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Oct. 16, 2014 / Gordon Price

City Conversation: Jericho Lands – Oct 23

City Conversations 2014 Community Summit Special Edition Livable and Sustainable Jericho Lands: a New, innovative Neighbourhood for Vancouver? . When: Thursday,…
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Oct. 16, 2014 / Gordon Price

Ray Spaxman: The Single-Minded City and the Reform Era

In a nice juxtaposition, here are the reflections from the City of Vancouver’s Planning Director in the 1970s, Ray Spaxman,…
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Sep. 25, 2014 / Gordon Price

Ray Spaxman: "It is no longer the olden days"

From Ray Spaxman, Director of Planning in Vancouver (1973-89): . Recently, someone at City Hall said to me when I…
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Sep. 19, 2014 / Gordon Price

West End: Impacts and Issues of Laneway Housing

The first proposals for laneway housing under the new West End plan are coming forward.  And the first objections. From…
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Sep. 18, 2014 / Gordon Price

Vancouver: The Highrise Myth – 3

If I may, I’ll appropriate (and illustrate) a comment from Frances Bula’s current post on her blog (Does Vancouver have to be a…
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Sep. 16, 2014 / Gordon Price

Where does housing growth occur in Metro Vancouver?

Last week, I posted a piece from the Los Angeles blog, DTLA Rising that noted a fifth of all housing…
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Sep. 16, 2014 / Gordon Price

Vancouver: The Highrise Myth – 2

Frances Bula has jumped into the deep end of the pool on one of the city’s hottest arguments – the…
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Sep. 15, 2014 / Gordon Price

New SFU City Program Course: Financing Urban Growth – Oct 30

  Financing Urban Growth: The Use of Development Cost Charges and Community Amenity Contributions . This course is a comprehensive,…
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Sep. 09, 2014 / Gordon Price

Toderian takes on two-headed tall tower tiff

Speaking more of towers, this Planetizen piece by Brent Toderian:   Tall Tower Debates Could Use Less Dogma, Better Design   When…
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Sep. 09, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: The best thing that could happen to Toronto

Speaking of towers, below, Durning found this in the Toronto Star:  . Manhattanization could be the best thing ever for…
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Sep. 09, 2014 / Gordon Price

Vancouver: The Highrise Myth – 1

Peruse the media that describe or comment on Vancouver (including this blog) and there is typically one assumption, stated or otherwise, when…
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Sep. 09, 2014 / Gordon Price

Interrupted Views: The Marine Building – 2

When we last photographed the Marine Building and the emerging MNP Tower last May, I was concerned how one of…
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Sep. 03, 2014 / Gordon Price

Ghost Estates of Ireland

China gets all the ghostly coverage when it comes to incompete, abandoned or empty cities.  At a smaller scale, Ireland…
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Aug. 29, 2014 / Gordon Price

Development Fail: Tsawwassen Mills Update

The last time we posted a picture on the Tsawwassen Mills and Commons development, going up on First Nations land…

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