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Nov. 09, 2017 / Gordon Price

Burrard Bridge: Kudos

From Michael Alexander: So a bunch of us rode across the Burrard bridge going north. After months of construction, workers…
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Nov. 08, 2017 / Gordon Price

Free Webinar: Small is Big – Michael von Hausen

How can small cities and towns revitalize their small downtowns, and proactively respond to rapidly changing demographic demands that shift…
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Nov. 08, 2017 / Gordon Price

105 Keefer and the Development Permit Board: Worthy of Comment

Unlike the item below, this is worthy of comment: Leaving aside the merits or otherwise of the Beedie proposal at…
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Nov. 06, 2017 / Gordon Price

Welcome to Bicycle City – an Essay by Jeff Olson

Jeff Olson, a retired urban designer for the City of Vancouver, submitted this “idea on the pathway to housing affordability.” …
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Nov. 06, 2017 / Gordon Price

Colour and Form on East Hastings

Clearly picking up on the stacks of containers a few blocks away at the port, this under-construction development in the…
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Nov. 06, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Burrard Bridge Turns a Corner

Brian Gould sends along a terrific video of the spankin’ new-old Burrard Bridge from the point of view of people…
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Nov. 03, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Mayor and Chief Planner to San Francisco~Vancouver wants to Collaborate on Housing Solutions

The Mayor of Vancouver and the Chief City Planner Gil Kelley have jointly submitted an editorial which has appeared in the San…
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Nov. 02, 2017 / Gordon Price

The Exchange Tower: How does it rate?

The Exchange Tower is the newest downtown office building: From Iredale Architecture: THE EXCHANGE TOWER This project involves rehabilitating the Old…
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Nov. 02, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Oak Tree returns to Beach Avenue

Earlier this year Price Tags Vancouver wrote about the large pin oak tree that was perched on the roof top of…
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Nov. 01, 2017 / Gordon Price

Why they call it Bayshore Gardens

Bayshore Gardens (once the parking lots of the Bayshore Hotel) was one of the six (or seven, or eight –…
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Oct. 31, 2017 / Gordon Price

Herb Auerbach on the Arbutus Greenway

Herb Auerbach, real-estate development consultant and author of “Placemakers” responded to this piece in the Sun on the Arbutus Greenway…
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Oct. 31, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Heather Street Lands – Another Step

The planning process moves along with documents and another open house about this 21-acre (8.5 hectare) site in the heart…
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Oct. 31, 2017 / Gordon Price

Sometimes a picture tells more than the story

The story in the New York Times is about the excessive number of fast-food restaurants in America: But the picture…
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Oct. 31, 2017 / Gordon Price

Redefining Intersections: 12th and Cambie

As gas-station sites are being redeveloped (a consequence of rising land values and dropping gasoline consumption), major intersections are changing…

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