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Mar. 25, 2016 / tanyapazzy

NIMBY Rage: Not just for towers any more. Townhouses too.

809 West 23rd Avenue The last PT Guest Editor wrote about comparing Burnaby’s density to Vancouver’s in Who Does Density Better?. …
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Jan. 06, 2014 / Gordon Price

Wendy Sarkissian: How Ecodenisty undermined planning in Vancouver

We featured Wendy Sarkissian before in Price Tags (and at SFU City Program lectures).  She currently resides in Australia but…
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Mar. 16, 2012 / Gordon Price

New Frontiers in Obliviousness

Gordon Gibson manages to write a whole op-ed  in the Sun on stopping growth in the City of Vancouver without…
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Mar. 15, 2012 / Gordon Price

Rural Urbanism: dense living on a small scale

Some recommended reading from Scot Bathgate – and it’s downloadable for free. What It’s About and Who It’s For It’s about…
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Dec. 31, 2011 / Gordon Price

(Looking) Back Story

Mike Klassen over at City Caucus did a survey on “The Top City Story of 2011.”  Most commentators thought it…
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Dec. 13, 2011 / Gordon Price

Density is not Destiny

“The carbon devil,” says Griffith U urban researcher Jago Dodson, “is in the detail on urban density.” When different building…
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Dec. 01, 2011 / Gordon Price

What Seattle (and us) can look forward to

Japanese densities, apparently: Seattle is the center of one of 10 “megapolitan clusters” that will drive the U.S. economy over…
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Mar. 15, 2011 / Gordon Price

Density, not highrises?

David Owen, author of Green Metropolis, will  deliver a talk at the Playhouse on March 17; the event starts at 7:30…
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Feb. 22, 2011 / Gordon Price

Tall Buildings: A Counterpoint

Michael Mehaffy of New Urban Network has a counterpoint to the Atlantic article by Ed (“Triumph of the City”) Glaeser. …
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Jul. 08, 2009 / Gordon Price

EcoDensity Excellence

An announcement from Planning Director Brent Toderian: On behalf of the staff team and the EcoDensity Steering Committee from so…
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May. 06, 2009 / Gordon Price

It lives! Ecodensity lives!

This looks interesting: an exhibition on how urban densification can promote better communities, sustainability, as well as culturally stimulating experiences.  It’s…
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Jul. 31, 2008 / Gordon Price

Mr. Rowhouse

Art Cowie is one of Vancouver’s Renaissance men – a landscape architect, planner, politician (from Park Commissioner to MLA), developer,…
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May. 13, 2008 / Gordon Price

EcoDensity Revised

The Planning Department has posted its proposed revisions to the EcoDensity Charter, based on the feedback it received from the…
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Mar. 18, 2008 / Gordon Price

Can 'Eco-Density' Be Beautiful?

Adele Weder addresses the question in The Tyee.  Many voices weigh in.  Here’s mine: Former city councillor and eco-density advocate…

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