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Feb. 03, 2008 / Gordon Price

Portland Spaces

Everyone (at least who reads this blog) knows Portland has a dynamic urban culture. Naturally, there’s an online site – Portland…

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Jan. 25, 2008 / Gordon Price

The Steps at Yaletown Park

As James Kunstler would observe (see below), you can tell a lot about a civilization by the quality of the “public…

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Jan. 25, 2008 / Gordon Price

Good Fellow

Kudos to Anthony Perl and my colleagues at SFU Urban Studies for bringing in James Kunstler (author of “The Long…

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Jan. 22, 2008 / Gordon Price

Edginess on the Edge

Every urban-design and architecture critic I read has a highly cultivated cynicism. Christopher Hume, he of the Toronto Star, is…

Jan. 15, 2008 / Gordon Price

Carmaggedon

The best analysis I’ve seen of the looming disaster – personal, urban, environmental – that is the Tata Nana.…

Jan. 04, 2008 / Gordon Price

Best of "The Best" – 3

“Where” blog – all about placemaking – went through their weekend reading and came up with best articles of the urban blogosphere…

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Jan. 01, 2008 / Gordon Price

Alien-nation

Cameron, a PT reader, sends in an article from the New York Times: A Place Just Like Every Other Place.…

Nov. 26, 2007 / Gordon Price

Green Alleys

Once again, Chicago leads the way: Chicago has decided to retrofit its alleys with environmentally sustainable road-building materials under its…

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Nov. 11, 2007 / Gordon Price

Henriquez's Tower

Architect Richard Henriquez has an idea for a tower in Queen Elizabeth Park. Little Mountain is the highest point in…

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Oct. 23, 2007 / Gordon Price

Olympic Legacy

The Times of London got their hands on the proposed transport plan for the 2012 Olympics: Olympics chiefs set to…

Sep. 12, 2007 / Gordon Price

By the Numbers: Kids, Schools and Traffic Calming

Well, readers seemed to enjoy that little item on commute times. Here’s a piece in today’s New York Times with…

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Sep. 05, 2007 / Gordon Price

From Dave Brook: Thanks for your DC issue. I thought you might be interested in these guys. PARK(ing) is an…

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Aug. 15, 2007 / Gordon Price

Another Piece of the Wall

We take it for granted – but we shouldn’t. As Concord Pacific continues to develop the old Expo site, their…

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Aug. 08, 2007 / Gordon Price

Civilization on Granville Street

It took awhile – but at last we figured it out: closing a street to vehicles when the sidewalks are…

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