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Nov. 22, 2011 / Gordon Price

Re:connect – Time to Vote

Ready for another election? Sure, why not.  Here’s the link to the results of the Re:connect competition – ideas for…
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Nov. 16, 2011 / Gordon Price

Creative Financing: Vancouver and CACs

Andrew Jackson provides the best explanation of the history and issues surrounding Community Amenity Contributions (CACs) that I`ve come across…
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Nov. 03, 2011 / Gordon Price

ULI Emerging Trends in Real Estate – Highlights

The Urban Land Institute hosted real-estate analyst Jonathan Miller, the writer for ULI’s popular annual forecast, this morning (Nov 3)…
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Oct. 27, 2011 / Gordon Price

Numbers: What will happen South of the Fraser?

Given the significant over-estimation of population South of the Fraser from the viewpoint of 1990 – below – what are…
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Oct. 26, 2011 / Gordon Price

Numbers: past population projections in the Lower Mainland

Back in the 1990s, Alan Artibise and Michael Seelig wrote “From Desolation to Hope” –  a book about the future of the…
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Oct. 24, 2011 / Gordon Price

The most interesting block in Vancouver

Michael Alexander nominates the Zero Block on West Hastings: In the last year it’s been coming back to life, and the city…
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Oct. 20, 2011 / Gordon Price

Livable Region Plan actually working

This is a big deal: “Transit is becoming increasingly important in Metro Vancouver,” said Jones Lang LaSalle Executive Vice President…
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Jul. 11, 2011 / Gordon Price

BlogPlug: Changing City Updates

Here’s a blog worth putting on your Favourites to check every so often if you want to stay current on…
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Jun. 24, 2011 / Gordon Price

China’s Ghost Cities

This is astonishing, mind-boggling: From Business Insider: China plans to build 20 cities a year for the next 20 years.…
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Jun. 21, 2011 / Gordon Price

Novae Res Urbis – Vancouver Edition

Novae Res Urbis has come to Vancouver.  (Novae Res Urbis is a Latin translation of the phrase “New Things of the City”. )…
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Apr. 01, 2011 / Gordon Price

Trends in Downsizing

Big boxs aren’t so big (and they’re renting out space to even smaller businesses).  In America, houses are getting smaller…
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Mar. 15, 2011 / Gordon Price

Edmonton and great urban design

Not words normally found in the same sentence.  But, reports the Edmonton Journal: long-awaited proposals released  for redeveloping the City…
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Feb. 15, 2011 / Gordon Price

A Kerrisdale for everyone

Mark Hornell of Victoria has an idea for Vancouver: An approach that I think is an entirely achievable direction for…
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Feb. 14, 2011 / Gordon Price

Discuss: The End of the Strip Mall

Edward T. McMahon, a senior resident fellow at the Urban Land Institute, thinks so: One of the biggest reasons why…

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