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Jan. 11, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Will “The Evolution of Kerrisdale” Sells Condos in Today’s Market?

There’s a Vancouver real estate marketing YouTube video making the rounds of social media that describes a “different way of…
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Jan. 11, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

The Rise & Fall of the Developer’s Dream Subdivision ~”Montrelynview”

  There is a large flashy ad on twitter. A new development is being announced in Metro Vancouver. It  is…
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Jan. 10, 2021 / Gordon Price

Turning a Corner on Robson (and Transforming Granville)

From the Daily Hive: … local developer Bonnis Properties and the local office of the architectural firm Perkins & Will…
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Jan. 08, 2021 / Gordon Price

Narratives and Demographic Realities of the West End – 1

  A few weeks ago, PT ran a post: “The West End The Way it Was.”   Its last line: “One…
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Jan. 07, 2021 / Gordon Price

Sam de Groot on the Central Waterfront

Regular PT commenter Sam de Groot linked to his blog – Dreams and Schemes – when referencing The Icepick, which…
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Jan. 06, 2021 / Gordon Price

No Grand Bargain in Grandview: Conflicting Visions on the Safeway Site

Friend of Price Tags and resident of Grandview, Gerry Stafford (who lives meters from the Broadway SkyTrain station) sends along…
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Jan. 06, 2021 / Gordon Price

Bad News, Bonnes Nouvelles

It’s not looking good in New York: In Manhattan alone, new car registrations rose 76% and in Brooklyn, registrations climbed…
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Jan. 05, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

The Secretive Fountain,the Hideous Hoarding & the Public “Paint~In” at the Vancouver Court House~April, 1966

April 1966 was a heady time in Vancouver~it was the year before Canada’s centennial year, and was the City of…
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Jan. 04, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Staying Lit through the Long Metro Vancouver Winter?

The Duke of Data at Simon Fraser University’s City Program Andy Yan suggested it first: if you have Christmas lights…
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Jan. 04, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

“2020 Get Lost”~ Songwriter “Son of James” Sums it All Up

  Via historian and author Catherine Clement, Son of James with musician Shon Wong sings for many in his latest…
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Dec. 23, 2020 / Gordon Price

A Concrete Transformation of Beach Avenue

Curbs are being poured along Beach Avenue from Stanley Park to Hornby Street. The City approved this permanent change from…
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Dec. 22, 2020 / Gordon Price

A Lesser Known Quote from Jane Jacobs

A quote I don’t remember from “Death and Life of Great American Cities,” but, thanks to Farhad Manjoo at the…
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Dec. 21, 2020 / Gordon Price

The West End The Way it Was

A shot posted by West End Journal, I presume from the Vancouver Archives: At a glance you’d think – San…
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Dec. 21, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Granville Street, 1911~Christmas Gift Pieces~”Be Sensible Give Furniture”

  The D. A Smith Furniture Company appears on Vancouver’s  Granville Street and moves into a “larger” premises at 931…

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