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Apr. 29, 2015 / Gordon Price

Suburban Selfishness in Melbourne

Greg Vann links to this: This month Boroondara council banned new buildings of more than three storeys in 31 shopping…
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Feb. 12, 2015 / Gordon Price

Vancouverism in Excess: The Case of Melbourne

Some cities looked at the densification of Vancouver’s central core with admiration, and then went too far.  Melbourne was one…
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Feb. 11, 2015 / Gordon Price

Call for Abstracts: International Urban Design Conference

. Abstract submissions are now being accepted for the 8th International Urban Design Conference being held at the Sofitel Brisbane,…
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Jan. 20, 2015 / Gordon Price

Vacant Property: What do other places do?

Tim Pawsey wanted to make sure PT saw this – from BC Business: In the past two years, Israel, the…
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Jan. 13, 2015 / Gordon Price

Future Cities: The View from Aus

Cole Hendrigan passes on “the link below is to a well-presented documentary on the discussion – not be confused with…
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Dec. 01, 2014 / Gordon Price

Report: “Intensifying Melbourne”

From Cole Hendrigan at Curtin University: I was not involved in this, though I wish I had been. I just…
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Oct. 10, 2014 / Gordon Price

Motordom in Australia: A tunnel for Melbourne

Peter Whitelaw passes this along this piece from the Guardian Australia on the East West Link – “the most contentious, emotionally charged…
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Sep. 25, 2014 / Gordon Price

Lance Berelowitz: "How Other Cities Do It, and Why Can’t We?"

How Other Cities Do It, and Why Can’t We? Lance Berelowitz . Every time I return to Vancouver from a…
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Aug. 27, 2014 / Gordon Price

Motordom Madness in Australia

In Kent Acott’s comparison of transportation strategies between Vancouver and Perth, he highlighted these comments on the Australian Prime Minister’s…
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Aug. 27, 2014 / Gordon Price

As Others See Us: Vancouver through the eyes of West Australia

Kent Acott, a reporter from the West Australian, a newspaper based in Perth, was in Vancouver earlier this month to…
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Aug. 21, 2014 / Gordon Price

"An Argument for Alleys," or, Why Melbourne beats us on livability

Peter Berkeley links to this piece – “An Argument for Alleys” – from Michigan State University: Alleys provide a space…
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Jul. 29, 2014 / Gordon Price

Close Relations: Sydney and Vancouver

Adam Fitch asks: “Doesn’t this photo image look a lot like the east end of False Creek, looking at the…
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Jun. 16, 2014 / Gordon Price

Colour in Brisbane

As mentioned below,  Vancouver is way behind in the use of colour in its architecture, both in our public and private development.  …
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Jun. 11, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Most Successful New Light Rail Line in the World?

Will the start-up of the new light-rail line for the City of Gold Coast in Australia (map here), just weeks…

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