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May. 28, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Metro Vancouver Bike to Work Week — Spring 2018

Under perfect skies, Metro Vancouver is celebrating the growing number of people who choose to ride their bike to work. …
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May. 27, 2018 / Gordon Price

What sidewalks are for

In Vancouver’s West End, on Chilco Street near Alberni: What streets are for too: It helps to know that before…
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May. 24, 2018 / Gordon Price

The Density and Affordability Debate

The headline says it all. And the rest of the article, by Adam Belz of Minnesota’s StarTribune, is worth the…
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May. 23, 2018 / Gordon Price

Our Falling Tower – 1

As one commenter recently noted, we do seem to be giving Vancouver House (“Our Looming Tower“) a lot of love.…
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May. 22, 2018 / Gordon Price

(Permanent) Progress along Vancouver's Hospital Precinct

As of last week, this is what Vancouver’s upgraded 10th Avenue Bikeway looked like in the hospital precinct near Oak…
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May. 18, 2018 / Gordon Price

Lush and Virgin

Every year around this time, I notice two things about Vancouver’s landscape.  First, the fresh new growth — what a…
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May. 10, 2018 / Gordon Price

The Third Los Angeles

KCET, the #2 public television station in the US, airs Artbound, an art and culture series now in its ninth…
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May. 09, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Riding through a Vancouver Park

This is 10th Avenue in Vancouver; people on bikes use this traffic-calmed bikeway in droves, especially this stretch of East…
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May. 09, 2018 / Gordon Price

A plaza, some people and a bit of perspective

This will be the first real summer with the completed North Plaza at the Vancouver Art Gallery. The test for…
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May. 08, 2018 / Gordon Price

Burrard Bridge: The Last Piece (with pigeons)

This looks to be the final piece of the Burrard Bridge upgrade — a masterpiece of engineering design: Complete separation…
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May. 08, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Joyeux Cafe, "Service with Heart" opens in Paris

If you’ve ever been in the western part of France, you may have visited Renne. And if you’re a foodie…
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May. 03, 2018 / Gordon Price

Where is this?

…
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May. 02, 2018 / Gordon Price

Turncoat Panel: Design Desert – May 9

Turncoats Panel #8: Welcome to the Design Desert Who doesn’t want to throw up when reading useless labels like “most liveable city”,…
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Apr. 27, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Guess Where 2 . . . .

A trip for Dad and child, possibly to a pre-school.…

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