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Apr. 12, 2016 / Gordon Price

Go for the article; stay for the Coupland

This item in the NY Times is what you’d expect: We no longer go out. And why would we, when…
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Apr. 11, 2016 / Gordon Price

The Old New World

An extraordinary photo-based animation project.  The music sucks but the images of New York in the 1930s, especially, come alive.…
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Mar. 24, 2016 / tanyapazzy

.@tanyapazzy Highlights of Our Evening with JSK @JSadikKhan @pricetags #vanpoli #bikeyvr

On Tuesday I cracked myself up in prep for an evening with Janette Sadik-Khan (JSK), former NYCDOT Transportation Commissioner and author…
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Mar. 22, 2016 / tanyapazzy

How to prep for & enjoy a @JSadikKhan evening #Streetfight

Janette Sadik-Khan, former NYCDOT Commissioner and new author of Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution, best known for making New…
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Mar. 21, 2016 / tanyapazzy

Slow the heck down! #VisionZero

Trending now: governments are raising or lowering speed limits Lowering speed limits in Cities saves lives (and is one of…
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Feb. 23, 2016 / Gordon Price

Vancouver vs New York: Compass / Metrocard

Dianna likes New York a lot, like so many of us.  So she likes this New Yorker video of “Socially…
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Feb. 19, 2016 / artitectus

Item from Ian: Greenest City, Black Water?

James can tell you I’ve been an advocate for a pool in False Creek for some time, and every time I have…
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Feb. 09, 2016 / Gordon Price

The Latest from Bjerke

… Ingels, that is – the Danish architect whose firm designed Vancouver House.  From Gizmodo, via Gladys We. . A…
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Feb. 04, 2016 / Dan Ross

How to tell your date his light rail is actually a streetcar

Many PT readers will by now have seen some of these snazzy renderings of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio’s proposed…
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Feb. 03, 2016 / Dan Ross

Recollections of a New York City Transit Strike

Blogger Samantha Moller recounts the 2005 NYC Transit Strike, which I recall as more anger than actual inconvenience. I don’t…
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Feb. 02, 2016 / Dan Ross

Behold This: Brutalism in New York

There were some choice words a few weeks back about the proposed redevelopment next to Waterfront Station and in previous posts about…
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Feb. 02, 2016 / Dan Ross

Old World vs. New

Area blogger Samantha Moller sends this dispatch on a common, mournful observation. . North Americans on vacation are charmed by…
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Feb. 01, 2016 / Dan Ross

Ain't Gettin' Any Younger

Gordon’s piece on entering the world of the old offered an important perspective on the difficulties of mobility for older adults.…
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Jan. 24, 2016 / Gordon Price

City as Post-Blizzard Workout

If you were on foot … . If, on the other hand, you needed your car ……

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