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Jul. 30, 2015 / Gordon Price

City Conversations: Future of the Viaducts – Aug 6

City Conversations – The Future of the Viaducts: The City Staff’s Report . Two years ago, a unanimous City Council asked staff…
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May. 29, 2015 / Gordon Price

City Conversations: Downtown Waterfront – Jun 4

  City Conversations – The Future of Our Downtown Waterfront   . Vancouver’s downtown waterfront suddenly is in play, and many…
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May. 19, 2015 / Gordon Price

City Conversations: Generation Squeezed – May 21

Generation Squeezed: better educated and harder working, for less money and fewer benefits . A 29-year old-presenter at our last…
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May. 07, 2015 / Gordon Price

City Conversations: Your Home: expectations, needs and what’s real – Today, May 7

  Your Home: expectations, needs and what’s real  . Housing prices inflate, seemingly without pause. Modest but serviceable Vancouver cottages…
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Apr. 09, 2015 / Gordon Price

City Conversations: Overprotected kids – Apr 16

  City Conversations: Overprotected kids, super-safe playgrounds, and health   D minus. That’s the physical activity grade our children earned…
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Mar. 16, 2015 / Gordon Price

City Conversation: Behind the Transit Debate – Mar 19

The next City Conversation this Thursday: . Myths vs. Reality in the Transit Debate “I’ve heard it so often, it…
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Mar. 02, 2015 / Gordon Price

City Conversation: Winners & Losers – Mar 5

The next City Conversation at SFU Burnaby:   . Winners and losers: An SFU student conversation on the Transportation Referendum  .  …
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Feb. 13, 2015 / Gordon Price

City Conversation: “Preserving our Heritage” – Feb 19

The next City Conversation: .  The Value and Challenges of Preserving our Heritage . Throughout Vancouver, older homes are being…
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Feb. 03, 2015 / Gordon Price

City Conversations Update – Feb 5

Condo Tower, Social Housing, Public Consultation, Court Ruling… . Enough controversy? This project seems to be a magnet. Over a…
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Jan. 14, 2015 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Words: Uber Pro and Con

Ohrn: We’d like to help you plan a better city, just as soon as the lawsuits are over.  From the Uber…
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Jan. 08, 2015 / Gordon Price

City Conversation: Taxi Disruption!

From City Conversations: Taxi Disruption! . The taxi industry in Vancouver (and cities around the world) have operated under similar…
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Nov. 04, 2014 / Gordon Price

City Conversations: Tight-Ass City – Nov 6

I’m reposting this because of this:   Please join Lance Berelowitz, planner, urban designer, and writer on urban issues; and…
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Nov. 03, 2014 / Gordon Price

City Conversations: Why so uptight, Vancouver? – Nov 6

  Why so uptight, Vancouver?   That question was irreverently asked by a grandmotherly-type at a City Conversation earlier this…
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Sep. 15, 2014 / Gordon Price

City Conversations: A Tax for Housing and Transportation – Sep 18

  Linked: A Housing Speculation Tax and Transportation Funding   The two hot issues in the Lower Mainland are the…

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