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Jan. 13, 2015 / Gordon Price

Matt Taylor: The New West Ends

The latest from Matt Taylor’s Analysis blog: In the next 30 years Metro Vancouver is projected to grow by about…
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Jan. 06, 2015 / Gordon Price

The (Mostly) Untold Story of the Sale of the Expo Lands

Bob Ransford added this comment to the post below, providing delicious details to the story about how the post-Expo lands on the North…
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Jan. 06, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Stirred Pot: Gentrification, NIMBYism, Class and Bad Blood

Up and down the west coast. In Seattle (from the New York Times): In Suburban Seattle, New Nests for China’s…
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Nov. 26, 2014 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Words: A Baby Step at Jericho

Here is a first baby step towards the redevelopment of the Jericho Lands, former military base.  Certainly, this is the…
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Nov. 14, 2014 / Gordon Price

To All Parties: Who's to be included in your conversations?

I can’t predict who will be in power after the election – but I can say confidentially that, no matter…
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Nov. 13, 2014 / Gordon Price

Comments worth commenting on: "The End of the Residential Highrise?"

Comments to previous posts worthy of reprint here – the foreground. Indeed, this whole thread to “The End of the…
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Nov. 10, 2014 / Gordon Price

Vision: The End of the Residential Highrise?

The Tyee quotes Vision candidate Andrea Reimer at an all-candidates debate at Britannia: “We have said ‘absolutely no’ to towers…
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Nov. 04, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: "Back and forth on CACs" with Karen Sawatsky

Not just for policy wonks.  Community Amenity Contributions (CACs) have been a contentious issue on civic-election platforms.  Karen Sawatsky provides…
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Nov. 03, 2014 / Gordon Price

Disconnect: Oddest headline of the week

Today’s lead headline in The Sun: . . So it’s all about the money, is it?  Confirming critics belief that…
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Nov. 02, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Loss of the Old New York of the Nineties – the 1990s

Reliably, every decade or so, some writer bemoans the loss of their city – the shops, the bars, the old…
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Oct. 31, 2014 / Gordon Price

Ralph Segal: How to save character homes

This comment is in response to a post on Barbara Yaffe’s column about a drop in property values as a…
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Oct. 28, 2014 / Gordon Price

Extraordinary Stats: Darren Davis in North America

Darren Davis is the Principal Public Transport Planner at Auckland Transport (@darrendavis10) – self-described as “proudly car-free, transit nerd, big city…
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Oct. 17, 2014 / Gordon Price

Marc Lee: Density, condos and housing affordability

A ‘Policy Note‘ from our Economist Down the Street at the CCPA: . Density, condos and housing affordability . How…
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Oct. 17, 2014 / Gordon Price

Let's play the TransLink No-Win Game

From Business in Vancouver: “Developers step up to pay for transit stations“ The economic benefits of being linked to rapid transit…

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