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Jan. 30, 2015 / Gordon Price

Urbanization, Population and Policy: The Case of Vancouver

Pete McMartin in the Vancouver Sun: . Does Metro Vancouver have an optimum population? Is there a point where our…
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Jan. 27, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Allure, and Convenience, of Transit

From Tim Pawsey: I shot this as we were approaching Marine Drive the other day when coming back from the…
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Jan. 23, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Martian Landing 3 – 555 West Cordova

Update. First a letter from Michael Geller to Planning Director Brian Jackson:   Brian, Members of the planning and architectural…
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Jan. 22, 2015 / Gordon Price

A half century of change in Vancouver

From 1961 to 2015 – from Changing Vancouver: Here’s another image showing how little some parts of the city have…
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Jan. 20, 2015 / Gordon Price

Vacant Property: What do other places do?

Tim Pawsey wanted to make sure PT saw this – from BC Business: In the past two years, Israel, the…
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Jan. 20, 2015 / Gordon Price

Ray Spaxman: The Martian Landing – 2

Ray has more to add on 555 West Cordova: . Have you noticed the special nature of this part of…
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Jan. 20, 2015 / Gordon Price

Form and Development: What’s happening in Richmond? – 2

In an otherwise uneventful civic election in Richmond, a first-time candidate – Carol Day – got elected.  When it came…
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Jan. 19, 2015 / Gordon Price

Ray Spaxman: A Martian Landing – 555 West Cordova

From Ray Spaxman: . I have had numerous comments from people asking me to look at the 555 Cordova project.…
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Jan. 19, 2015 / Gordon Price

NRU: “Financing Density”

Karenn Krangle, in Novae Res Urbis, covered the Planning Department’s report on the City’s use of Community Amenity Contributuins (CACs)…
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Jan. 19, 2015 / Gordon Price

Interrupted Views: The Marine Building – 3

When we last photographed the Marine Building and the emerging MNP Tower last May, they looked like this: . .…
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Jan. 19, 2015 / Gordon Price

Exhibition: Transgression in the Cantosphere

Insight into a world and an issue many Vancouverites, who live in part of the Cantosphere, may not know about:…
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Jan. 16, 2015 / Gordon Price

Form and Development: What’s happening in Richmond? – 1

Megahouses, vacant homes, speculation and affordability aren’t just issues for Vancouver.  Reporter Graeme Wood in the Richmond News has been writing…
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Jan. 16, 2015 / Gordon Price

Found on Pinterest: One Central Park

Found on Tony Foster’s “Skyscaper / High Rise” page – extravagant green walls on “One Central Park”: . Never heard of…
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Jan. 15, 2015 / Gordon Price

Robert Steuteville: ‘Good Bones and Good Urbanism’

A link to the latest piece by Robert Steuteville in “Better Cities & Towns” – for two reasons:  good analysis, and…

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