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Jun. 03, 2021 / Gordon Price

What a Year It’s Been

Via Jeff Speck…

May. 10, 2021 / Gordon Price

Small Changes

A few things noticed on bike this last weekend – like the first poppy on the Arbutus Greenway: Thank you,…

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May. 03, 2021 / Gordon Price

Crooning in Robson Square on a Sunny Afternoon

(Click title for videos.) Buskers are quickly discovering that the 800 Block is the best place to perform in the…

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Apr. 29, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

STAR AWARD to “Central Perk” Set on Vancouver’s Marine Drive

If you are on Southwest Marine Drive near Balaclava, you may have seen Anne Bruinn doing wonderful things to transform…

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Apr. 21, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Great Britain Suffers Severe Shortage of Garden Gnomes

There are six million of them in Great Britain and interest in having them has increased twenty percent during the…

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Mar. 26, 2021 / Gordon Price

Vancouver in Miniature

Michael Geller passes this along: A major city portrayed in miniature, this short film was shot in Vancouver over a…

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Mar. 26, 2021 / Gordon Price

2020 in 3 Words

The City in Colour Coop is a team of interdisciplinary urban scholars, community organizers, visual artists and designers comprised of…

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Mar. 11, 2021 / Gordon Price

Don’t let NPA Park Commissioners hear about this

From Canadian Cycling Magazine: Marcel Steeman, a regional councillor in the Netherlands, is the voice behind hundreds of people advocating…

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Mar. 03, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

The Lady Walking Her Dog & The Lady Walking Her Dog

Covid times have made us see our streets differently, and also arguably who is there. The usual task of walking…

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Mar. 02, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Photographic Genius Stanley Woodvine Straightens Vancouver House Curve

Graphic artist and writer Stanley Woodvine has a good eye for design and form and he has achieved what so…

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Mar. 01, 2021 / Gordon Price

Fun with Statistics: The Pop Clock

For data nerds out there, this must be familiar – but for those who haven’t seen Canada’s population clock from…

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Feb. 24, 2021 / Gordon Price

Graffiti Art for Our Time

Friend of PT Gerry Stafford: A bit of contemporary art/graffiti on the fence at the Queen Victoria Annex Elementary School.…

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Feb. 18, 2021 / Gordon Price

Vancouver Diary: What’s with the snowpeople?

Dianna, our inquiring mind, has an inquiry: OK, Canadian natives, I have a question for you. What’s with the topknots…

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Feb. 15, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Pedestrian “Wait” Signal~ Finally the Song

Have you noticed that there are a few songs about walking, but not very much about waiting at crosswalks with…

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