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Jan. 15, 2007 / Gordon Price

B.C. Place Redux

From a glance at the headlines in the newspaper boxes, the B.C. Place replacement story has legs. PT reader Ron…
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Jan. 14, 2007 / Gordon Price

Resurrection in Saudi Arabia

Go out and get a copy of the Saturday, January 13th Globe and Mail.  There’s a story in it that…
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Dec. 09, 2006 / Gordon Price

Kluckner on Ecodensity

  Check out this interview with Michael Kluckner by Charles Campbell in The Tyee.  Here’s a clip: On density as an…
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Dec. 06, 2006 / Gordon Price

The Whole Hole

This is the biggest construction hole in the Lower Mainland:   It’s at the corner of Ioco Road, between Murray and…
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Oct. 02, 2006 / Gordon Price

Woodwards Rollover

Just in case you miss the update below, you must click here to see Yun Lam Li’s video of the…
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Sep. 30, 2006 / Gordon Price

Go Boom, Fall Down

Woodwards, a homegrown department store, was once the anchor of the Downtown East Side.   When it closed, it took the economic…
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Jul. 25, 2006 / Gordon Price

Highrise versus Lowrise

Seattle-ite Patrick McGrath asked the following question in a comment to the “Density Game” below: Are high rises the best…
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Jul. 23, 2006 / Gordon Price

The Density Game

In municipal politics, “density” is a code word. For some, it’s synonymous with urban decay, or more mildly, a less…
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Jul. 21, 2006 / Gordon Price

Weekend Rumour

The escalating costs of construction – a world-wide phenomenon – may be taking down a high-profile project in this town.…

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