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Jul. 02, 2019 / Gordon Price

When a Gaggle becomes a Phalanx

  Warning: the geese at English Bay are militarized – notably when it comes to claiming beachfront territory from the…
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Jun. 20, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Surrey~Where there is no Room for Light Rail but there is Room for Canals

The original design for the Expo lands from 1988 would have been a series of islands, which the city rejected.…
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Jun. 18, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver Developers,Temporary Gardens & Expensive Tomatoes

There is a  loophole enabling developers not to pay the full cost of property tax on undeveloped property in Vancouver.…
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Jun. 07, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Jericho Talks~The Landscapes of Margie Ruddick & Why Wild Places Matter

    Inspire Jericho speaker series brought in talented landscape architect and thinker Margie Ruddick  who authored the very popular landscape…
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May. 28, 2019 / Gordon Price

Fertility

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May. 22, 2019 / Gordon Price

Park Board Cycling Policy: To, Not Through – and not even that

Let’s just say it (because the Park Board doesn’t want to have to): Its de facto policy towards cycling is…
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May. 17, 2019 / Gordon Price

Tough Questions I Wanted To Ask

[Update: Do read Geoff’s comment at the end of this post.  Powerful and provocative.]   SFU Vancouver – the downtown…
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May. 14, 2019 / Gordon Price

Oberlander Legacy: The Look of Vancouver

Sandy James’s post on Cornelia Oberlander – “the First Lady of Canadian Landscape Design” – is so apropos at this…
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May. 14, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

The Good News/Bad News for Rejuvenating West End Beach Parks,Connections

1… Many have asked me re RFEOI for Plan for English Bay and Sunset beaches. Here’s thread w comments. #VanPoli…
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May. 10, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Documentary Film Features Cornelia Oberlander, the First Lady of Canadian Landscape Design

If Cornelia Hahn Oberlander had listened to her mother and enrolled in horticulture school instead of the landscape architecture program…
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May. 02, 2019 / Gordon Price

The Cycle of Spring

Bad pun by me, great shot by Michael Alexander:  …
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Apr. 23, 2019 / Gordon Price

Weed Festival, Vancouver-style

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Apr. 23, 2019 / Gordon Price

Weeds, Vancouver-sized

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Apr. 11, 2019 / Gordon Price

Unchanging Vancouver: Mysterious empty lots

Occasionally ‘Changing Vancouver‘ will post an example of a Vancouver that hasn’t changed in decades.  Like this lot in the…

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David Sadoway

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Dec. 21, 2022

Goodbye and Thanks!

Sandy James Planner

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