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Sep. 22, 2006 / Gordon Price

The Daily Alarm

It used to be that new information on climate change came in every month or so. Now it’s daily, and…

Sep. 21, 2006 / Gordon Price

Finally!

Back in 1989, in my second term on City Council, I vividly remember the week when James Hansen spoke before…

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Sep. 20, 2006 / Gordon Price

Viewpoint: Granville Island Yellow

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Sep. 14, 2006 / Gordon Price

Revelation: Seoul's Cheonggyecheon

I had read about this before, but didn’t really appreciate it until I saw this picture: According to Toronto’s Spacing…

Sep. 10, 2006 / Gordon Price

MUST READ – Canadian Architect

This month’s issue of Canadian Architect is largely devoted to Vancouver. I’ll definitely have more to say on some of…

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Sep. 10, 2006 / Gordon Price

Wonderful World, c. 1954

Jason Vanderhill saw this reprint from a children’s book of 1954 – The Wondeful World – on The Balloonists’ blog. “Looks rather…

Sep. 10, 2006 / Gordon Price

Canada: A country without a future?

When it comes to sustainable city-building, the urban-issues columnist for the Toronto Star, Christopher Hume, thinks so – here.…

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Sep. 09, 2006 / Gordon Price

Architectural Comfort Food

There’s a provcative critique of Vancouver’s downtown architecture by Robert A.M. Stern in the Sun today. (Here for subscribers.) “I…

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Sep. 07, 2006 / Gordon Price

Viewpoint: My window, Vancouver

The view out the front window this evening, as the long summer draws in. …

Sep. 06, 2006 / Gordon Price

"Extreme Makeover" – Governing Magazine's take on Vancouver

Alan Ehrenhalt, the Executive Editor of Governing Magazine made a special visit to Vancouver this spring to witness the city’s condo boom firsthand. …

Sep. 05, 2006 / Gordon Price

Vancouverism – An Australian Perspective

Nice piece here on Vancouver by Dr. Gabrielle Kuipe, an urban planner in Sydney who was here for the World…

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Sep. 04, 2006 / Gordon Price

Price Tags 88 – Intersections

A new Price Tags has just been published. PT 88 compares two downtown intersections in emerging neighbourhoods – Downtown South and…

Aug. 31, 2006 / Gordon Price

Caifornia Scheming

California has done it again. The Governor and Legislature, though from opposing political parties, have agreed to a plan that…

Aug. 29, 2006 / Gordon Price

Density and Social Disorder

In a comment to “Car-less in Vancouver,” Seattle reader Patrick McGrath asks: Are societal ills like those mentioned in the…

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