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Sep. 04, 2019 / Gordon Price

Where Is This Exquisite Small Space?

A pedestrian roundabout … Paths throughout the neighbourhood come together here. Everyone circles around the centre. Or sits down and…

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Aug. 27, 2019 / Gordon Price

Arrington in Barcelona: Festes de Gràcia

I met G.B. Arrington in Portland, Oregon, when he worked for Parsons Brinckerhoff as a cofounder of their Placemaking Group,…

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Aug. 23, 2019 / Gordon Price

Precious Space

Eric is right in his comment to “How do you cycle to Stanley Park Brewing“: I was at the Pub…

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Aug. 20, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Summer in Vancouver Library’s New Rooftop Public Space

It’s summer in Vancouver and time for a visit to Vancouver’s newest and much loved public space, the main branch…

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Aug. 15, 2019 / Gordon Price

Trees at High Summer

As we pass high summer into the glory days of fall (the first leaves are changing, perhaps from a bit…

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Aug. 06, 2019 / Gordon Price

Tony Valente and The Shipyard Commons

City of North Vancouver Councillor Tony Valente has been involved with The Shipyards development for at least ten years as…

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Aug. 05, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

A Living Legacy~Pat Davis & Vancouver’s 100 Block of West 10th Avenue

John Davis Jr. with Pat Davis It seems only fitting on this civic holiday which is called “British Columbia Day”…

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Aug. 04, 2019 / Gordon Price

Playing with Pride

The Pride Flag – one of the great graphics of our times. Its simplicity, those particular colours, its inclusive meaning…

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Aug. 02, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

The Ohrns, Vancouver’s English Bay & Summer

If you are not in Vancouver this summer, it is understandable if you think the photo above is…

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Jul. 29, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Talking to Strangers On the Street is a Good Thing

Researchers have found that seemingly trivial encounters with the minor characters in our lives — the random person at the…

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Jul. 25, 2019 / Gordon Price

Green Lines

1900 block Alberni…

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Jul. 22, 2019 / Gordon Price

Lonsdale: The Shipyards – 2

The Shipyards has been launched. It’s just east of Lonsdale at the North Vancouver waterfront – a mixed-use commercial…

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Jul. 12, 2019 / Gordon Price

Tel Aviv – 2a: The White City and the West End

A few more comparisons with the West End. Here’s a West End minipark: And one in the White City: Here’s…

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Jul. 08, 2019 / Gordon Price

The Genius of Central Park

What did Frederick Law Olmsted, the landscape architect of New York’s Central Park, imagine his design, the Greensward, might look…

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