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Jul. 05, 2018 / Gordon Price

The Coolest Bike Courier in Vancouver

And he has a Licence to Chill.…
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Jun. 28, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

New York City’s Tom Bob Repurposes Street Utilities into Whimsical Wonders

Photo: Mindcircle.com From curator and exhibition designer Catherine Clement comes this New York City story about artist Tom Bob, who turns the…
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Jun. 25, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The First Monday in Summer~a Look Back at English Bay, 1959

Courtesy of Price Tags contributor Tom Durning, a look back to Vancouver’s English Bay, and the summer of 1959. Notable…
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Jun. 16, 2018 / Colin Stein

Vancouver Mural – 20 W Hastings

Michael Alexander, one of Gordon Price’s travel partners on the east Asian urbanist study sojourn, took this photograph last month.…
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Jun. 13, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Open for Snacks. Closed for Gas. 5110 Oak Street

At the southeast corner of Oak Street and King Edward Avenue in Vancouver, a Shell gas station looks like any…
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Jun. 06, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Very Vancouver

At the corner of Davie & Denman, on my way to several errands, I found a scene that is oh-so…
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Jun. 04, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Spyglass Place Dock

On my way from here to there, and heard this guy playing the summer public piano at Spyglass Dock. It’s…
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Jun. 01, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Birds, Boats & Balconies of False Creek

Always a busy place that steadily becomes more visually interesting — False Creek near Granville Island in Vancouver.…
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May. 27, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Blossoms & Grasses

Near the rose garden in Vancouver’s Stanley Park are some very carefully showy flower beds. They are clearly a labour…
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May. 24, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image: Lotsa Colours

This fish-themed mural is overlaid by guerrilla-style graffiti, and spiced with a little urban detritus.…
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May. 23, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image: Traffic On Adanac

I’m here waiting for the train on the Adanac bike route in Vancouver, and my Mobi bike share time is…
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May. 13, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Tea-mageddon: Flee For the Hills

With thanks to Andy Yan, the Duke of Data, and occasional PT contributor. The #Vancouver Bubble Tea Crisis of 2018…
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May. 07, 2018 / Colin Stein

Daily Durning: Bridges Come to Life (video)

Thanks to Tom Durning of the Daily Durning who shares this collection of bridge engineering whimsy. Imagine a whole generation…
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May. 07, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Cherry Blossom Workload

A.K.A. the Pink Snow problem.…

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