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Feb. 15, 2018 / Gordon Price

Register for Vancouver Design Week – May 7-13

Programming Registration Now Open You work in a unique design studio with a team that deserves to be recognized. You’re associated…
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Feb. 15, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

"Kale in the Smoothies"~Duke of Data Andy Yan Interviewed on Who is Buying Vancouver Real Estate

What a difference a few years makes. Duke of Data Andy Yan was working with Bing Thom Architects in 2015…
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Feb. 12, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Street Level Toronto Film: The Honest Ed's Site and "Why I Became a Planner"

The iconic Toronto “Honest Ed” site is being redeveloped by Westbank at Bloor and Bathurst in the Annex area. The City of…
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Feb. 12, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Urbanist Melody Ma, the Vancouver View Corridors, & Why They Are Important

The Northeast False Creek Plan goes to Council this week and Price Tags Vancouver has been looking for any rationale behind the…
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Feb. 09, 2018 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: A Third Crossing, Swedish Style

Ian: Who needs another bridge ?  Gimme a pretty gondola any day! (And let’s toss one climbing up to SFU…
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Feb. 08, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Yaletown Retail Businesses To Lose On~Street Parking with Axing of City Metered Cash Cow

Various media sources including the Vancouver Sun have reported on the City of Vancouver Engineering’s plan to reduce 80 to 90 …
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Feb. 05, 2018 / Gordon Price

Lessons from the best public housing program in the world

From urbangateway: “But what about Singapore?” … having lived in the beautiful red-dot city state for two and half years,…
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Feb. 05, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Is NYC's Times Square the Future Placemaking Blueprint for other Cities?

What used to be a very seedy, dirty and crowded area of New York City has undertaken a dramatic renewal…
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Feb. 05, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Northeast False Creek Plan and View Corridors~The View From Larry Beasley & Neal LaMontagne

  The Northeast False Creek Plan is currently before City Council and city staff are recommending three tall towers that…
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Feb. 03, 2018 / Gordon Price

Boddy Book – City-Builder: The Architecture of James K M Cheng – Feb 8

From Trevor Boddy, on his latest book: Heads up to you all that my 344-page critical biography and collected works…
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Feb. 01, 2018 / Gordon Price

Robson Luxe

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Jan. 31, 2018 / Gordon Price

The Guest Report: View Cone Interruptus

PT’s exceptionally well-informed commenter Guest typically adds helpful information and insight to posts on Vancouver development.  This one in particular deserves…
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Jan. 31, 2018 / michaelkluckner

Another "worst-placed utility box"

Further to this post, a box with the beginnings of a Jackson Pollock reproduction on Victoria Drive between Parker and…
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Jan. 31, 2018 / Gordon Price

Northeast False Creek and the Viaducts: Send an email

A request from Michael Alexander: If you support removal of the viaducts and approval of the North East False Creek plan,…

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