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Jun. 21, 2022 / Gordon Price

The Transformation of Rue de Rivoli

The first in a series on contemporary urbanism in European cities. The Rue de Rivoli is one of the…

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Jun. 21, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Summer Solstice: Where is Your Favourite Summer Sidewalk?

Throughout Vancouver there are some remarkable sidewalk vistas that completely embrace the fact this place was originally a rainforest. Take…

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Jun. 20, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Is It Time to Put Vancouver’s Park Board Out to Pasture?

In Vancouver there’s a crowded starting line for Mayor, and many people running for Council and Park Board that…

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Jun. 16, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Folsom City Fireworks Go Full Scale Modern: Why Can’t “Green” Vancouver?

Folsom California is a town of 80,454 people in Sacramento County, California. Intel moved here in 1992 and employs 6,100…

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Jun. 15, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Why are We Still Talking About Public Fireworks in Vancouver in the 21st Century?

If you want to divide a room of people really fast, ask them whether they are for or against public…

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Jun. 13, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Urban Designer/Author Scot Hein-Why “Zoning Must Evolve: Because You Forgot About Me”

The Broadway Plan has shown the Big Cleave, with social media pundits ascertaining commenters as being either “for” housing or …

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Jun. 08, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

How Do We Cool A Hot City? Coroner’s Report Released on Last Year’s Deadly “Heat Dome”.

Today heat waves in the United States kill more people than natural disasters, and the United Kingdom is estimating a…

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Jun. 06, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Allowing Axing of Private Property Trees Not Such a Greenest City Idea After All

It seemed kind of strange at the time. You would think during a climate emergency and the need to speed…

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Jun. 03, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Hidden Gem in Industrial Area #3: The Truck Stop Cafe at Clark & Napier

At Viewpoint Vancouver we have been highlighting those wonderful eating places that are not necessarily where you think they would…

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Jun. 01, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Nathan Edelson on the Broadway Plan: “Vancouver Needs More False Creek Souths”

On May 31, Council concluded the public hearing in the Broadway Corridor Plan and will be deliberating on the plan…

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May. 31, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Tree Crotch Dropping & Mount Pleasant’s The Davis Family: A Personal Story

I have written before about the remarkable Davis Family who bought up the derelict houses along the 100 block of…

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May. 31, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Ralph Segal, City of Vancouver’s Former Chief Urban Designer on the Broadway Plan

If you worked at City Hall in the 1990’s and 2000’s, you knew Ralph Segal. He was the senior architect/urban…

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May. 30, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Stanley Park Bike Lane, Yay or Nay? Survey Asks About Moving Through Stanley Park Open Until June 9

On Victoria Day weekend in May everyone flocked to Stanley Park-in their vehicle. While social media was buzzing that the…

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May. 26, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

A Solution to Broadway Plan Stalling: Phase, Prioritize & Evaluate Affordable Rental Housing

Earlier this week Viewpoint Vancouver posted about the Broadway Plan which has a broad brush approach to upzoning eight blocks…

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