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May. 09, 2018 / Gordon Price

A plaza, some people and a bit of perspective

This will be the first real summer with the completed North Plaza at the Vancouver Art Gallery. The test for…
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May. 08, 2018 / Gordon Price

Burrard Bridge: The Last Piece (with pigeons)

This looks to be the final piece of the Burrard Bridge upgrade — a masterpiece of engineering design: Complete separation…
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May. 07, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Cherry Blossom Workload

A.K.A. the Pink Snow problem.…
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May. 04, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Slow Slow Slow Your Bike

Here’s a fun and gentle way to persuade people on bikes to slow down at the busy bike/ped intersection near…
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May. 03, 2018 / Gordon Price

Where is this?

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May. 03, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Former Speedway With Kidlet

Vancouver’s Point Grey Road on a Sunday afternoon in April. Where 6,000 – 10,000 motor vehicles once dominated most days,…
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Apr. 30, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — English Bay With Mobi

Out for a walk after dinner, hoping for a monster sunset.  But found this instead.…
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Apr. 24, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Rites and Rides of Spring

Bike the Blossoms brings people on bikes together with cherry blossoms. This annual ride is becoming a rite of spring…
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Apr. 22, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Arbutus Greenway Thoughts

A few ideas came to me while checking out the Arbutus Greenway plans yesterday and chatting with project staff. Click…
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Apr. 20, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Cannabis 420 Trade Show

Much bigger and sort of more diverse, the 420 event continues to be part party, part protest, part display of…
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Apr. 20, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

David Bowie in Brooklyn,David Bowie in the Subway Station

Trust New York City to lead the way. In this post from Curbed.com the David Bowie retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum has…
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Apr. 19, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Arbutus Greenway — Concept Design Preview

After buying an abandoned, inacessible railroad, taking out the rails and ties, building a temporary set of paths, and holding…
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Apr. 17, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Arbutus Greenway's Design Concept

The temporary surfaces have been in place for a while; the big design jam happened, and now it’s time to…
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Apr. 17, 2018 / Gordon Price

Colours of Spring

On Georgia near Denman:…

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