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Aug. 06, 2015 / Gordon Price

Change on Davie

After decades, changing tastes on Davie: . On the other hand, there’s always Granville (map here):…
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Jul. 21, 2015 / Gordon Price

An Open Letter to City Council: On the Future of Our Downtown Waterfront

This letter has been sent to Mayor and Council by the Downtown Waterfront Working Group: . July 20, 2015 Dear…
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Jun. 26, 2015 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Image: Got Land? We Got Bucks!

As if anyone doesn’t know, there is a buying frenzy for developable land in the Dunbar area.  It is beginning…
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Jun. 22, 2015 / Gordon Price

A Message to Council: Planning Comprehensively for the Downtown Waterfront

Urban Planner Lance Berelowitz did an important column in the Sun’s homes section this weekend. Here it is, in cased…
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Jun. 17, 2015 / Gordon Price

Ray Spaxman: Vitruvius on West Georgia

Needless to say, Ray Spaxman has an opinion on the proposed ‘Jenga’ tower at 1500 West Georgia: . When The…
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Jun. 16, 2015 / Gordon Price

Big Money, Big Buildings … and why just adding supply doesn’t work

Durning chooses this from CityLab: The Big, Big, Big, Big Money Behind Tall Buildings How super-luxury apartments became a major…
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Jun. 16, 2015 / Gordon Price

Colour by Cheng

I occasionally run across architect James Cheng taking photos of the city (even his own work!) and ask him to…
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Jun. 02, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Gathering Place at 20th

A few weeks ago, there was a celebration at Helmcken and Seymour for the 20th anniversary of the Gathering Place:…
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Jun. 01, 2015 / Gordon Price

Bob Rennie’s “19 Influencers on High Housing Costs”

Novae Res Urbis covered the talk Bob Rennie gave to the Urban Development Institute in which he supported a ‘speculation…
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May. 29, 2015 / Gordon Price

City Conversations: Downtown Waterfront – Jun 4

  City Conversations – The Future of Our Downtown Waterfront   . Vancouver’s downtown waterfront suddenly is in play, and many…
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May. 22, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Changing Face (and Reality) of London

Antje links to this extraordinarily well-illustrated piece in the MailOnline: . London enters the age of the skyscraper . Around 70…
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May. 20, 2015 / Gordon Price

Vancouver Downtown Waterfront in Play

Frances Bula in the Globe and Mail: . Debate grows over proposed tower on downtown Vancouver waterfront  . A controversial…
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May. 19, 2015 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Words: Jericho and TOD

From Ken Ohrn: . Kerry Gold writes in the Globe and Mail about the nascent and massive Jericho development. Her…
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May. 14, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Scot: The High Cost of Residential Parking

Scot has some recommended readings (via Kent Lundberg).   From the Calgary Herald:. Car-free condo proposal suggests urban cultural shift  .…

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