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Aug. 12, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Public Art

Nike, Ancient Greek Goddess of Victory, by Pavlos Angelos Kougioumtzis. Presented to the City of Vancouver by the City of…
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Jan. 14, 2015 / Gordon Price

Lectures from SFU Urban Studies: “Making Space, Contesting the City “

Making Space, Contesting the City speakers series resumes next month . Knowing Together, Growing Together: Equity, Growth, and Community in…
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Oct. 10, 2014 / Gordon Price

Why is the City ripping up the Olympic Line rails for $400,000?

. It’s a question that Myron Claridge asks: If the most recent blog in Rails for the Valley is correct,Vancouver…
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Jul. 22, 2014 / Gordon Price

Conference: Arts after Mega-Events – Aug 13-16

A research conference and public outreach event being co-organized by Simon Fraser University’s Department of English, the University of British…
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May. 05, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Olympic Village in Rio

Here’s what Rio aspires for the future of its athletes’ village after the 2016 games, as reported in UrbanLand: .…
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Apr. 28, 2014 / Gordon Price

Warning – 2: Olympics as War (Or, What Vancouver escaped)

Two years to go to the Rio Olympics, and as seems customary for the Summer Games, the bad news is…
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Mar. 28, 2014 / Gordon Price

Sochi: “Already a ghost town”

From Scot Bathgate: Just weeks after Olympics, Sochi is already a ghost town . Alexander Valov, who runs “Blog Sochi,”…
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Mar. 06, 2012 / Gordon Price

London’s Olympic Village – For comparison purposes only

Hard to believe London’s Olympics are only a few months away.  The Olympic Village is largely complete, and here’s what it…
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Jun. 06, 2011 / Gordon Price

Monday at rush hour on Georgia Street

This is Georgia Street on Monday evening – the entire of right-of-way from Library to Post Office – as fans…
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Feb. 22, 2011 / Gordon Price

Olympic Village reborn?

Frances Bula calls it “the strangest travel piece ever” – here in the New York Times.  Judge for yourself. Actually, it…
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Feb. 13, 2011 / Gordon Price

Weather Retort

Saturday, Granville Street, on the first anniversary of the Winter Olympics, looked like this: Last year, about the same time,…
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Dec. 08, 2010 / Gordon Price

Taking the heat

Two stories by Jeff Lee in the Sun worth emphasizing: Olympic Village’s heat-from-sewage utility a monetary success Vancouver’s sewage heat-generated utility…
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Aug. 20, 2010 / Gordon Price

Streetcars – The Missing Link

Streetcars: The Missing Link? brings together decisions makers, academics and community leaders to explore, discuss and debate the potential role…
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Aug. 09, 2010 / Gordon Price

David Sucher critiques the Olympic Village

David Sucher, author of City Comforts and Seattle urban blogger, has done an intriguing critique of the Olympic Village.  Though…

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