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Apr. 03, 2018 / Gordon Price

Our Looming Tower – 2

Vancouver House is appearing in and above the skyline – in this case from the South False Creek greenway across…
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Mar. 30, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Skopje, Rebuilt for Tourists, Not Locals

  As the New York Times reports Skopje Macedonia has been completely transformed from a 1963 earthquake that required the rebuilding of…
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Mar. 30, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Friday File:Horse in House is Unstable Situation

In the Friday file comes this story from the BBC News  about a horse named Grey Lady Too that was moved into…
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Mar. 21, 2018 / Gordon Price

Tree Plea

Via Neal LaMontagne:…
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Mar. 19, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

A Tale of Two Different Bottom Lines~McArthur Glen Mall at YVR & Tsawwassen Mills

It is an interesting time for regional malls in Metro Vancouver, and two new entrants in the market, McArthurGlen in…
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Mar. 15, 2018 / Gordon Price

Our Looming Tower

Vancouver House (the condo tower under construction on Howe Street next to the Granville Bridge, designed by Bjarke Ingels) hasn’t…
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Mar. 13, 2018 / Gordon Price

The Uses of Beaches

Two scenes happening at the same time on English Bay beach, metres apart. (1)  Two lads on a log, enjoying…
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Mar. 06, 2018 / Gordon Price

"Does anything say …" – 6

Does anything say ‘mid-second-decade architecture’ better than coloured panels? It seems to be the way the profession has settled on…
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Mar. 02, 2018 / Gordon Price

"Does anything say …" – 5

Does anything say ‘brutalism’ better than the Vancouver Masonic Centre on West 8th just off Granville?  It gets a bad…
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Feb. 21, 2018 / Gordon Price

"Does anything say …" – 4

Does anything say ‘Seventies’ better than a brutalist raw-concrete parkade? At least this one didn’t kill off the street frontage. …
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Feb. 12, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Urbanist Melody Ma, the Vancouver View Corridors, & Why They Are Important

The Northeast False Creek Plan goes to Council this week and Price Tags Vancouver has been looking for any rationale behind the…
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Feb. 07, 2018 / Gordon Price

"Does anything say …" – 3

Does anything say ‘Vancouver winter’ better than a debate in mid-February as to whether the crocuses are a week early?…
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Feb. 06, 2018 / Gordon Price

"Does anything say …" – 2

Does anything say ‘Canadian culture’ better than Canada Post Star Trek stamps?     (Add your “Does anything say …”…
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Feb. 02, 2018 / Gordon Price

Yaletown Commute

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