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May. 19, 2021 / Gordon Price

Vancouver Biennale: The Controversy du Jour

It wouldn’t be a Biennale without a controversy. Some Vancouverites may not know that the Vancouver International Sculpture Biennale is…
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May. 19, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Alex & Michelle Stoney’s Inspirational Aerial Landform Art

True artists express their creativity and do great works of art because it is the right thing to do. During…
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May. 19, 2021 / Gordon Price

Jobs Jar: Executive Director of the Vancouver Heritage Foundation

The VHF is looking for a new Executive Director Vancouver Heritage Foundation (VHF) is a registered charity that promotes the…
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May. 18, 2021 / Gordon Price

Los Angeles (Re)discovers the Missing Middle

One of Vancouver’s Sister Cities is Los Angeles (yup, LA) – a city that builds fewer new homes per capita…
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May. 17, 2021 / Gordon Price

Good-bye Price Tags … Hello Viewpoint

I’ve been doing Price Tags since 2003.  Originally it was an emailed newsletter.  Then a pdf file – like this.…
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May. 14, 2021 / Gordon Price

Small Changes – The Richards Bikeway

The separated bikeway on Richards – still under construction at its southern end, open on the north, applying finishing touches…
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May. 14, 2021 / Gordon Price

Recommended Read: E-Scooters in New York

A must-read article (from, not surprisingly, The New Yorker) recommended by Peter Ladner, and seconded by me.  It’s about more…
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May. 13, 2021 / Gordon Price

More Ammunition in the Gentrification War

There’s a premise out there (articulated pretty much at every rezoning hearing by Councillor Jean Swanson to justify a no…
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May. 13, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Post-Pandemic Seasonal Restaurant

Here in the Gilford Street minipark in the West End, there is a restaurant – once the fabled Delilah’s (ask…
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May. 12, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver’s Last Natural Salmon Creek & First Sustainable Street

Did you know that there is still one natural salmon bearing stream left in the City of Vancouver? That is…
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May. 11, 2021 / Gordon Price

Michael von Hausen’s latest: “New Pathways to Approvals”

From Michael von Hausen – the latest book from one of the pre-eminent urban designers in Canada, both a big-vision…
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May. 11, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar with America Walks: The Collision Analysis You Want Your City to Do

NEW WEBINAR: The Collision Analysis You Want Your City To Do – To Save Lives Join America Walks for a…
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May. 11, 2021 / Gordon Price

Small Changes – On the Ontario Bikeway

Friend of PT Sam Khany: “Look at this artfully done interim plaza in a unique part of our eclectic industrial…
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May. 10, 2021 / Gordon Price

More evidence that we’re no longer in Motordom

The Urban Development Institute did a webinar on Translink’s 2050 planning process – including some polls along the way.  Here’s…

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