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Nov. 01, 2019 / Colin Stein

Coming Soon! is the Public Art Every Construction Site Needs

If you’ve already seen these posters around Vancouver over the past year-plus, then your Vancouver street cred is showing… “Coming…

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Oct. 30, 2019 / Gordon Price

A Map for Our Minds

From Ian Robertson: A big map of the Fraser River Watershed laid out on the Seawall by Cambie Bridge.…

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Oct. 24, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Personal Fireworks in Vancouver & Why They are So Last Century

Kudos to City of Vancouver Councillor Pete Fry for bringing forward a motion banning personal fireworks in the city. This…

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Oct. 23, 2019 / Gordon Price

The Width-to-Height Ratio: What Works Best?

Adam Fitch commented on the post below, expressing doubt that we’ll end with a Haussmann-style boulevard on Broadway: What is…

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Oct. 15, 2019 / Gordon Price

Giving Thanks

When experiencing the glory of a double row of street trees in fall, it’s a good time to give thanks…

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Oct. 05, 2019 / Gordon Price

Safe Cars, safe bike routes and why the Parks Board doesn’t care

Dean A recommended this piece in the New York Times: Among the safety measures proposed by car companies are…

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Sep. 30, 2019 / Gordon Price

Daily Scot Abroad: Victoria, Bike Lanes – 1

While enjoying a few days in our provincial capital, I was pleasantly surprised to discover more separated bicycle lanes in…

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Sep. 18, 2019 / Gordon Price

The Worst Sidewalk- 3, 4: Robson & Richards, Granville & Robson

From the ever-insightful Guest: Two places that are worse: – Robson Street (north side) just west of Richards outside the…

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Sep. 18, 2019 / Gordon Price

The Worst Sidewalk- 2: Nelson & Smithe

Well, this post was a trigger: “Just possibly the worst sidewalk to navigate in downtown.” PT readers think there are…

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Sep. 15, 2019 / Gordon Price

A Change of Scale: Cambie and King Ed

In the recent history of Vancouver, it’s unusual when the built-out parts of the city – places where people happily…

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Sep. 12, 2019 / Gordon Price

When once there were sheep in the meadow …

Once there were sheep in the aptly named ‘Sheep Meadow’ of Central Park – an historic gathering place for New…

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Sep. 10, 2019 / Gordon Price

Original Greening: How the West End went from Pavement to Plaza

Retired city planner Michael Gordon, featured in this recent PriceTalks, edited the summer issue of Sitelines, the journal of the…

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Sep. 06, 2019 / Gordon Price

A Small Exquisite Space: Where it is

Chris Son and Patrick found it: Almost everyone thought this little park with roundabout was on the West Side, the…

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Sep. 05, 2019 / Gordon Price

Keep Guessing: A Small Exquisite Space

So far no one has guessed where this space with its pedestrian roundabout is located. We’ll give you one more…

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