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Jun. 18, 2020 / Gordon Price

The NPA on Cycling: Weaponizing Wokiness

  “He is not anti-bike, he said.” That’s NPA Park Commissioner John Coupar in today’s Sun.  Problem is, he’s not…
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Jun. 17, 2020 / Gordon Price

What do the NPA Park Commissioners Want?

I’m trying to figure out what NPA Parks Commissioners Barker and Coupar have in mind. They want to “take immediate…
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Jun. 14, 2020 / Gordon Price

Variations on a Flow Way (Bach to Bach)

As someone who has been doing presentations on the physical form of Vancouver and how it has changed, I’ll admit…
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Jun. 13, 2020 / Gordon Price

Eating on the Street: The Patio Expands

Until a few years ago, space beyond the curb was for parking, picking stuff up, getting on a bus and…
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Jun. 13, 2020 / Gordon Price

Stanley Park and Accessibility: The Bigger Question

As the debate heats up and polarizes on how Stanley Park should allocate road space while accommodating everyone in a…
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Jun. 10, 2020 / Gordon Price

Impromptu Gym in the Covid City

Street video of Skateboarders on the stairs at Robson Square here. Robson Square on the afternoon of June 1st  Imagine…
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Jun. 10, 2020 / Gordon Price

Virus Pastorale: Arbutus Greenway in Early June

Arbutus Greenway in the southwest suburbs of Point Grey. June 4, 2020…
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Jun. 09, 2020 / Gordon Price

Doing More for Seniors in Stanley Park

Imagine you’re a Park Commissioner in Vancouver.  You want to make sure seniors have a voice in any decision that…
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Jun. 03, 2020 / Gordon Price

English Bay Ballet – from ‘Virus Pastorale’

I’ve been posting the occasional video vignettes of city life in the time of covid – especially along the Slow…
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Jun. 02, 2020 / Gordon Price

Fast Changes in North Van City

North Van City Councillor Tony Valente was apparently very pleased with his Council’s last meeting, according to his hashtag:  #bestcouncilmeetingever.…
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Jun. 02, 2020 / Gordon Price

On The Edge

As our world gets claustrophobic, catastrophic, and even apocalyptic, Nature finds a way to take the edge off. Arbutus Greenway…
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May. 27, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar~Transportation Infrastructure as Reimagined Public Space

“Reimagining Brooklyn Bridge: Transportation Infrastructure as Public Space”. We’ve invited leaders in urban design, transportation, and public policy to share…
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May. 23, 2020 / Gordon Price

Vancouver’s First ‘Slow Streets’ – Wall, Lakewood, Ridgeway

Here are some of the first images of our first Slow Streets. (Click title for all images.) Thanks to Anthony…
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May. 22, 2020 / Gordon Price

What the ‘Park’ in Park Board really means

Why isn’t there a Kits Flow Way – an allocation of street space that both takes the pressure off the…

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