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May. 13, 2007 / Gordon Price

How do you say "sustainability" in Arabic?

Looks like the Canadians are having an impact. Past-Co-director of Planning, Larry Beasley, and other locals have been consulting in…
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May. 13, 2007 / Gordon Price

Melbourne vs Sydney

How and why Melbourne beats out Sydney when it comes to urban design, the arts and cultivation of the creative…
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May. 09, 2007 / Gordon Price

Metrocore Myths and Facts

Here’s a “myth” –  The Metro Core is becoming a ‘resort’ economy. Here are the “facts” – The largest and…
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Apr. 30, 2007 / Gordon Price

Kunstler in Kelowna

Trevor Boddy, in his Globe and Mail column, gives a balanced view of James Kunstler (Geography of Nowhere) and his…
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Apr. 25, 2007 / Gordon Price

The Importance of Beauty

Here’s Planning Director Brent Toderian’s latest blog entry at Planetizen: The Importance of Beauty: A Personal and Professional Perspective…
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Apr. 16, 2007 / Gordon Price

Canadian Wisdom

Larry Beasley was speaking at a forum – “Framing a Capital City” – at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.  Here’s…
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Apr. 16, 2007 / Gordon Price

How Dense Can They Be?

Knute Berger, a writer for Crosscuit’s Mossback section, throws some cold water on the over-heated praise for places like, well,…
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Apr. 13, 2007 / Gordon Price

The Three-Storey Story, Chapter Two

Last November, I wrote a post (here) on the dilemma of the three-storey walk-up, the plain stucco boxes that proliferated…
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Apr. 11, 2007 / Gordon Price

A Forum for False Creek

Rick Balfour’s proposal for a forum at Jericho in Point Grey provoked the expected reaction: here.  But it also drew…
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Apr. 10, 2007 / Gordon Price

The Growth Debate: Kelowna Version

Occasionally some remarks I make provoke a reaction. (Not as often as you’d think, or I’d sometimes like.) But a…
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Apr. 07, 2007 / Gordon Price

Urban Fare at a gas station?

David Sucher on his City Comforts blog asks an intriguing question:  So where is the “high-end” mini-mart? Obviously it would…
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Apr. 02, 2007 / Gordon Price

Something grand about going small

From the National Post   Brian Hutchinson National Post Monday, April 02, 2007 CREDIT: Steve Bosch, CanWest News Service A…
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Mar. 14, 2007 / Gordon Price

Portland's Bargeway Park – eventually

The last issue of Price Tags had a section on Portland’s South Waterfront, and the new park being constructed along…
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Feb. 04, 2007 / Gordon Price

Architect against Iconic-ism

Architect Bing Thom recommended I read this piece from the Tyee on the prospects for the Larwell Park site (just…

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