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Oct. 04, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Birds at Olympic Village Going to Rejuvenation Camp

Everyone has an opinion on those magnificently large and some say rather strange sparrows that hold down Olympic Square designed…
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Oct. 03, 2017 / Gordon Price

Burrard Bridge: Everything in Its Place

A model comes to life. Models don’t predict the future.  Models compare versions of the future.  And here in concrete,…
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Sep. 30, 2017 / Gordon Price

Burrard Bridge: This is About a Bike Lane – 3

It’s not a detour anymore. Today the City removed the fencing and added new jersey barriers, formally creating the east-side…
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Sep. 30, 2017 / Gordon Price

Burrard Bridge: This is Not About a Bike Lane – 2

The final pieces are coming together – and some testing to see it all works.  Here’s city staff doing a…
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Sep. 29, 2017 / Gordon Price

Ralph Segal on Densifying RS-1- revisited

Worth bring forward: Ralph Segal’s comment on “Special Density – A Vision“: I’ll look forward to seeing (Vision Vancouver candidate)…
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Sep. 29, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Musqueam First Nation Builds "Lelem"

As reported in the Vancouver Courier the Musqueam First Nation is going ahead with the development of 21 acres of  land they…
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Sep. 28, 2017 / Gordon Price

Burrard Bridge: This is Not About a Bike Lane

Changes to the Burrard Bridge are about much more than bike lanes. This is much more than a Vancouver project.  This…
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Sep. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Walking, the Economy, and Northeast False Creek

The Walk21 Conference Series held its 17th conference last week.  Canada is the only country that has hosted the conference…
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Sep. 26, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Triple Tweet

Something old, something new, and a nifty picture too. First, another round with sometime PT contributor and SFU City Program…
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Sep. 26, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Apple Piazza In Milan

Tony Valente, a friend of Price Tags, sends this along.  It describes a public-private partnership involving a new Apple store…
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Sep. 25, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

By-Election Talk About Housing

To me, it’s unusual to see something direct and unambiguous around the housing debate — and an often-discussed solution.  Density…
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Sep. 19, 2017 / Gordon Price

Guess Where?

Can you identify in which city you’d find this streetscape?  (Hint: it’s not Vancouver.) Answer below the fold.…
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Sep. 13, 2017 / Gordon Price

"Getting Around the Vancouver Way"

Cycling and Walking: This is what we did and this is what happened.  From the City of Vancouver:  …
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Sep. 13, 2017 / Gordon Price

2017 Summer: Record cycling on five major routes

This just in from the City of Vancouver: 2017 summer sees record cycling volumes on five major bike routes across…

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