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Nov. 20, 2018 / Gordon Price

The New Topography of Station Areas

Clark Lim was flying into YVR on a very foggy day: “After reviewing the photo I noticed these two (towers…

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Nov. 19, 2018 / Gordon Price

Finding the ‘Missing Middle’ in Portland – 1

I was back in Portland a few weeks ago for my annual transportation-and-land-use lecture. With a few spare hours I…

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Nov. 19, 2018 / Gordon Price

Name that Station!

Here’s a shot of Metro – the port city – looking southeast from Lions Gate Bridge. But what is that…

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Nov. 16, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

24 Sussex Drive Ottawa~Prime Minister’s Residence National Architectural Competition?

The New York Times has written about the crumbling stone building in Ottawa at 24 Sussex Drive. This was supposed to…

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Nov. 13, 2018 / Colin Stein

Two Days Left to Register for the Small Housing BC Summit

Can small housing do more to solve our housing crisis? It’s just one question that will be asked at the…

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Nov. 02, 2018 / Gordon Price

Berkeley Tower: The Next 105 Keefer Street

A strategy for community and housing activists emerged from the fight over 105 Keefer: Choose a development that, though following…

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Oct. 29, 2018 / Gordon Price

Mayor McCallum’s Langley Express

None of this for Surrey, thank you. Let’s call Mayor McCallum’s proposal to scrap the LRT L-line for SkyTrain…

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Oct. 19, 2018 / Gordon Price

Concord Community Park – 2

I wasn’t able to identify the firm or designers who did the Concord Community Park by the time I posted…

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Oct. 16, 2018 / Gordon Price

Public Impermanent Spaces: Concord Community Park

The Concord Community Park – something more than a pop-up intervention on the northeast corner of False Creek – is…

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Oct. 10, 2018 / Gordon Price

Yaletown Park Revisited

Price Tags has never had much nice to say about Yaletown Park – found here. Not when it opened in 2007: …

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Oct. 09, 2018 / Gordon Price

Our Looming Tower – 10: A Touch of Haussmann

The podiums at the base of Vancouver House are massing in: This might be a bit of a stretch,…

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Oct. 02, 2018 / Gordon Price

The CityScape of the 1990s: Library Square

In 1990, the citizens of Vancouver approved a referendum to build a new Central Library. By 1995 it opened. Say…

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Oct. 01, 2018 / Gordon Price

Best advertising image of the year

This works on so many levels. It’s eye-catching and intriguing. It’s specifically Canadian even if it’s for a US company…

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Sep. 27, 2018 / Gordon Price

A City-Wide Plan: Gil Kelley’s amazing announcement that almost went unnoticed

The Urbanarium event on September 20 – Planning West Coast Cities – may be remembered more for the complexion of…

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