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Sep. 23, 2009 / Gordon Price

The House Whisperer

James Johnstone is a house whisperer. Or perhaps that should be a house listener. In any event, he researches the history…

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Sep. 22, 2009 / Gordon Price

Walking Tour 3: Downtown South

Continuing on the tour, walking east on Nelson into Downtown South. Almost all the blocks have filled in now, and…

Aug. 25, 2009 / Gordon Price

Is a jail also a home?

You may have seen, heard or read about the Great Vancouver Versus Seattle Debate, held by the SFU City Program…

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Jan. 08, 2009 / Gordon Price

Signs of Change

Imagine the corner of Carrall and Hastings in the 1920s. At the B.C. Electric Railway headquarters (foreground on right), interurban…

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Oct. 06, 2008 / Gordon Price

Portland to Pennsylvania

From PT reader Andy Coupland: You correctly identify the fabulous reno of the Portland Hotel in your recent picture piece.…

Sep. 28, 2008 / Gordon Price

Old Stuff – Mossback’s Seattle

Knute Berger, a regular writer in Seattle’s online e-mag Crosscut (The Tyee of the Evergreen City), has penned a reflection…

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Sep. 23, 2008 / Gordon Price

New Stuff 5 – Downtown East Side / Gastown

So much happening, it’s hard to keep up. Here are a few samples. The curtain has been drawn to reveal…

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Jun. 09, 2008 / Gordon Price

Past Tense now present

Just came across Past Tense – a new blog on Vancouver’s history. A welcome addition, though I’m not sure who the blogger…

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Apr. 18, 2008 / Gordon Price

New Stuff 7 – The Flack Block

Signs of change are everywhere in Gastown and the Downtown East Side these days – most notably the Woodward’s tower,…

Jul. 29, 2007 / Gordon Price

How We’re Seen

By, in this instance, the Washington Post: Vancouver’s Olympic Challenge City Faces Pressure to Fulfill Social Pledges That Helped It…

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Dec. 09, 2006 / Gordon Price

Kluckner on Ecodensity

Check out this interview with Michael Kluckner by Charles Campbell in The Tyee. Here’s a clip: On density as an…

Oct. 24, 2006 / Gordon Price

Kids in the city

Now Seattle, like Portland, is wondering whether it’s possible to raise children downtown. The Post-Intelligencer explored the issue in this article:…

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