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May. 09, 2007 / Gordon Price

Metrocore Myths and Facts

Here’s a “myth” –  The Metro Core is becoming a ‘resort’ economy. Here are the “facts” – The largest and…
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Apr. 30, 2007 / Gordon Price

Where Bike Racks Should Be

Globe architecture critic Lisa Rochon profiles Vancouver developer Ian Gillespie here.    (You’d think that by now the hometown Sun would…
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Apr. 16, 2007 / Gordon Price

How Dense Can They Be?

Knute Berger, a writer for Crosscuit’s Mossback section, throws some cold water on the over-heated praise for places like, well,…
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Apr. 13, 2007 / Gordon Price

The Three-Storey Story, Chapter Two

Last November, I wrote a post (here) on the dilemma of the three-storey walk-up, the plain stucco boxes that proliferated…
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Apr. 11, 2007 / Gordon Price

Nibble, nibble

Ever tried to find a detailed map of the Agricultural Land Reserve for your region?  As far as I know,…
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Apr. 10, 2007 / Gordon Price

The Growth Debate: Kelowna Version

Occasionally some remarks I make provoke a reaction. (Not as often as you’d think, or I’d sometimes like.) But a…
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Apr. 07, 2007 / Gordon Price

Urban Fare at a gas station?

David Sucher on his City Comforts blog asks an intriguing question:  So where is the “high-end” mini-mart? Obviously it would…
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Apr. 06, 2007 / Gordon Price

Foreign Ownership and Vacancy Rates

A Price Tags reader was reading Michael Geller’s blog entry on Australia’s Gold Coast, and one of the things that…
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Mar. 14, 2007 / Gordon Price

Portland's Bargeway Park – eventually

The last issue of Price Tags had a section on Portland’s South Waterfront, and the new park being constructed along…
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Feb. 14, 2007 / Gordon Price

Eco-Density Rolls Out

First up: a column by the Mayor in the National Post. It’s time to talk about urban density Tue 13…
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Jan. 24, 2007 / Gordon Price

GATEWAY BLINDNESS

On Thursday, Council will be discussing this report from the Vancouver Economic Development Commission: I did a quick search, wondering…
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Jan. 19, 2007 / Gordon Price

MORE SUCCESSFUL VICTIMS

The New York Times piece here has, as you’d expect, generated response. Here’s an email I got from the president…
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Jan. 19, 2007 / Gordon Price

Guess Where

Can you identify the city in which this house is located? Peter Simpson, the CEO of the Greater Vancouver Home…
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Jan. 18, 2007 / Gordon Price

SUCCESSFUL VICTIMS

The New York Times reports on the Vancouver dilemma: the Living First policy, which has encouraged more residential development downtown,…

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