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May. 10, 2021 / Gordon Price

Small Changes

A few things noticed on bike this last weekend – like the first poppy on the Arbutus Greenway: Thank you,…
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May. 07, 2021 / Gordon Price

Downtown Waterfront Visionaries – Lance Berelowitz

  This is a version of a presentation that planner, urban designer and writer Lance Berelowitz made during SFU’s Lunch…
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May. 06, 2021 / Gordon Price

Downtown Waterfront Visionaries – Mary Pynenburg

From the Downtown Waterfront Working Group: Simon Fraser University, Vancouver campus, recently hosted two significant and destined-to-be-influential dialogues on the…
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May. 06, 2021 / Gordon Price

BIKEnnale/WALKennale 2021 is Open Now

From the Vancouver Biennale: REGISTRATION NOW OPEN |  BIKEnnale/WALKennale 2021 What’s the BIKEnnale/WALKennale? It’s the quintessential COVID-safe way to combine…
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May. 06, 2021 / Gordon Price

Webinar: Affordable Housing in B.C. Communities

From the BC Housing Research Centre: Building Knowledge and Capacity for Affordable Housing in B.C. Communities Join us for this webinar series…
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May. 05, 2021 / Gordon Price

How NOAH might save Vancouver from the Amazon Flood

  The Post, currently under construction on Georgia, will open in 2023 as the largest office building downtown.  Inside will…
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May. 04, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Why Pedestrian Midblock Crosswalks & Leading Pedestrian Intervals Are the Right Thing to Do

The insistence that pedestrians cross at intersections  treats pedestrians and other vulnerable road users just like vehicular traffic and force…
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May. 03, 2021 / Gordon Price

Crooning in Robson Square on a Sunny Afternoon

(Click title for videos.) Buskers are quickly discovering that the 800 Block is the best place to perform in the…
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Apr. 30, 2021 / Gordon Price

Design Theme for the Broadway SkyTrain Stations: Ultra-Bland

The Daily Hive has posted renderings of the proposed SkyTrain stations along the Broadway line.  What a disappointment for such…
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Apr. 29, 2021 / Gordon Price

Bike Lanes: Kits Point and the Coupar Strategy of Endless Delay

A few weeks ago, BC Cycling Coalition board member Peter Ladner got an op-ed in The Sun on that perennial…
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Apr. 28, 2021 / Gordon Price

 UDI Fraser Valley Webinar: The Foreseeable Future – May 6

I have the pleasure of moderating what is, for me, an unusual panel.  It focuses on the fast-growing suburban municipalities…
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Apr. 27, 2021 / Gordon Price

Buildings that Changed Vancouver 2 – Ocean Towers

  Ah yes, the Miami Beach of English Bay: Ocean Towers.   From Changing Vancouver: The design – seen in…
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Apr. 26, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Planting this Shrub Along Roadways Mitigates Air Pollution by 20%

The British Royal Horticultural Society has released a science paper that shows that hedges can mitigate air pollution if they…
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Apr. 23, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Downtown Waterfront: Visionaries and Implementers 2 – Apr 29

Thursday, April 29 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PDT Free REGISTER NOW The downtown waterfront – the area surrounding the Waterfront…

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