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Jan. 23, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

#2. Doug Massey responds to Todd Stone Letter-Massey Bridge/Tunnel "Conspiracy"

On his Metro Vancouver transportation blog, Stephen Rees has a letter from guest editor Doug Massey in response to Minister of…
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Jan. 23, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

#1. Back to the Massey Bridge-Todd Stone on Why It’s Good For You

In that story that just won’t go away, the Delta Optimist has printed on January 20th a letter from the Minister…
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Jan. 23, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Curbing Road Violence-"Business in Vancouver" Weighs In

“For some reason, we’ve come to accept this road violence against pedestrians as part of the wallpaper of urban living…
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Jan. 18, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Trump Tower Vancouver-Hotel Reviews Already In

Price Tags did award a 2016  Gordie to the Trump Tower for being one of the most polarizing planning issues of…
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Jan. 16, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Uber Taking on Public Transit?

The Guardian‘s Greg Lindsay discusses what many transportation planners have been worrying about-we all assume that Uber will displace and…
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Jan. 13, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Friday File-Public Art Artist Patents the Black Pencil Crayon

Remember when you shared your coloured pencil  crayons in school and the other kid didn’t give the black pencil crayon…
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Jan. 11, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The New Vancouver Art Gallery Proposal-688 Cambie Street

When the Price Tags Editorial Board was considering the  2016 “Gordies” award for the most puzzling planning work, the new…
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Jan. 11, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Everything Old is New Again- Vancouver Art Gallery Hornby Location

A compelling video from 2014 (quoting 2014 budget prices) is narrated by Vancouver architect Peter Cardew about how the current…
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Jan. 11, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Civic Political History

Let PT’s own Gordon Price be your guide. Thursday, January 26, 2017 – 7:30 at Museum of Vancouver Civic Politics…
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Jan. 08, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Walk Like a Penguin and Ignore the Sand on Spanish Banks

As hard as it may seem to everyone else in the country we have not been dealing with the cold,…
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Jan. 06, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

That City Walk Can Kill You-Part Two

Last Friday noted journalist Daphne Bramham wrote in the Vancouver Sun a very cogent article offering a  simple solution to…
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Jan. 06, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Friday File-The Girl that offered to do the "BONG" for London's Big Ben

One of the most iconic sights in London England is the Houses of Parliament and the clock tower. The chimes…
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Jan. 03, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

That City Walk Can Kill You in "The Pedestrian Death Capital of Canada"

The statistics have just been released that there were 11 murders in the City of Vancouver in 2016.  The 11…
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Jan. 02, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Canada's 150th Birthday Party and Metro Vancouver

As 2017 dawns, Canada’s 150th anniversary will be celebrated this summer. There are a few folks among us that will…

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