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May. 07, 2012 / Gordon Price

Price Points: Tale of a Tile

What’s the story behind those blue tiles?  And where is the building? Vancouverites of a certain age (i.e. mine) might both…
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May. 04, 2012 / Gordon Price

Is Port Metro Vancouver a sprawl machine?

Here’s Port Metro Vancouver CEO Robin Silvester in an op-ed in the Sun, flying a balloon for highway expansion that would, once…
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May. 02, 2012 / Gordon Price

The Rise of One World Trade

And the best time-lapse of its kind:  …
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Apr. 12, 2012 / Gordon Price

Exurbia: “The glitz is off”

From USA Today: Almost three years after the official end of a recession that kept people from moving and devastated…
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Apr. 04, 2012 / Gordon Price

The Michaels have some questions for you.

I”m off to the Island for a couple of days.  So to keep PT readers amused, here are a couple…
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Mar. 19, 2012 / Gordon Price

Cycling, Separation and Change

Sun reporter Kelly Sinoski continues to address the challenge of accommodating cycling in a world designed for cars. Potential bike…
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Mar. 15, 2012 / Gordon Price

‘Obesogenic’ environments by design – Australian version

Not something you would have seen as the lead in the homes section of a major newspaper – this one…
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Mar. 14, 2012 / Gordon Price

Peak Parking: Expected Consequences

Don Cayo in the Sun tries to negatively spin the drop in parking demand downtown: The trickle-down impact of the…
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Mar. 12, 2012 / Gordon Price

Ghost lots and gas stations

Vancouver now has 84 gas stations, down from 328 in 1970 – with only two left on the downtown peninsula.  Brian…
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Mar. 04, 2012 / Gordon Price

The impact of trees in a city of hard edges

. First, go here: a view of Delancy Street South in New York City, next to the Williamsburg Bridge.  (If…
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Feb. 15, 2012 / Gordon Price

Fun with the Census: Where’s the densest place in North America?

These days it’s possible for media to take vast amounts of information – the census – and to create reader-friendly…
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Feb. 08, 2012 / Gordon Price

On Financing Growth: Down Memory Lane with Cameron Gray

As we watch with interest the discussion on how to create more affordable housing, no doubt the subject of Community…
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Jan. 26, 2012 / Gordon Price

A Decade of Dubai + 1

Eleven years of growth in Dubai made using images taken by NASA’s Terra satellite: .  . Dubai Marina – the…
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Nov. 28, 2011 / Gordon Price

Price Points: Lesson from the Development Wars

Where is this going to be built – and what was lost along the way? . . Find out here at…

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