers come down – like the Landmark on Robson, going, going …   On the other side…
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Mar. 01, 2019 / Gordon Price

Jericho: The Planning Begins

Don’t want to misquote Mike Harcourt, but he observed not long ago that a lot of the residential growth in…
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Feb. 25, 2019 / Gordon Price

Unchanging Granville

If there’s meme believed about Vancouver, it must be this: A city in constant change, bulldozing its past for the…
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Feb. 23, 2019 / Ken Ohrn

Planning the New Broadway

Vancouver is getting a major Skytrain extension, a rapid transit line through the second-largest employment corridor in the Province of…
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Feb. 22, 2019 / Ken Ohrn

Jericho Lands Update

Vancouver’s Jericho Lands are essentially 90 acres of greenfield, located amid some of Canada’s most expensive and most desirable real…
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Feb. 20, 2019 / Gordon Price

Daily Scot: Is mandatory parking in the West End just a big expensive hole?

By Scot Bathgate: Vancouver has gone to great lengths to develop a vibrant pedestrian and bicycle friendly downtown core with…
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Feb. 20, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Why Mid-Rise “Stumpies” are Everywhere

We all know them and they are popular in cities~those blocky apartment buildings often with retail on the main floor…
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Feb. 14, 2019 / Gordon Price

SFU Bell Lecture: Vancouverism in a World of Cities

The Third Annual Bell Urban Forum   Vancouverism in a World of Cities   Nearly twenty years ago, ‘Vancouverism’ began…
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Feb. 11, 2019 / Gordon Price

Seattle: At-large vs Districts; Downzoning vs Affordability

We really should pay more attention to local government in Seattle; they’re dealing with so many of the same issues. …
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Feb. 08, 2019 / Gordon Price

Daily Durning: Enlightenment in the Valley

Tom Durning picked up on news from the Valley: I didn’t see this important meeting covered in the Vancouver-centric MSM…
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Feb. 05, 2019 / Jada Natalie Stevens

Emerging Milestones: a Chronology of Watershed Moments in Vancouver, 2018

The Vancouver City Planning Commission (VCPC) has released it’s 2018 Emerging Milestones: a list of events, policies and decisions that…

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