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Sep. 29, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Vancouver Public Library’s New Public Treasure

It’s really a spectacular transformation — the downtown VPL’s two upper floors have become a rich and varied public space.…
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Sep. 26, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Vancouver Public Library Downtown Expansion – Opening Event

Saturday, September 29 is the date if you’d like to check out the new rooftop garden and top floors at…
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Sep. 25, 2018 / Gordon Price

Biennale: de Broin’s ‘Deviations’ – Sep 28

MICHEL DE BROIN’S ‘DEVIATIONS’ TO BE UNVEILED AT CHARLESON PARK ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2018 Vancouver is a city consumed with…
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Sep. 24, 2018 / Gordon Price

Every Street Tree in New York

This is a shot I took on my New York trip in August (see Urbanist Abroad) that I selected to…
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Sep. 20, 2018 / Colin Stein

Pavement to Plaza: Vancouver’s 14th & Main (Video)

Any macchiatto tour of Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant hood must now begin (or end) at one of the most west coast…
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Sep. 19, 2018 / Gordon Price

Architecture of the Temporary

This housing complex being erected by the City on Larwill Park (presumed site of the new Art Gallery and office…
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Sep. 18, 2018 / Gordon Price

When the Grass Isn’t Greener

From Michael Mortensen: What’s with all the plastic grass these days in the downtown core? I understand it’s hard to…
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Sep. 17, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Public Art, Public Space

While out doing something else, I rode by this place. It’s in a Vancouver alleyway south of Red Dragon Apparel…
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Aug. 23, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Ducote Image~The Birds of Olympic Village

Image by Frank Ducote I had the delight of working with Frank Ducote at the City of Vancouver. Frank is…
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Aug. 21, 2018 / Gordon Price

Puzzle Pic: Who lives here?

Marlene Martens asks: What is this birdhouse doing in False Creek?  Who lives there, who built it and will it…
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Aug. 20, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Paris’ Strange Response to the Need for Public Washrooms

Price Tags has written extensively about the fact that, like all humans, people who walk, cycle and take transit sometimes need…
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Aug. 15, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Vancouver Development — the Park At Oakridge

Another in our series of posts on Vancouver’s really big transformation of a 1950’s-vintage, 28-acre car-oriented urban shopping mall into…
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Aug. 14, 2018 / Gordon Price

What Late Summer Brings With It Now

Smoke and filtered light. The haze softens the city with a yellow flush.   It’s just on this side of other-worldly.  It’s…
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Aug. 13, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — No Parking Anytime

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