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Feb. 11, 2011 / Gordon Price

PT FilmFest (2): A Journey into Time Immemorial

I’ve got a collection of videos I’ve been meaning to post (including the West Van one below).  So let’s have…
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Feb. 11, 2011 / Gordon Price

PT FilmFest (1): West Van in a hundred seconds

Next to the those fast-motion video essays a la Koyaanisqatsi, I really like chronological montages a la the Oscars –…
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Feb. 07, 2011 / Gordon Price

Debt and Red Tape

… two things you’d like to avoid, particularly if you’re financing and upgrading a heritage building or house.   The Vancouver Heritage…
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Feb. 02, 2011 / Gordon Price

Mountain Viewing

“The Mountain View Cemetery tour schedule is up and running.”  (A little cemetery humour there, eh?)   Details here. February 16th…
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Feb. 01, 2011 / Gordon Price

Places That Matter

This just out from the Vancouver Heritage Foundation:   Places That Matter Marking 125 historic sites that matter to Vancouverites…
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Jan. 27, 2011 / Gordon Price

Seattle Old and New

The always opinionated (in a good way) Knute Berger, columnist for Crosscut, has been sifting throught the civic storage unit…
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Jan. 20, 2011 / Gordon Price

Freeways and Chinatowns

Jean Chong makes a fascinating point in her post documenting monuments to Chinese-Canadian railway workers:  At different times during the 1960’s-1970’s,…
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Jan. 12, 2011 / Gordon Price

The Past from Above

Now this is fascinating: This is the Las Vegas Strip seen from ab0ve – the same view a half century apart –…
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Dec. 17, 2010 / Gordon Price

Christmas Gift 2

The Vancouver Heritage Foundation has come up with a traditional gift – a calendar – that at first glance looks…
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Nov. 22, 2010 / Gordon Price

To Chuck

Chuck Davis was the voice of Vancouver’s collective memory. I first heard him on CBC radio when living in Victoria…
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Nov. 09, 2010 / Gordon Price

Walking Home

Went for a walk last week – with an engaging group of students whom I met in the Woodward’s Atrium. …
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Nov. 09, 2010 / Gordon Price

Events, Dear Boy, Events

Some upcoming events of interest: HOW DID THAT GREEN SPACE GET THERE Have you ever thought about who creates the…
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Oct. 28, 2010 / Gordon Price

Carl Elefante: the Heritage and Sustainability Nexus

Carl Elefante is the guy who coined the phrase: “The greenest building is the one that is already built.”   He…
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Aug. 20, 2010 / Gordon Price

Something Special

It’s back! VANCOUVER SPECIAL – The Tour The 2009 inaugural tour was sold out and saw over 600 ticket holders…

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