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Jan. 07, 2022 / Gordon Price

Ambiguity and Power at the Park Board

In politics especially, when a word or phrase is used ambiguously, there are likely some ill-defined assumptions going along for…
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Oct. 08, 2020 / Gordon Price

English Bay: Another Transformative Moment

This is a big deal: Kevin Griffin at The Sun reports on the Parks Board approval of a $2.56 million…
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Jul. 23, 2020 / Gordon Price

Priorities in a Pandemic: Will We Cut Cycling Infrastructure?

Dan Fumano at The Sun nails it: Although polling — and election results — consistently show most Vancouverites generally support spending on…
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Jun. 05, 2020 / Gordon Price

The Latest NPA Strategy: Seniors versus Cyclists

No matter how many times the NPA lose elections when they include anti-cycling dog whistling, they just can’t stop themselves. …
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May. 22, 2020 / Gordon Price

What the ‘Park’ in Park Board really means

Why isn’t there a Kits Flow Way – an allocation of street space that both takes the pressure off the…
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Apr. 23, 2020 / Gordon Price

Park Commissioner John Irwin: Committed to keeping a flow way on Beach

On Wednesday afternoon, I had a fun and enjoyable conversation with John Irwin, the COPE member of the Park Board. …
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Apr. 22, 2020 / Gordon Price

Faster Progress on Slower Streets

Cllr Lisa Dominato was interviewed on ‘NW’s Simi Sara show this morning, touching all the points on why slow streets…
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Apr. 15, 2020 / Gordon Price

What does the Park Board really think of cyclists?

  Presumably, that they are obedient idiots. The Board placed a log to prevent access to the Kits Beach parking…
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Apr. 15, 2020 / Gordon Price

“Pandemic Approved” – and Not – along Seaside

  After a cycle from the West End to Jericho, the contrast between those parts of Seaside that allow for…
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Apr. 07, 2020 / Gordon Price

Maximizing real estate value in a pandemic

The Park Board is going to make better and safer use of the space it owns in Stanley Park: Here’s…
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Aug. 19, 2019 / Gordon Price

How do you cycle to Stanley Park Brewing?

A new brewpub in the old Fish House has opened in Stanley Park, next to the main tennis courts: Isn’t…
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Aug. 09, 2019 / Gordon Price

How the Park Board Tolerates an Unsafe Space – 3

. Jeff Leigh, as always, provides some helpful background and perspective: That path through Kits Beach park has been on…
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Jul. 16, 2019 / Gordon Price

First Impressions and Park Board Priorities

Quick, when you think of the entrance to Stanley Park, is this what comes to mind? For many, this is…
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Dec. 30, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Love Those Parks

At Sunset Beach Park is Daffodil Hill, where the Park Board has planted an early blooming variety.  It’s a sheltered…

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