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May. 06, 2015 / Gordon Price

More on Poor Doors

Last March in PT, Ian Robertson commented on the emergence of ‘poor doors’ in “Development: Arts Space and Poor Doors” at…
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Mar. 19, 2015 / Gordon Price

Development: Arts Space and Poor Doors

Ian Robertson draws attention to this proposal at 2nd and Main: . . Interesting that there is some non-market artist…
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Mar. 02, 2015 / Gordon Price

Really Bad Ideas from All Over: Mexico

Another item in Eric Britton’s …. World Streets Worst Practices Department  .   This splendid rendering of a proposed new age…
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Feb. 04, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Scot: An Analogy from Detroit

Scot, like many others, picked up on this: Strangers raise $60,000 to buy car for Detroit man who walks 21…
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Jan. 29, 2015 / Gordon Price

What a CEO earns to “Strip the carcass”

Here’s what Paul Godfrey gets paid “to satisfy the short-term profit-seeking of U.S. financiers who now control many of the leading…
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Jan. 19, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Engineering the Climate and Economy

Several links coming on the Oxfam briefing timed to coincide with the start of the Davos World Economic Forum: “The richest one…
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Jan. 14, 2015 / Gordon Price

Lectures from SFU Urban Studies: “Making Space, Contesting the City “

Making Space, Contesting the City speakers series resumes next month . Knowing Together, Growing Together: Equity, Growth, and Community in…
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Jan. 12, 2015 / Gordon Price

Quote: Another subprime catastrophe in the making

Perhaps you thought that the subprime catastrophe in housing (and the consequent Global Financial Crisis, as the Aussies call it)…
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Jan. 09, 2015 / Gordon Price

Chart of the Year: Income Growth and Inequality

As a complement to the post below, here’s another year-end recognition – this one in The Dish: Chart of the…
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Jan. 09, 2015 / Gordon Price

Readings: “The Twin Insurgency” and the Referendum

At the end of every year, New York Times columnist David Brooks announces “The Sidneys” – his recommendations for the best magazine…
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Oct. 30, 2014 / Gordon Price

Lecture: Ryan Walker on Indigenous Urbanism – Nov 5

From SFU Urban Studies:  . Making Space for Indigenous Urbanism Ryan Walker, Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Planning, University…
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Oct. 08, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Good (and Longer) Life in British Columbia

The latest from Clark Williams-Derry at the Sightline Institute: . Living Longer in British Columbia   Life expectancy reached a…
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Oct. 06, 2014 / Gordon Price

Downsides and Dangers: Old-Economy Jobs, New-Economy Gigs

David, in a comment on this post – Taxi Crash – links to an article in Techcrunch by John Evans worthy of…
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Sep. 23, 2014 / Gordon Price

Black Hole in the "Cool Gray City of Love"

Gary Kamiya, a cofounder of Salon and long-time resident of San Francisco, has collected his essays – love letters, really…

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