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Oct. 30, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Arbutus Greenway's Streetcar

At the weekend’s “Design Jam“, 100 residents of Vancouver, from all ‘hoods and oodles of demographics, volunteered their weekend to…
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Oct. 27, 2017 / Gordon Price

Burrard Bridge: Fences, Posts and Some Gorgeous Lamps

Irony Alert: the barrier fencing – an addition that most heritage advocates and others feared – became the needed justification…
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Oct. 27, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Arbutus Greenway In Late October II

The third season, heritage blackberries, afternoon sunshine.…
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Oct. 25, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Arbutus Greenway — Design Jam

And no, it’s not cookin’ down those heritage blackberries Instead, it’s a multi-day workshop to move closer to a “……
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Oct. 25, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Heather Street Lands — Open House

Come to VanDusen Gardens’ Floral Hall and see three preliminary concept plans for this 21-acre site at 33rd and Heather…
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Oct. 25, 2017 / Gordon Price

Burrard Bridge: Back Story

Don Luxton, the heritage consultant for the Burrard Bridge project, reflects back on how we got here – and how…
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Oct. 24, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Public Seating, Pee Paint and Creating Inclusive Cities

What does a city that meaningfully designs for all of its citizens look like? One of the reasons I am…
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Oct. 23, 2017 / Gordon Price

Burrard Bridge: "A Civic Triumph" – 1

“A civic triumph.” That’s how Don Luxton, the heritage consultant for the Burrard Bridge project, characterizes the results.  And as…
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Oct. 23, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

What makes a Town or City Walkable?

From the Daily Durning comes this gem from governing.com  and Alan Ehrenhalt that once again reinforces the importance of sidewalks and street…
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Oct. 23, 2017 / Gordon Price

Burrard Bridge: This is About Traffic Flow

A fascinating model (if you’re into this kind of thing) to demonstrate the impacts of intersection redesign at Pacific and…
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Oct. 19, 2017 / Gordon Price

Port Moody Fall Discussion: Healthy Environments – Oct 30

Port Moody Public Library is hosting a fall Discussion Panel that will be interesting to design, planning, transportation and health…
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Oct. 19, 2017 / Gordon Price

George Affleck: On housing supply and the prospect of a new city plan

Councillor George Affleck responded on Facebook to this post asking whether more supply can address afforability.  Here’s his comment:  …
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Oct. 19, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Carson City's Carson Street Revamps for the 21st Century

Earlier this year Price Tags Vancouver reported on a phenomenon that is occurring in many towns that are reclaiming their historic downtowns…
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Oct. 19, 2017 / Gordon Price

How to build an apartment building in RS-1

From Jake Fry: Eight good-sized three-bedroom apartments. I lived across from this for a number of years  and it disappeared…

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