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Dec. 22, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Developer Gets Rezoning in Steveston without paying full Community Amenity Costs to City

There is a stormy situation in Richmond where developer Onni has been accused of bullying Richmond City Council in the…
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Dec. 22, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Daily Durning: What Vancouver Can Teach Seattle about Affordable Housing

It’s always interesting to see ourselves through other people’s perspectives, and this article from Crosscut.com via Tom Durning contextually examines Vancouver from…
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Dec. 21, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Richmond Developer Turns Over Assignment Fees for Community Groups

It’s nice to hear about developers that do the right work instead of doing the work right. When condo units…
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Dec. 21, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

A New Generation of Activists Assist in Chinatown's Next Chapter~Melody Ma

There are a lot of unsung heroes in Vancouver that care deeply about place and culture, and recognizing that some…
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Dec. 18, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

What Contributes the Most to CO2? It's not Power Plants

  It used to be that power plants caused a lot of pollution, and coal-fired plants in 2011 contributed to…
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Dec. 18, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Are Seniors Close to Being Homeless in the Vancouver Market?

It appears that there are two population cohorts being severely pinched~younger people trying to find a place to live in…
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Dec. 18, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Meet You for Barbeque in Chinatown~Legacy Business Success Story

It is in the 100 block of East Pender Street right beside the New Town Bakery and it truly is…
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Dec. 15, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Tim Louis, Lawyer, City Councillor & Outspoken Advocate~Retiring from COPE?

One of the kindest people I have worked with and without a doubt one of the smartest has just announced…
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Dec. 15, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

That Semi~Private Public Space

The Guardian has written about the rise of that  open public space that appears to be public but can be controlled…
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Dec. 15, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Why is the West Side of Cities the Best?

In cities and towns why was the west side always seen as the best? Market Watch’s Steve Goldstein observes that researchers have…
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Dec. 13, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Halifax Explosion~Reforms,Racism and Trees

December 6, 1917 marked a horrifying event in Canada when over 2,000 people lost their lives in the explosion of…
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Dec. 07, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Battle of the Clayton Heights Basement Suites

There is a tempest in Clayton Heights, where home owners (who also have rentable coach houses in their back lanes)…
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Dec. 06, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

A "Poor Door" and Why is it used in New Vancouver Developments

Urban reporter Jen St. Denis with Metro News has been following the controversy regarding different  doors in developments for separate entrances to…
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Dec. 04, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Seoul's Sky Garden~Reuse of an Urban Overpass

This year I visited two of the great urban reuses of existing transportation infrastructure with local designers and creators~the High…

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