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May. 02, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

City of Vancouver Redoing Three-Month Old Brand-Back to the Logo-Part Two

Instead of concentrating on issues like housing diversity, seniors needs, and affordability the City of Vancouver council is wading back…
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May. 01, 2017 / Gordon Price

Recent Developments 10 – A Half Century of Highrises

Following the election of a majority TEAM council in 1972, the residential highrise era came to a (temporary) end in…
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May. 01, 2017 / Gordon Price

Is Vancouver the urban-design leader? – 1

This week, a series from urban designer Gloria Venczel (principal of Cityscape Design), who asks:  Is Vancouver the Urban Design-CityBuilding…
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Apr. 30, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Surrealist Dali Sculpture Makes Temporary Vancouver Debut

From Nuvo Magazine, Vancouver will have a very special visitor this summer to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday-an original sculpture by Surrealist…
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Apr. 30, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Wexting? Its better just to walk or text separately for speed and spelling.

CTV New did an interesting test to discover whether “wexting”-walking and texting-can be achieved optimally at the same time. Now…
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Apr. 26, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Tide Changing in Seattle as Neighbourhood Council Input nixed by City

Next City describes the changes occurring to the thirteen neighbourhood district councils in Seattle. These groups of activist homeowners have “held…
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Apr. 25, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Whee. Let's Master Plan the Arbutus Greenway

The City of Vancouver issued an 89-page RFP on March 1, 2017 for the next stage of the Greenway —…
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Apr. 25, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The End of the Suburban Mall As We Know It

Henry Grabar in The Slate reports that it was  ten years ago that the  death of  the suburban shopping mall was…
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Apr. 24, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Medicos Speak Out

The British Medical Journal published an editorial on April 19, 2017, advising as follows.  The message is hard to miss.…
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Apr. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Two by Two, Standing on the Urban Escalator

In Price Tags’ quest to provide you with important information and to ensure you also win any urban trivia bet…
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Apr. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Vision Zero in London – Nix Digital Signs, Reduce Speed on Bridges

London England is always slightly ahead of the curve and the Evening Standard reports on the cutting edge work of a community…
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Apr. 20, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Glimmers of Hints About Possibilities?

This is the Arbutus Greenway, resplendent in its temporary surface coverings. But notice the slow accumulation of tip-offs, vague clues…
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Apr. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Have Latte, Will Talk in the "Third Place".

In 1989, Ray Oldenburg coined the phrase “third place” in his book The Great Good Place.  The “third place” was…
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Apr. 18, 2017 / Gordon Price

Recent Developments 10: The Densest Neighbourhood

More density in the densest neighbourhood in Vancouver.  Guess where. If you look closely, there’s a clue.  …

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