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Mar. 11, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Telus Arch

There has been lots of comment (mostly negative) about the protrusions into the street and view corridors by the new…
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Mar. 03, 2015 / Gordon Price

China’s Next Ghost Towns

From the South China Morning Post: Unlike ghost towns in the West which are laid waste by wars, natural disasters,…
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Feb. 25, 2015 / Gordon Price

555 West Cordova: Appendages

Frank Ducote drew my attention to the DP permit sign at 555 West Cordova, with appendage: .  . The debate…
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Feb. 24, 2015 / Gordon Price

“Analysis”: The Next Ten Years

The latest from “Analysis:” . The Next 10 Years . Over the next 10 years Metro Vancouver’s population is expected to…
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Feb. 12, 2015 / Gordon Price

Vancouverism in Excess: The Case of Melbourne

Some cities looked at the densification of Vancouver’s central core with admiration, and then went too far.  Melbourne was one…
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Feb. 11, 2015 / Gordon Price

From the Archives: Skyscrapers in Vancouver – 1910

Andy Coupland is working his way through thousands of Engineering Dept slides and archival material – like this:  …
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Feb. 11, 2015 / Gordon Price

What Vancouver really needs …

… is what Portland already has.  According to Patrick Condon, this: .   . Go here to explore the interactive…
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Feb. 10, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Bicycle in Popular Culture: The Independent Ad

Charlie Walsh: Note the number of cyclists present and the number of helmets on their heads in The Independent’s promo video…
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Feb. 10, 2015 / Gordon Price

Wealth, Real Estate and New York – The Series

This is what puts the “New York” in the New York Times: a spectacularly researched and gripping story of not…
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Feb. 05, 2015 / Gordon Price

Development: Under Central

The latest, densest arrival in the Quebec-Main corridor: Central. Rendering: . Reality: . I still do not understand this penchant…
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Feb. 03, 2015 / Gordon Price

City Conversations Update – Feb 5

Condo Tower, Social Housing, Public Consultation, Court Ruling… . Enough controversy? This project seems to be a magnet. Over a…
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Feb. 03, 2015 / Gordon Price

Ray Spaxman: The Process of Change – some recommendations

An edited version of an email distributed by Ray Spaxman a few weeks ago, with some recommendations even more relevant…
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Feb. 02, 2015 / Gordon Price

New Metro- Metro- Metrotown

Everything in this pic is either new, under construction or part of a redevelopment, including (left to right) Station Square,  Metrotown…
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Jan. 30, 2015 / Gordon Price

City Conversation: Consequences of the Brenhill decision – Feb 5

The next City Conversations, presented by SFU Public Square:  Condo Tower, Social Housing, Public Consultation, Court Ruling …   Enough controversy? This project seems…

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