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Oct. 31, 2017 / Gordon Price

Sometimes a picture tells more than the story

The story in the New York Times is about the excessive number of fast-food restaurants in America: But the picture…
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Oct. 30, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Arbutus Greenway's Streetcar

At the weekend’s “Design Jam“, 100 residents of Vancouver, from all ‘hoods and oodles of demographics, volunteered their weekend to…
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Oct. 30, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Should Pot Be Grown On Metro Vancouver's Agricultural Lands?

There is no doubt that growing marijuana is going to be a big business. And there is also no doubt…
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Oct. 30, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

The Goose Whisperer

Attracting a flock in Sunset Beach Park.…
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Oct. 27, 2017 / Gordon Price

Burrard Bridge: Fences, Posts and Some Gorgeous Lamps

Irony Alert: the barrier fencing – an addition that most heritage advocates and others feared – became the needed justification…
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Oct. 27, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Arbutus Greenway In Late October II

The third season, heritage blackberries, afternoon sunshine.…
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Oct. 26, 2017 / Gordon Price

The Most Beautiful Blocks in Fall

My nomination for the most beautifully treed street in Vancouver has always been the 13-1400 blocks of Barclay Street in…
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Oct. 26, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Arbutus Greenway In Late October I

The Greenway, in Vancouver’s third season, hosting a trio of giggling school kids.…
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Oct. 25, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

The Lights On Burrard Bridge

Here’s pix from a show put on via the new light system on the Burrard Bridge.  A small crowd started…
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Oct. 25, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Arbutus Greenway — Design Jam

And no, it’s not cookin’ down those heritage blackberries Instead, it’s a multi-day workshop to move closer to a “……
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Oct. 25, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Heather Street Lands — Open House

Come to VanDusen Gardens’ Floral Hall and see three preliminary concept plans for this 21-acre site at 33rd and Heather…
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Oct. 25, 2017 / Gordon Price

Burrard Bridge: Back Story

Don Luxton, the heritage consultant for the Burrard Bridge project, reflects back on how we got here – and how…
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Oct. 25, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Autumn Travel

A magical place in Stanley Park.…
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Oct. 24, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Public Seating, Pee Paint and Creating Inclusive Cities

What does a city that meaningfully designs for all of its citizens look like? One of the reasons I am…

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