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Aug. 07, 2020 / Gordon Price

Ann McAfee: Plans, Pandemic, Protests – Time For Cities to Pause & Pivot

PT: Ann McAfee was Co-Director of Planning for Vancouver from 1994 to 2006 at the time the extraordinary growth described…
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Aug. 06, 2020 / Gordon Price

Urban Growth (and Decline) in Vancouver – Jens von Bergmann’s Views

Further to this post below, the ever-visual Jens von Bergmann (@vb_jens) shows graphically what growth on the downtown peninsula looked…
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Aug. 03, 2020 / Gordon Price

Urban Growth Downtown: A Thousand Percent in Thirty Years

The guys at Changing Vancouver have one of their ‘big picture’ views of the city this week: This is all…
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Jul. 23, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Michael Gordon’s Video History of the Kitsilano Indian Reserve

Retired City of Vancouver planner Michael Gordon has created the YouTube  documentary video below about the history of Sen̓áḵw  between…
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Jul. 23, 2020 / Gordon Price

Priorities in a Pandemic: Will We Cut Cycling Infrastructure?

Dan Fumano at The Sun nails it: Although polling — and election results — consistently show most Vancouverites generally support spending on…
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Jul. 22, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Women’s Safety & Security in Cities

This article in the Conversation.com from three researchers at Monash University explores what the new Covid normal looks like in…
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Jul. 20, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

North American SUVs a No Go in Brexit Britain

It’s no secret that while over 60 percent of North American vehicle purchases are for SUVs (Sport Utility Vehicles) or…
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Jul. 20, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar~Preparing for Climate Change, American Planning Association

American Planning Association’s (APA) Sustainable Communities (SCD) and Environment, Natural Resources and Energy (ENRE) Divisions are asking planners how they…
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Jul. 17, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Permit Problems with Tree Pirate Ships & Tree Boats in Toronto Backyards

It is summer and time for the annual City versus Summer Fun story which this year comes from Toronto. This…
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Jul. 13, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

A Giant in our Midst~Richmond’s Harold Steves to Step Down from City Council

If ever there was someone in Metro Vancouver who is an unsung hero and should be receiving the Order of …
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Jul. 10, 2020 / Gordon Price

Thin Streets: From Asphalt to Affordable Housing

By Christina DeMarco and Peter Ladner Great ideas are as much about timing as content. Remember the first attempt to…
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Jul. 07, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Shipping Container becomes Temporary Parklet in City of North Vancouver

We have had the City of Vancouver and other municipalities develop streamlined approval processes for businesses that want to build…
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Jul. 06, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Covid Crisis or Not, We ALL Need Public Washrooms. Now.

The Globe and Mail’s Marcus Gee asks: If the Romans knew that public toilets were an essential part of urban…
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Jun. 25, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Want to Live Long and Prosper? Move to a Walkable Neighbourhood

Want to live long and prosper? Here’s a new study from Washington State University showing that walkability has a strong…

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