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Jul. 26, 2021 / Gordon Price

Is this the thinnest building in Vancouver?

It’s always fun to come across a real surprise in Vancouver – especially for someone who thinks they know the…
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Jul. 26, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Stanley Park: That Temporary Bike Lane Finally Arriving on Park Drive

After what seems like one of the longest waits in the planet in a world that is still slowly stepping…
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Jul. 26, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver’s 1905 Flashback: Automobile Drivers & Stanley Park, Is History Repeating?

Stanley Park and its access by automobiles have historically been a point of contention, and that goes back over a…
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Jul. 23, 2021 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Year – Amsterdam’s latest

It’s been years (almost three) since we featured a pedestrian bridge (known as a passerelle) from somewhere in the world. …
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Jul. 21, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Secret of Vancouver-The Hidden Industrial Area Gem: The Northern Cafe

There are no words to describe one of the most memorable places to eat and it is in an industrial…
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Jul. 20, 2021 / Gordon Price

Calling All Artists: An idea worth sharing

Via Brandon Donnelly in Toronto.  We could do this here. Pine Hill Homes has recently completed a laneway suite here…
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Jul. 20, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Not In My Back Yard: Satellite Imagery Ensuring B.C. Farmland is Farmland Scorned by Provincial Liberals

Aerial photography and satellite imagery is available just about anywhere to everyone.  You can document the changes in a place,…
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Jul. 14, 2021 / Gordon Price

Urban Lunch – Julia Harten and Erick Villagomez – July 21

UBC School of Community and Regional Planning professor Julia Harten and Erick Villagomez, editor-in-chief of Spacing Vancouver, author of The Laws Of…
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Jul. 14, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Heat Wave in Metro Vancouver: How Do We Cool Hot Cities?

  Metro Vancouver went through a deathly hot heat event at the end of June  in this area that is…
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Jul. 13, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

New Book: Jane Jacobs’s First City: Learning From Scranton

  In the twentieth century there are very few evocative citizens that were not planners that spoke out about cities,…
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Jul. 09, 2021 / Gordon Price

Starbucks are closing – and no one cares

Michael Gordon, resident flaneur, reports in: Have you noticed that most Starbuck’s do not allow you to sit in their…
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Jul. 09, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Shinjuku Cat

If you haven’t seen the cat outside the world’s busiest train station – Shinjuku, in Tokyo – it’s not for…
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Jul. 08, 2021 / Gordon Price

Lessons for Vancouver: How a city in North Carolina struggled to create a comprehensive plan

Gord Price: Thanks to Jeff Wood at The Overhead Wire (highly recommended), I discovered this astonishing article from Charlotte Magazine…
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Jul. 07, 2021 / VWPT Vancouver

Be a Paul: support Viewpoint, get cool perks, and win

Paul Dragan launched Reckless Bikes in Vancouver in 1986, and now keeps our wheels turning in three thriving Vancouver locations.…

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