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Nov. 17, 2017 / Gordon Price

Courthouse Plaza: It's finished – 2

The always-insightful Guest has a comment worth bringing forward: (The plaza’s) success will depend on whether it is programmed with…
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Nov. 16, 2017 / Gordon Price

Courthouse Plaza: It's finished

Years (arguably decades) in the making, Courthouse Plaza is finally finished.  And it looks like this: Love the stonework, hate…
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Nov. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Pedestrians and Vancouver's Active Transportation Update

  A report is going up to a City of Vancouver Committee this week developing a “spot” improvement program for…
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Nov. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Delta or Richmond~ New Mega Port Facilities for Mega Cruise Ships?

In the “everything bigger is better” category, the president of Port Vancouver has announced new plans to deal with the…
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Nov. 09, 2017 / Gordon Price

Burrard Bridge: Kudos

From Michael Alexander: So a bunch of us rode across the Burrard bridge going north. After months of construction, workers…
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Nov. 07, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Unlocking the Night New York Style

  New York City is embarking on a competition on  how to encourage the night-time use and animation of Brownsville  a…
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Nov. 07, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Jericho Pier Project Moving Forward

Vancouver Park Board, via twitter, tells us that they have approved the concept design for a new Jericho Beach Park…
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Nov. 02, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Oak Tree returns to Beach Avenue

Earlier this year Price Tags Vancouver wrote about the large pin oak tree that was perched on the roof top of…
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Nov. 01, 2017 / Gordon Price

Why they call it Bayshore Gardens

Bayshore Gardens (once the parking lots of the Bayshore Hotel) was one of the six (or seven, or eight –…
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Oct. 31, 2017 / Gordon Price

Herb Auerbach on the Arbutus Greenway

Herb Auerbach, real-estate development consultant and author of “Placemakers” responded to this piece in the Sun on the Arbutus Greenway…
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Oct. 31, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Heather Street Lands – Another Step

The planning process moves along with documents and another open house about this 21-acre (8.5 hectare) site in the heart…
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Oct. 31, 2017 / Gordon Price

Sometimes a picture tells more than the story

The story in the New York Times is about the excessive number of fast-food restaurants in America: But the picture…
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Oct. 30, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Should Pot Be Grown On Metro Vancouver's Agricultural Lands?

There is no doubt that growing marijuana is going to be a big business. And there is also no doubt…
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Oct. 26, 2017 / Gordon Price

The Most Beautiful Blocks in Fall

My nomination for the most beautifully treed street in Vancouver has always been the 13-1400 blocks of Barclay Street in…

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