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Jan. 04, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

All About Trees and Which Cities Have the Largest Canopies

From my colleague in Australia Greg Vann  comes this article from the World Economic Forum on trees. We all know that trees…
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Jan. 03, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The Gordie Award 2017 for Happiest Transportation Story~The Arbutus Greenway

  The Gordie Award for 2017 for happiest transportation story goes to the Arbutus Greenway. After a bitter battle which…
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Jan. 02, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Los Angeles, Density and "Neighbourhood Character"

Los Angeles is a city where residents have had a say in development over the past fifty years.  The Economist  writes…
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Jan. 02, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Gordie Award for Biggest Transportation Event in 2017~The Burrard Bridge!

Today’s award  is in the Biggest Transportation Event Category.  And that award goes to the Burrard Bridge Rehabilitation Project which…
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Jan. 01, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Happy New Year from the Editors of Price Tags Vancouver

So what kind of year did Price Tags Vancouver have? There were 1,359 posts published, and 456,000 page views. Over…
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Dec. 29, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Is the Vancouver We Know Gone?

    Christopher Cheung has written an evocative piece in Metro News  that really resonates with the remarkable changes Vancouver…
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Dec. 29, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Toronto's Bike Riding Parking Enforcement Officer Still Not Back to Work

As extraordinary as it seems, the City of Toronto do not have Kyle Ashley, the parking enforcement officer who was…
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Dec. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Job Jar~Gehl Institute Seeks Interns in New York City

Jan Gehl is one of the founding voices about designing cities around people, and creating safe comfortable cities from the…
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Dec. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

More Data Coming on Who is Who in the Metro Vancouver Market

Everyone was pretty excited when Statistics Canada and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released a batch of data…
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Dec. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

How to Make A Back Lane Not Just for Vehicles-was the "Country Lane" concept Just Ten Years too Soon?

You may have been  following the story of the Richmond residents living in Steveston that found out that the closed back…
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Dec. 26, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

A Town That Named itself "Santa Claus"

Trust The BBC News to find that there truly is a place called “Santa Claus” that is in Indiana with a population…
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Dec. 23, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Let It Snow

On my way somewhere else for errands, and saw this in Kits Beach Park. All the best of the holiday…
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Dec. 22, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Developer Gets Rezoning in Steveston without paying full Community Amenity Costs to City

There is a stormy situation in Richmond where developer Onni has been accused of bullying Richmond City Council in the…
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Dec. 21, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

A New Generation of Activists Assist in Chinatown's Next Chapter~Melody Ma

There are a lot of unsung heroes in Vancouver that care deeply about place and culture, and recognizing that some…

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