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Aug. 11, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

2018 Vancouver Mural Festival — Street Party

The Main Street area party.  A photo gallery of people, fun and murals.…
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Aug. 10, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Ackery’s Alley — A Vancouver Transformation

What was once a dark and dingy downtown Vancouver working space is now a bright and fun one.  It’s become…
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Aug. 07, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Party Time In a Vancouver Alley

Ackery’s Alley is another addition to people places in Vancouver, and is set to launch with a fun party: Thursday…
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Jul. 18, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Vancouver’s New Community Park

Real estate developer Concord Pacific is turning a big chunk of well-located, but mostly unused, Vancouver asphalt into a community…
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Jul. 17, 2018 / Gordon Price

Park Board & Bikes: #wedontcare

This past weekend, I decided to take a quick ride over to Jericho from the West End, just to see…
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Jul. 17, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Encroachment of the Humans

Vancouver continues to repurpose public space for people. More examples, this time from Davie Street in the city’s West End. One…
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Jul. 16, 2018 / Gordon Price

Symphony at Sunset (Beach)

As though everyone in the West End decided at the same time to go to the park to listen to…
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Jul. 16, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The B.C. Suburb Where You Can’t Play on the Street

Even BBC News picked up the absolutely unbelievable story of this “no fun” suburban neighbourhood. The community of Chemainus (part of…
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Jul. 16, 2018 / Gordon Price

The Worst Public Space in Metro Vancouver?

So much competition, but on any short list, the Phibbs Exchange in the District of North Vancouver would be highly…
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Jul. 16, 2018 / Gordon Price

šxʷƛ̓exən Xwtl’a7shn Plaza: What’s in a name?

The City of Vancouver and Province of BC have given indigenous names to two of Vancouver’s more significant open spaces.…
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Jul. 12, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Vancouver’s Most Unloved Public Space?

An earlier post on Price Tags shows Jim Deva Plaza, a well-loved public space. Well, here’s one that is neither…
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Jul. 11, 2018 / Gordon Price

Front-Row Seats

If you want to see how well-designed public spaces add to community-building, there’s no better place on a sunny day…
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Jul. 09, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

East Van City Greenway — a Proposal

Vancouver is a city with a world-wide reputation for rising mode share for transportation by bicycle and by walking. More…
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Jul. 06, 2018 / Gordon Price

City as Gym: Sand Running

Below the UBC cliffs at Wreck Beach.…

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