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Apr. 27, 2022 / Gordon Price

The Legacy of Olmsted (including Vancouver)

Recommended reading from Fast Company: He’s probably best known as the codesigner of New York’s Central Park, but pioneering landscape…
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Apr. 27, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Despite Pedestrian Deaths & Serious Injury, Province Ignores Request for Slower Municipal Streets

As the weather warms up, everyone is out walking, rolling, biking…or driving their vehicle. Last year in Vancouver there were…
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Apr. 26, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

The Vancouver & Broadway Plans: Should “Livability” in Vancouver Mean Erasing Existing Neighbourhoods?

  As the City of Vancouver strives to create a new “Vancouver Plan”  and “Broadway Plan” which seems to focus…
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Apr. 26, 2022 / Gordon Price

Ten years of Handwritten Vancouver City Council Minutes Transcribed

Join a celebration of the completion of ten years of “Transcription of City Council Minutes from 1886 – 1896”  …
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Apr. 25, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

“The Decade When Vancouver Grew Up”: The 1970’s

Take a look  fifty years ago at arguably the most important decade in Vancouver. The 1970’s came in at a…
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Apr. 22, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Get Your Own Jane Jacobs or I.M. Pei Doll, Support a Great Cause

Trust the good folks behind the City of Toronto’s Jane’s Walk Festival to come up with the perfect way to…
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Apr. 14, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

How Japan Encourages Independent, Free Roaming Children in their Cities

I have talked about the popsicle test for neighbourhoods, where your neighbourhood is connected, safe and convenient. In that test…
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Apr. 13, 2022 / Gordon Price

Origins of The Grand Bargain

The origins of the Grand Bargain in the Lower Mainland trace back to the 1950s, when the concept of ‘Cities…
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Apr. 13, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Edmonton Closes 15 of 18 Public Washrooms at Transit Stations

I have been writing about the lack of public washrooms in Vancouver,  and Gordon has posted this video by CBC…
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Apr. 12, 2022 / Gordon Price

Jane’s Walk – May 6-8 (Plus special Viewpoint treat on April 30)

Jane’s Walk is a movement of free, citizen-led walking tours inspired by Jane Jacobs, hitting the streets again May 6-8…
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Apr. 11, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Before the Draft Vancouver Plan of Today: The CityPlan of the 1990’s.

You would think from some of the media reports that there has not been an overall city plan for Vancouver…
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Apr. 10, 2022 / Gordon Price

Fun Facts (and Doubts) on Metro and City Growth

Some intriguing insights from the Backgrounder on Metro Vancouver Growth Projections: Our share of immigration in-migration for the region is…
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Apr. 06, 2022 / Gordon Price

Draft Vancouver Plan: First Impressions

The Draft Vancouver has been released here: The first coverage is coming out.  Here’s Dan Fumano in The Sun, and…
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Apr. 06, 2022 / Gordon Price

Shhh – Apr 27

A virtual forum examining the health enhancing benefits of quiet green spaces.  Quiet Parks and Quiet Spaces will address the health…

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