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Jan. 03, 2016 / artitectus

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.

“If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” This was something a planning professor of mine once told me…
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Dec. 06, 2015 / Ken Ohrn

Items From Ian — Savvy Unions

Speaking of Cadillac Fairview and Waterfront center .. Here’s good background on their backing. Whenever I hear people saying how…
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Dec. 05, 2015 / Ken Ohrn

Items From Ian -Fighting City Council

I wonder how many instances of Lambeth Council could be replaced with Vancouver, and Cressingham Gardens with Little Mountain. Written…
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Nov. 27, 2015 / Ken Ohrn

Items From Ian – Affordable Housing

Things that could be about Vancouver but aren’t. Vancouver relies on CAC funding for most of its affordable house building…
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Nov. 27, 2015 / Ken Ohrn

Item From Ian

It’s no surprise that other cities grapple with problems that are similar to Vancouver’s. In this case, San Francisco officials…
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Oct. 22, 2015 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: What would the 'Great Canadian House' be like?

Ian Robertson: . Interesting project from Sweden – essentially a crowdsourced house ‘designed’ by two million Swedes. It would be…
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Oct. 20, 2015 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: Housing Crisis in London

An interesting addendum to the cost of housing elsewhere: According to an insight study performed by the think tank New…
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Sep. 30, 2015 / Gordon Price

Items from Ian: Guerilla Bike Lanes

Ian Robertson is a regular contributor of items to PT – hence the recognition.  Like this one: . Guerrilla Bike…

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