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Oct. 30, 2019 / Gordon Price

A Map for Our Minds

From Ian Robertson:   A big map of the Fraser River Watershed laid out on the Seawall by Cambie Bridge.…
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Jan. 19, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Higher Density: Let Me Count the Ways

An Item From Ian. The blog “Greater Greater Washington” describes how Houston, Texas has filled low-density areas with what we seem to…
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May. 31, 2016 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: Dallas Analysis

Ian: Many people have spoken about the high cost of free parking. Thomas B mentions it often in his comments…
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Apr. 28, 2016 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: Transforming Laneways

From Ian Robertson: Take Vancouver laneway housing … add a sprinkle of these refurbished Victorian alleys … get something fantastic!…
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Feb. 22, 2016 / artitectus

Item from Ian: Who speaks for those who don't speak?

A comment on James’s post Who Speaks for those who are not already here the other day led Ian to…
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Feb. 19, 2016 / artitectus

Item from Ian: Greenest City, Black Water?

James can tell you I’ve been an advocate for a pool in False Creek for some time, and every time I have…
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Feb. 09, 2016 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: An Economic Theory of NIMBYism

. Austin land-use regulations lawyer Chris Bradford (at his new blog, Club NIMBY) builds his own central thesis around the idea…
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Feb. 08, 2016 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: From 'thoughtful urbanism' to 'radical pragmatisim'?

Naturally Ian picked up on this piece from The Glove and Mail by Alex Bozikovic: . … new forms have…
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Feb. 05, 2016 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian and James – The Urbanarium Highrise Debate

Ian Robertson and James Bligh both attended the second of the Urbanarium debates – “Be it resolved that we should…
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Feb. 02, 2016 / artitectus

Item from Ian: Existential Vancouver[ism?]

Who are we? What is our city for? Who is our city for? In 2014, the Vancouver City Council started…
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Jan. 21, 2016 / Gordon Price

Urbanarium Debates: Reaction and Anticipation

The newly launched Urbanarium society (this is the third go-round) began with a double splash last night – the first…
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Jan. 08, 2016 / artitectus

From the department of Rad Shit

What happens when you have a piece of unused infrastructure? If you’re in Spain apparently you do this: A 100-Year-Old Church…
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Jan. 07, 2016 / artitectus

Nanos gigantum humeris insidentes

  Vancouver is a young city. While this means we don’t have our own Arc de Triomphe (though some seem…
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Jan. 05, 2016 / artitectus

Green spaces on high places?

Some Rad Shit from LA … with all of last fall’s various discussions about the demolition of the viaducts, and the…

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