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Jun. 05, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

North East False Creek Plans

Northeast False Creek plans march along. A new Draft Area Plan (June 2017) is available. It includes taking down the…
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Jun. 02, 2017 / Gordon Price

Lessons of Dreamland

The Sun posts a fine background on the new planning process for South False Creek: Council voted unanimously this week…
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May. 31, 2017 / Gordon Price

Affordable Housing: "How to live in Vienna"

Want to learn more about social housing in Vienna? Go to the Vancouver Museum exhibition.  And watch this “How to…
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May. 31, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Riding On Hornby

A beautiful morning in May on the Hornby bike lane.…
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May. 30, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Chinatown and a Twelve Storey Building

Business in Vancouver has published a think piece by Kirk Lapointe regarding the contentious development of a twelve storey building by…
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May. 30, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Two Wheels To Work

At Dunsmuir and Richards early (for me) Monday morning, watching the people go by in droves on their way somewhere…
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May. 29, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Motordom Reigns Supreme in Ontario where a Pedestrian Crossing is a Courtesy

Perth Ontario is located 83 kilometers from Ottawa and is an old town established after the War of 1812 in…
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May. 26, 2017 / Gordon Price

The Dilemma of Affordable Housing Design

We never used to have a term called ‘affordable housing.’  If housing was produced by the market, it was affordable…
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May. 25, 2017 / Gordon Price

Softening up a hard space

It’s considered to be possibly the city’s worst park: the Yaletown at Nelson and Mainland – here. Intellectually one can guess the…
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May. 24, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Something's Afoot on Edmonton's Jasper Avenue

As noted by the CBC there is a lot happening in Edmonton this summer, and you can add removing the curb…
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May. 23, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Erosion of Chinatown As We Know It

Noted journalist Daphne Bramham in the Vancouver Sun  has written an article that should be required reading for everyone in…
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May. 22, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Victoria Day, A Truly Canadian Day

  If you recognize this image of the school house fireworks, you were not born in this century, and you…
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May. 17, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Boring Headline of the Month

One-time winner of the contest to find the world’s most boring headline was:  “Worthy Canadian Initiative“.  But just how boring…
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May. 17, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

The Connected Greenway

Connecting things, people and places is an opportunity, if not major rationale, for the Arbutus Greenway. It’s already happening on…

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