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Apr. 12, 2013 / Gordon Price

Shaughnessy in the Exurbs

There’s a lot of commentary around (Price Tags has printed lots of it) about the appeal of the urban centres and a…
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Apr. 11, 2013 / Gordon Price

Vancouver on Sun

Maybe ‘narcotic’ is too strong a metaphor, but ‘mood enhancer’ seems appropriate.  Give Vancouver a bright warm shot of sunlight and…
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Apr. 11, 2013 / Gordon Price

Vancouverism in Action: The sun shines through

One of the basic elements of Vancouverism – the urban design and architecture that characterize our highrise neighbourhoods – is…
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Apr. 05, 2013 / Gordon Price

Gangster gardening in L.A.

Scot Bathgate loves this TED Talk:…
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Apr. 02, 2013 / Gordon Price

Cherry Blossom, Special

A shot from Ken Ohrn that captures Vancouver on a sunny day in March: . Two things about photographing cherry…
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Mar. 27, 2013 / Gordon Price

Enough with the skyscraper trees, already!

Here, at ArchDaily, Vanessa Quirk argues that the practice of drawing trees on top of skyscrapers in architectural renderings should…
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Mar. 22, 2013 / Gordon Price

"Are you not sure that you do not support this project? Yes or No?”

This may be one big inside joke – but for any landscape architect, particularly those working at the municipal level,…
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Mar. 06, 2013 / Gordon Price

Belgian Flowers

Thanks to Tom Durning…
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Feb. 26, 2013 / Gordon Price

Sign of Spring – 2: Comox Street Greenway

Street works for greenways – notably for the new Comox-Helmcken route – make what seem to be small changes in the…
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Feb. 22, 2013 / Gordon Price

Landscape Absurdity in Las Vegas

These are not photoshopped or pasted-up juxtapositions. It’s the way untrammeled sprawl looks like in post-2008 Nevada. From Atlantic Cities:…
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Feb. 20, 2013 / Gordon Price

Sign of Spring: Grey to Green on Comox Street

Not the shoot of the crocus in the dirt or the bud of the cherry on the branch.  I mean the…
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Jan. 28, 2013 / Gordon Price

Wild New Territories – 2: "Blooming Britains"

Down on Coal Harbour Green … Art! .   . Above, a few examples from  “Blooming Britain” –  by Julie Henry…
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Dec. 11, 2012 / Gordon Price

Adam Fitch’s Vision for Robson Square

Even though Adam Fitch is working up in Thompson-Nicola, he’s keeping his hand in when it comes to Lower Mainland…
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Jul. 03, 2012 / Gordon Price

Tragic Beauty

 203,186 earthquakes, from 1898 to 2003:   . Is it just me, or is that a bit of a gap…

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