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Aug. 22, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Cropping Cash in the Agricultural Land Reserve~Surrey's $28 Million Dollar "Farmhouse" Estate

  When Price Tags has a contest for the most important planning initiatives in Metro Vancouver, my vote will be…
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Aug. 22, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Learning From Tokyo~Mental Health, Greening & the Design of the City

  Mimi Kirk and City Lab report on  a concept that is getting more and more attention-how do you design…
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Aug. 21, 2017 / Scot Bathgate

Daily Scot – Poppin' up on Pine

If you have a chance stop by the pop up park at the corner of West 5th Ave and Pine…
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Aug. 17, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Get Rid of the Tunnel, Then You Will Need The Bridge

CTV image It’s just the story that keeps on giving. As reported on  The Indo Canadian voiceonline,  the Corporation of Delta,…
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Aug. 16, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The End of the Shopping Mall As We Know It

Strong Towns Image As reported by CNN Money  nearly 25 per cent of all shopping malls in the United States will be…
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Aug. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Big Bridge Changes, Big Bridge Rethink?

  Vancouver Sun Image From CBC via Price Tags Editor Ken Ohrn is the notification that “four of the five members of…
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Aug. 11, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Anish Kapoor's Descension

Sandy James Image For the fortieth anniversary of the City of New York’s public art fund, Anish Kapoor’s “Descension” public…
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Aug. 11, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Noises Off at Brooklyn Bridge Park

Sandy James Images Via NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver is this Fast Company article on the Secret Life of Parks. Diana Budd…
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Aug. 10, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Daily Durning:Can Cities Influence Walkability?

Sandy James Photos From the Daily Durning comes an interesting article from governing.com  on the importance of sidewalks to the liveliness…
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Aug. 09, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Daily Durning

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Aug. 04, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Cars Crashing into our Most Vulnerable~Wheelchair Users

Universal accessibility means that everyone, no matter what your ambulatory capability, can safely use city streets and public spaces.  It…
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Aug. 04, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Daily Durning~Pedestrians Die from Car Based Infrastructure, not Texting

  From the Daily Durning, Tom Durning sends Angie Schmidtt’s article on StreetsBlog takes a chunk out of that argument that pedestrians…
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Aug. 04, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Job Jar-Work with the Rick Hansen Foundation

The Rick Hansen Foundation  develop programs and initiatives that raise awareness, change attitudes and remove barriers for people with disabilities in…
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Aug. 03, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Daily Durning: Vacant Homes Epidemic in Major Cities, Paris Fights Back

From the Daily Tom Durning, this article from  Better Dwelling describes how rampant real estate speculation has  created “artificial shortages” of housing…

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