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Sep. 21, 2016 / Gordon Price

Adam Gopnick on Jane Jacobs – 1

Adam Gopnick, one of the New Yorker’s best writers (his book on Paris is a joyful read), does a reflection…

Sep. 19, 2016 / Gordon Price

Manhattan Perspective

Michael Geller tweets: This single tower has more building area than the 10 towers approved at Bayshore Gardens. Note average…

Sep. 15, 2016 / Gordon Price

Public Art as Workout: The Vessel

Without doubt, it will be one of the most extraordinary works of art in the world – and an irresistible…

Sep. 01, 2016 / Gordon Price

Brooklyn: From shortage to saturation

From the New York Times, with some relevance for Vancouver: ‘The Market Is Saturated’: Brooklyn’s Rental Boom May Turn Into…

Aug. 16, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Mobi Miscellanea

A few items from the land of Vancouver bike-share. Jens von Bergmann finds tweets-of-gold in the fast-growing thickets of Mobi data: …

Aug. 08, 2016 / Gordon Price

Brooklyn Bridge getting Burrard volumes: Expansion proposed

From the New York Times: Now after escalating complaints, New York City transportation officials said on Monday that something would…

Jul. 26, 2016 / Gordon Price

Zoning@100 – New York 1916 Bylaw

It may seem esoteric (a zoning bylaw!) but it has had an impact on us all, even to this day:…

Jun. 30, 2016 / Gordon Price

No going around sidewalks: Packed peds in NYC

From the New York Times: While crowding is hardly a new problem in the city, the sidewalks that cemented New…

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Jun. 23, 2016 / Dan Ross

Paying For It – Lessons from New York

In 2008, the single most publicized element of NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s PlaNYC – an $8 Congestion Pricing cordon around…

Jun. 02, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Vehicular Upside to Bike Lanes

Price Tag editor Ken Ohrn is one of the founders of HUB, the coalition of concerned cyclists across Metro Vancouver.…

May. 16, 2016 / Gordon Price

What Jane Jacobs Missed

By Alex Marshall: Not far from Jane Jacob’s famed home on Hudson Street in Greenwich Village, and the White Horse…

May. 12, 2016 / Gordon Price

Car2Go goes New York

From The New Yorker: The car-sharing industry has its roots in mid-century Europe, whose coöperative vehicle pooling was mimicked, in…

May. 06, 2016 / Gordon Price

A necessary luxury in New York

That supertall building in Brooklyn, posted below, is going to have a very big bike room, as will others –…

May. 05, 2016 / Gordon Price

Dubai comes to Brooklyn

You want tall? This is what Brooklyn is getting: 9 Dekalb Avenue – at 73 storeys, nearly twice as tall as…

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