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Apr. 28, 2021 / Gordon Price

 UDI Fraser Valley Webinar: The Foreseeable Future – May 6

I have the pleasure of moderating what is, for me, an unusual panel.  It focuses on the fast-growing suburban municipalities…
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Apr. 19, 2021 / Gordon Price

Buildings that Changed Vancouver: 2280 Cornwall

Michael Kluckner riffs off the post from Michael Gordon below to recount the story of the building that marked the…
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Apr. 19, 2021 / Gordon Price

Streeteries: We’re not going back

One confident post-pandemic prediction: the curbside patio – or streeterie – is here to stay.  Like these on Yew Street…
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Apr. 15, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Last Highrise in Kitsilano

Michael Gordon* explores a misconception about Kitsilano in the Seventies – that, in a reaction to what was felt to…
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Apr. 07, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

1987: Front Page News! Dunbar Homeowner Defies City, Uses Attic

In the 1960’s Jim Wilson bought a house in Dunbar at 3253 West 24th Avenue. Twenty years later in the…
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Apr. 07, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Downtown Waterfront: Visionaries and Implementers – Apr 15

Thursday, April 15 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. PDT Free REGISTER NOW The SFU Vancouver Lunch ‘n’ Learn series hosts a two-part virtual…
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Mar. 31, 2021 / Gordon Price

My First Minute in the 800-Block Robson

It’s open!  The block in Robson Square from Hornby to Howe has been closed for about a year and a…
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Mar. 30, 2021 / Gordon Price

Michael Gordon: Towards the ‘Missing Middle’

By Michael Gordon The City of Vancouver’s housing stock stands out as having the lowest proportion of single-detached dwellings (one…
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Mar. 25, 2021 / Gordon Price

The End of the Single-Family House is Underway (Updated)

The city-wide Vancouver plan discussion seems to be coming down to one thing: the end of RS-1 (or single-family zoning…
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Mar. 20, 2021 / Gordon Price

View from the 1920s: “Indian Park” and a Driveway

Michael Gordon, doing research in the bunker we call an Archives, came across “a proposal to declare the still-existing Kitsilano…
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Mar. 19, 2021 / Gordon Price

Master Class: Green and Livable Cities

Anthony Perl at SFU passes along (with a recommendation) this online course on how cities can become more green and…
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Mar. 18, 2021 / Gordon Price

North Shore Tour 2 – Complete Streets and Lolo Lanes

Councillor Tony Valente has been advocating for ‘complete streets’ even before he ran for council in the City of North…
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Mar. 17, 2021 / Gordon Price

North Shore Tour 1 – Lonsdale Quay

  A trip across the water last week to meet City of North Vancouver Councillor Tony Valente for an e-bike…
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Mar. 11, 2021 / Gordon Price

Don’t let NPA Park Commissioners hear about this

From Canadian Cycling Magazine: Marcel Steeman, a regional councillor in the Netherlands, is the voice behind hundreds of people advocating…

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