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Sep. 11, 2012 / Gordon Price

What developers and investors really think about transit

They like it – a lot. In the current issue of UrbanLand, members of Urban Land Institute’s Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)…
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Aug. 28, 2012 / Gordon Price

Compare and Contrast: the Evolution of the Shopping Centre

The region will likely have a chance to observe both in planning and development the transformation of two of the…
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Aug. 28, 2012 / Gordon Price

Evolution of Brentwood Mall and Town Centre

Lots of coverage of today’s public hearing on the rezoning of Burnaby’s Brentwood Mall (map here), which used to look…
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Jul. 17, 2012 / Gordon Price

Suburban notes from all over

Toronto: Location Matters: Redefining Living in the Suburbs and the City RBC/Pembina Institute study shows affordability and easy access to…
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Jul. 12, 2012 / Gordon Price

Vancouver’s Newest Neighbourhood – continued

Adam Fitch sends in a comment in response to the most recent Price Points: Vancouver’s Newest Neighbourhood.  It’s worth reprinting…
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Jul. 12, 2012 / Gordon Price

Food Deserts and Big Boxes on the North Shore – continued

Lots of great comments in response to Food Deserts and Big Boxes on the North Shore.  Take a re-read if…
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Jul. 10, 2012 / Gordon Price

Food Deserts and Big Boxes on the North Shore

Last week, the North Shore News ran this: TO many West Vancouver seniors, the recent closure of the Ambleside Safeway…
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Jul. 09, 2012 / Gordon Price

Price Points: Vancouver’s Newest Neighbourhood

Don’t be distracted by the Olympic Village.  It’s only a part of something bigger. But what to call it? Learn…
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Jul. 05, 2012 / Gordon Price

Why do condos even exist?

“It sounds like a dumb question,” says Stephen Smith, who asked it in this article on the Market Urbanism blog.  And then…
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Jul. 04, 2012 / Gordon Price

Grand Arch – continued

For more on the Plaza of Nations / Grand Arch proposal, click here for the application – including lots of…
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Jul. 03, 2012 / Gordon Price

Grand Arch, Lowly Plaza

Andy Coupland alerts us to the proposal for the rezoning of the Plaza of Nations at 750 Pacific Boulevard. .…
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Jun. 14, 2012 / Gordon Price

Marohn: Three Generations of the Suburban Experiment

Charles Marohn’s latest in Better! Cities & Towns: .   The first generation of the Suburban Experiment — let’s say…
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Jun. 06, 2012 / Gordon Price

Density in a City of Neighbourhoods (1)

On June 5 2012, Carbon Talks and the City of Vancouver brought together representatives from communities throughout the city to…
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May. 08, 2012 / Gordon Price

A parking lot conspiracy?

Andy Coupland sends along an image that has probably confounded a lot of people who have wondered: why is there…

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