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Feb. 10, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

How the Notorious Kingsway Triangle Became a Public Park Space

  CBC Journalist Justin McElroy visited EVERY  park  in Vancouver and published his  ranked visits here. One of those parks…
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Feb. 10, 2021 / Gordon Price

They’re Back!

It may not feel that way, but Spring has announced its entrance with a golden host on the slopes of…
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Feb. 09, 2021 / Gordon Price

A Clue You’re in Shaughnessy

It’s in the wording. At least that’s one premise.…
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Feb. 09, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar~ Engineering Vegetated Roofs for Storm Water Management

Date: Feb 10, 2021 Time: 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time Here is your chance to learn more about how green roofs…
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Feb. 08, 2021 / Gordon Price

A Cool View from City Hall

With temperatures at around zero, the cool green glass that has been used to clad our residential highrises since the…
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Feb. 04, 2021 / Gordon Price

SFU Continuing Studies: CITY100

Want to learn how cities and communities work and change over time? The CITY100 Series is a collection of practitioner-taught…
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Feb. 04, 2021 / Gordon Price

Urbanism: For your viewing and listening pleasure

PT contributors have a couple of recommendations for you – their favourite podcasts and videos on cities and urbanism (and…
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Feb. 02, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Landscape Design & A Legend ~Cornelia Oberlander’s Retrospective in West Vancover

Landscape Architect Cornelia Oberlander with Glen Patterson at Cornelia’s landscape at the UBC Museum of Anthropology. The West Vancouver Museum…
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Feb. 02, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar~Resilient Cities~Planning for Uncertainty

The City of New Westminster, SFU Urban Studies and Douglas College present Resilient Cities~Planning for Uncertainty. COVID-19 has created both…
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Feb. 01, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Toronto Area Libraries Reach Out to Pandemic Isolated Seniors Through Library Cards

Who touches every household during the pandemic and knows where seniors live? Canada Post still goes door to door in…
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Jan. 28, 2021 / Gordon Price

Why Mobility Pricing is So Immobile

The mobility-pricing conversation has been mostly about technology and social engineering.  Mostly speculation, not specifics. No matter how much sense…
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Jan. 26, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

The Wallflower Diner’s Winning Strategy & Why Public Washrooms are Not Band-Aids

During the start of the Covid pandemic, bus drivers had a particularly hard time finding places to use washrooms. When…
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Jan. 26, 2021 / Gordon Price

Jobs Jar: SFU Urban Studies Sessional Instructor

The SFU Urban Studies Program invites applications for the position of Sessional Instructor – Summer 2021 URB 497-691 International Field…
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Jan. 26, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Selling Vancouver to Tourism in the 1960’s~The Honeymoon Film

Sixty years ago a Vancouver tourism film was released that catered to couples, and recommended the Vancouver area for people…

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