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Sep. 14, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Why Virtual is not Enough: Craving the Contact & Connectivity of Public Spaces

Pandemic times have amplified something that is already a challenge in cities: Loneliness. The Pandemic has shown the need for…
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Apr. 08, 2021 / Gordon Price

Will you drive more or less after the pandemic?

Here’s a plausible scenario in which you’ll drive more – from Slate: When the pandemic hit, Sheila worked at home.…
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Jan. 25, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Main Street Merchant Needs Intervention in Mayhem

Daphne Bramham on the weekend wrote in the Province that “the chaos and disorder” in the Downtown Eastside  is so …
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Jan. 12, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Working Person in 2021

(Click for full image) Imagine if you had seen this shot in 2019 and asked to provide an explanation.…
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Jan. 04, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Staying Lit through the Long Metro Vancouver Winter?

The Duke of Data at Simon Fraser University’s City Program Andy Yan suggested it first: if you have Christmas lights…
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Dec. 22, 2020 / Gordon Price

A Lesser Known Quote from Jane Jacobs

A quote I don’t remember from “Death and Life of Great American Cities,” but, thanks to Farhad Manjoo at the…
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Nov. 17, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver Through Two Plagues~Fundraising Webinar to Benefit Vancouver Archives

  If you have not been on a walking tour or an event and met Vancouver historian John Atkin, now…
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Nov. 06, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Coffee on the Go & the Pandemic “Fake Commuting” Phenomena

You have seen it in Vancouver~long lines of vehicles  in the drive-in lanes at McDonald’s in Kerrisdale when there’s no…
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Oct. 05, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Covid Pandemic~Cruise Ships Being Docked & Destroyed

  Cruise ships have a life of thirty years before they need to be revamped. But in Liaga Turkey which…
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Jun. 11, 2020 / Gordon Price

City Conversation: Covid / Climate Connection

The Pandemic & Climate Change Can COVID-19 get us to respond to the climate crisis? City Conversations continues in a…
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May. 15, 2020 / Gordon Price

Andrew Sullivan adds some plague perspective: “Get a Grip”

Sullivan, a columnist with New York magazine (and an early blogger – one of the best before it became too…
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May. 09, 2020 / Gordon Price

Graffiti for Our Times

  Seen shortly thereafter:…
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May. 06, 2020 / Gordon Price

Covid City Trends – Did 1918 Matter?

Richard Florida’s observation, in M GEN: “The Harsh Future of American Cities”: Much of our current aversion to crowds will…
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Apr. 27, 2020 / Gordon Price

An Irish Covid Jig

Why is Dermot Ryan’s jig – yes, about Covid-19 – worth listening to? Clever, very clever. No instruments but it…

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