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Sep. 01, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Aging Boomers in the Age of Motordom

  An item recommended by the Durning from mother nature network: It won’t be pretty when boomers lose their cars It’s…
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Aug. 19, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Sinoizing Africa

From CityLab: China isn’t just providing the manpower to fuel quickly urbanizing African cities. It is exporting its own version…
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Aug. 17, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Shorts for the Summer

I thought your readers would enjoy these two NFB productions. The first is “Whistling Smith.” A beat cop in the…
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Aug. 14, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Dialogue

Tom Durning and Michael Geller have been debating the Kettle highrise proposal (technically a mid-rise) in Grandview.   .  .…
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Aug. 06, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Shorts for the Summer

I thought your readers would enjoy these two NFB productions: The first is “Whistling Smith:” a beat cop in the…
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Jun. 24, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Model project for Jericho Lands

We think Durning is joshing: . A housing complex in San Buenaventura, Mexico. Ideal project for the Jericho lands. .…
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Jun. 22, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning’s Housing Summary

Toderian on growth in Metro how-cities-grow-big-not-how-big-cities-grow . But are some municipalities in Metro doing more than others? I refer back…
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Jun. 17, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Montreal’s success

Durning found this in The Guardian: . People power: the secret to Montreal’s success as a bike-friendly city . This…
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Jun. 05, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning’s Weekly Housing Summary

A compilation from Tom Durning:. . I suppose the term density creep is ‘creeping’ into planning lexicon.  Here are two…
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Jun. 02, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Affordable Housing Plan in San Francisco

Another city that’s seriously trying to address the affordable housing challenge: . If you think Vancouver is expensive, San Francisco…
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May. 29, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning’s Weekly Housing Summary

A compilation from Tom Durning: . Surprisingly little local press on the overturn of the Brenhill decision by the Appeal…
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May. 08, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: H + T in Metro Vancouver

Metro Vancouver does some great reports (and a lousy job in publicizing them.)  Fortunately, there’s Durning, who draws attention to…
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Apr. 29, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: A Secret Apartment in Paris

Good view, too.   From veranda: When designer Gustave Eiffel finished his tower in 1889, he built himself a secret…
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Apr. 22, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Dada

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