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Jul. 31, 2007 / Gordon Price

Thoughtful Gesture

In Coquitlam, at the corner of Pinetree and Guildford Ways – perhaps one of the widest intersections in the region…
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Jul. 17, 2007 / Gordon Price

Parking – Illustrated

Matt Smith of the SF Weekly writes about a rather nasty ballot initiative to increase the amount of parking in…
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Jul. 09, 2007 / Gordon Price

Strolless in Seattle

Of all the differences between Seattle and Vancouver, one thing is increasingly apparent: there are not many places to go…
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May. 31, 2007 / Gordon Price

Re:Place Launched

Call for Contributors Spring 2007 Are you fascinated by cities? Love city infrastructure? Hate the commercialization of public space? Have…
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May. 29, 2007 / Gordon Price

Atlanta in Vancouver

A few weeks ago, a delegation from Atlanta came to visit. Atlanta LINK – 117 leaders in business and government…
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May. 22, 2007 / Gordon Price

When you care about your public spaces …

… you build them like this: It’s the Stockholm subway.  More pics here.…
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May. 13, 2007 / Gordon Price

Pumphouse

Almost without notice, there’s been a change in attitude towards engineering infrastructure in the city.  No longer does urban plumbing…
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May. 13, 2007 / Gordon Price

Cheonggyecheon

If the Cheonggyecheon – the daylighted stream that runs through Seoul – was (a) in an English-speaking country or (b) could be…
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Apr. 29, 2007 / Gordon Price

New Yaletown Park: Taking It Hard

The new open space at Nelson and Mainland – now in the heart of new Yaletown  – is almost complete. …
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Apr. 16, 2007 / Gordon Price

Canadian Wisdom

Larry Beasley was speaking at a forum – “Framing a Capital City” – at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.  Here’s…
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Apr. 15, 2007 / Gordon Price

Mad Over Ad

The art may be coming down (see below), but something far more controversial will be going up: …the Squamish Nation…
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Apr. 11, 2007 / Gordon Price

Bell Tolls for Free

What happens when one of the finest classical musicians in the world, playing some of the most elegant music ever…
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Apr. 11, 2007 / Gordon Price

A Forum for False Creek

Rick Balfour’s proposal for a forum at Jericho in Point Grey provoked the expected reaction: here.  But it also drew…
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Apr. 02, 2007 / Gordon Price

Short-sighted Seattle

Why Seattle will never be as good a city as it should.  On the other hand ….…

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