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Jan. 06, 2007 / Gordon Price

City versus Suburbs

The City versus Surburbs debate has been going as long as there’s been both – and suburbs emerged along with the first…

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Jan. 05, 2007 / Gordon Price

Looking Forward

Sure it’s arbitrary – but the beginning of a new year offers the opportunity to plan ahead with a sense…

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Dec. 24, 2006 / Gordon Price

A Merry and a Happy

A Merry Christmas to all PT readers. Off for the Holiday. See you in January.…

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Dec. 21, 2006 / Gordon Price

JibJab's Year in Review

You’re going to see this all over the web, so why not here too:…

Dec. 20, 2006 / Gordon Price

Over and Under

Two Vancouverites – Michael Kluckner and Christine Allen – have relocated to Sydney. Canadians will certainly be familiar with Michael’s…

Dec. 20, 2006 / Gordon Price

New Look

Time for a change of format. I was getting tired of the small print. Let me know if you have…

Dec. 19, 2006 / Gordon Price

Shame and Guilt

Architectural critic Trevor Boddy celebrates the season of good cheer with another dump on the City in this Globe and…

Dec. 18, 2006 / Gordon Price

More Fire, More Gas

Don Potts has a quick reponse in the Sun today to Marc Jaccard’s column in the Saturday issue. (Potts is…

Dec. 18, 2006 / Gordon Price

"Civic Strategies" on urban poverty

One of my favourite e-newsletters is Civic Strategies: Every few weeks, about a dozen short, well-written blurbs, albeit with an…

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Dec. 18, 2006 / Gordon Price

What Happened?

How did the proposal for the Hotel Georgia tower go from this: To this: PT Reader Timothy Thomas speculates: Sadly, I…

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Dec. 18, 2006 / Gordon Price

3-D Vancouver

What would Downtown Vancouver look like if it were made out of jello? At last, you can see for yourself,…

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Dec. 18, 2006 / Gordon Price

Insights on Sightline

Fine piece on Alan Durning and the Sightline Institute in the current Seattle Times magazine. Here’s the whole article, and…

Dec. 17, 2006 / Gordon Price

Robson World Class? Not quite.

They’ll charge you the highest rents in Canada for retail space on Robson between Burrard and Bute. Expect to put…

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Dec. 17, 2006 / Gordon Price

Tram Fever Grips France

Paris is celebrating the opening of the new T3 route as part of its Metro tram network. Even the Germans are…

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