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Nov. 10, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

New Westminster 1940: Province Photo of Soldier & Son Becomes Iconic Image

In British Columbia in the 1940’s everyone knew this photo. This was photographed in New Westminster British Columbia on October…
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Sep. 21, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

1981 Vancouver: Frank & Myra, Camerawork Graphics & The Rooftop at 660 Jackson Avenue

  Frank Murphy and Myra Thomson are involved and engaged citizens that now live in Nanaimo. When downtown revitalization and…
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Sep. 09, 2021 / Gordon Price

Uytae Lee: Why Did we make Front Yard Businesses Illegal?

The latest from urban videographer Uytae Lee. Front yard businesses used to be common all across Vancouver, why did we…
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Sep. 02, 2021 / Gordon Price

Heritage Vancouver Walking Tour: The Pandemic-Era City and Beyond

What is the heritage of an event that has impacted our lives so profoundly? On this two-hour tour around downtown…
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Aug. 30, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

George Challenger & World’s Largest Map Making a Welcome Comeback

Our Man of Municipalities, CBC journalist and reporter Justin McElroy posted the photo below on social media. Mr. McElroy is…
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Aug. 27, 2021 / Gordon Price

How Do We Talk About Senakw?

We’ve never found a way to talk about Tssawwassen Mills. It’s that giant auto-dependent single-use shopping complex on the way…
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Aug. 03, 2021 / Gordon Price

Is Single-Family Zoning racist, and does it matter?

Matthew Fleischer, The San Francisco Chronicle’s editorial page editor, has called for the end of single-family zoning, for which he…
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Jul. 26, 2021 / Gordon Price

Is this the thinnest building in Vancouver?

It’s always fun to come across a real surprise in Vancouver – especially for someone who thinks they know the…
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Jul. 26, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver’s 1905 Flashback: Automobile Drivers & Stanley Park, Is History Repeating?

Stanley Park and its access by automobiles have historically been a point of contention, and that goes back over a…
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Jul. 21, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Secret of Vancouver-The Hidden Industrial Area Gem: The Northern Cafe

There are no words to describe one of the most memorable places to eat and it is in an industrial…
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Jul. 13, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

New Book: Jane Jacobs’s First City: Learning From Scranton

  In the twentieth century there are very few evocative citizens that were not planners that spoke out about cities,…
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Jul. 07, 2021 / Gordon Price

Buildings That Changed Vancouver – The Observatory

Today’s example is in the City of North Vancouver, and the building is The Observatory (120 West 2nd Street).  At…
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Jul. 02, 2021 / Gordon Price

How Colour is Coming to Vancouver

Viewpoint (Daily Scot in particular) has been railing for many years on the absence of colour in Vancouver architecture –…
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Jun. 25, 2021 / Gordon Price

Buildings that Changed Vancouver – Bentall Centre

The Bentall Centre on the west side of Burrard is our Rockefeller Center. Not the 1930s Art Deco megaproject in…

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