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Jul. 26, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver’s 1905 Flashback: Automobile Drivers & Stanley Park, Is History Repeating?

Stanley Park and its access by automobiles have historically been a point of contention, and that goes back over a…
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Jul. 20, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Not In My Back Yard: Satellite Imagery Ensuring B.C. Farmland is Farmland Scorned by Provincial Liberals

Aerial photography and satellite imagery is available just about anywhere to everyone.  You can document the changes in a place,…
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Jul. 14, 2021 / Gordon Price

Urban Lunch – Julia Harten and Erick Villagomez – July 21

UBC School of Community and Regional Planning professor Julia Harten and Erick Villagomez, editor-in-chief of Spacing Vancouver, author of The Laws Of…
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Jul. 13, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

New Book: Jane Jacobs’s First City: Learning From Scranton

  In the twentieth century there are very few evocative citizens that were not planners that spoke out about cities,…
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Jul. 08, 2021 / Gordon Price

Lessons for Vancouver: How a city in North Carolina struggled to create a comprehensive plan

Gord Price: Thanks to Jeff Wood at The Overhead Wire (highly recommended), I discovered this astonishing article from Charlotte Magazine…
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Jul. 07, 2021 / Gordon Price

Buildings That Changed Vancouver – The Observatory

Today’s example is in the City of North Vancouver, and the building is The Observatory (120 West 2nd Street).  At…
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Jul. 06, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Idyllic Dilemma of South False Creek

Almost half a century after it was designed and built, the South Shore of False Creek – a reflection of…
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Jul. 05, 2021 / Gordon Price

Future of False Creek South – Jul 14

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Jul. 04, 2021 / Gordon Price

Uytae Lee Video: Can we rent our way out of the housing crisis?

Another great video for Urbanarium by Uytae Lee (our best videographer on urban issues).  He tackles an aspect of the…
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Jun. 29, 2021 / Gordon Price

Urban Lunch with Jens von Bergmann and Nathanael Lauster – Jul 8

Sam Sullivan offers this invitation to an Urban Lunch: Please join us for an Urban Lunch featuring Jens von Bergmann,…
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Jun. 23, 2021 / Gordon Price

Surrey Survey for Savvy Citizens

The City of Surrey launched the third phase of public engagement today for the new Surrey transportation plan. Between June…
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Jun. 22, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Does Vancouver’s Proposed Climate Emergency Parking Plan Need Clarity on Purpose, Use?

  The Vancouver Sun ran an editorial written by  Dr. Melissa Lem stating that pollution is a problem, the City…
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Jun. 21, 2021 / Gordon Price

History Lesson: “That’s the end of condominiums” – but not for homeowner tax advantages

Historian Michael Kluckner provides further info on the post regarding the preservation of rental housing in Kerrisdale in 1989.  The…
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Jun. 16, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Future in Lanes and Everyday Life

We used to rely on the front covers of cheap sci-fi paperbacks for images of the future. The cities were…

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Sandy James Planner

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