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Oct. 26, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar~Shane Phillips & The Affordable City

Arizona State University’s (ASU) School of Sustainability and Island Press are partnering on a fall speaker series featuring Island Press…
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Oct. 22, 2020 / Gordon Price

The Amazing New New York Subway Map

For years the MTA subway map of New York has been a city icon – and much debated in the…
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Oct. 19, 2020 / Gordon Price

Daily Scot: Vancouver’s Lost Neighbourhoods

Scot writes: A friend gifted me a beautiful replica 1928 map of ‘Greater’ Vancouver (just before the amalgamation of Vancouver,…
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Oct. 19, 2020 / Gordon Price

SFU Urban Design – Theory and Practice

For the first time, Urban Design Theory and Practice course will be delivered fully online. Developed and led by renowned…
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Oct. 19, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Why Can’t We Have Sheltered Public Spaces and Parks?

Last week I wrote about the international poll on walkability which found North American cities lacking. Those cities have  not…
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Oct. 19, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Poll Says Blundering Drivers Getting Better

You have to really like a pollster that uses the word “blunder” in describing driving habits in Canada . Mario…
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Oct. 19, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar~Designing Vegetated Roofing Systems to Optimize Stormwater Management

Have you ever wanted to learn how green roofs are designed and what the metrics are for water capture and…
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Oct. 16, 2020 / Gordon Price

From LA to BC, the Futile Future of Congestion Pricing

  On Thursday, the Eno Transportation Centre presented another of their webinars, this one with an irresistible title: The webinar…
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Oct. 15, 2020 / Gordon Price

VCPC Panel: Aftershock, Looking Back at 1918 for a View of the Future

A century after the 1918 Flu, Vancouver is once again grappling with the effects of a pandemic. The boundaries between…
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Oct. 15, 2020 / Gordon Price

The Concrete Jungle

West End street-style. 800-block Cardero In context:  …
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Oct. 15, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

World’s Most Walkable Cities? You May Be Surprised.

As it becomes clearer that we simply can’t drive our way out of congestion, some cities like Paris are planning…
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Oct. 14, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar~Conscious City Toronto on DIALOG’s Wellbeing Framework

There’s  a lot of content in free webinars and some real opportunities to learn more about emerging areas of planning.…
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Oct. 13, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Can A Mega Mall Morph into Marketed Housing Units?

  Last week the Duke of Data, Director of the  City Program at Simon Fraser University Andy Yan and I…
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Oct. 09, 2020 / Gordon Price

Risk-Taking on the North Shore, CNV-style

North Van City does it again.  Whenever the City or Park Board of Vancouver looks like they will consider doing…

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