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Aug. 21, 2014 / Gordon Price

Conference: Diaspora and Development – Sep 20

Details and registration here.…
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Aug. 20, 2014 / Gordon Price

Future Present: The History, Problems and Possibilities of the Canada Line

Kenneth Chan, in Vancity Buzz, asks a question we’ve all wondered about when standing on a crowded platform in the…
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Aug. 19, 2014 / Gordon Price

Dropping Densities: New Shift in Portland?

Given that we look to Portland for trends, here’s something to watch, as reported in the Portland Tribune: City ponders about-face…
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Aug. 15, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Daily Scot: Dying before birth – 2

Further to this post – The Fate Of America’s Dying Supercenters – Scot notes how even Wal-Mart is being impacted.  From…
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Aug. 11, 2014 / Gordon Price

Barcelona 26: The Diagonal (5) – La Mina After

By the 1970s, La Mina had becomes a ‘sink estate:’ a fortress-like setting with enclosed streets, high densities and few services, poverty…
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Aug. 11, 2014 / Gordon Price

Vacant Units: Higher? Lower? Unlikely?

CMHC has generated some data for a debate that has, so far, been based on guesswork, speculation, extrapolation and misinterpretation. From…
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Aug. 11, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Daily Scot: Dying before birth

Scot sent an item of particular relevance for this region: . The Fate Of America’s Dying Supercenters ” Just about every…
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Aug. 07, 2014 / Gordon Price

Barcelona 25 – Sagrada Familia in 2026

Assuming things go according to the latest version:      …
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Aug. 06, 2014 / Gordon Price

Barcelona 24 – The Diagonal (4): La Mina Before

Within steps of the parks, shopping malls, high-end highrises and corporate towers of Diagonal Mar is the barrio of La…
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Aug. 05, 2014 / Gordon Price

Barcelona 22 – The Diagonal (3): Parc Diagonal Mar

Diagonal Mar was one of the largest projects in Europe a decade ago: an 80-acre property on the Mediterranean waterfront (linked with…
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Jul. 31, 2014 / Gordon Price

Quote: Ross Moore on TOD

“If you’re not developing along a transit line ( that is within your community) you’re the exception.  It’s really got…
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Jul. 30, 2014 / Gordon Price

Barcelona 19 – The Diagonal (2)

The redevelopment of the north end of  The Diagonal was very much in the Barcelona tradition: Have a big event…
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Jul. 28, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Daily Scot

Scot’s thought of the day.  Well, Lao Tzu’s – but he didn’t have Twitter. .  …
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Jul. 28, 2014 / Gordon Price

Net Present Invaluable: The Arbutus Corridor

Sun columnist Daphne Bramham asks: Is Vancouver’s Arbutus corridor worth $100 million? There’s no question that the hodgepodge of gardens…

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