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Dec. 22, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Daily Durning: What Vancouver Can Teach Seattle about Affordable Housing

It’s always interesting to see ourselves through other people’s perspectives, and this article from Crosscut.com via Tom Durning contextually examines Vancouver from…
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Dec. 21, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

A New Generation of Activists Assist in Chinatown's Next Chapter~Melody Ma

There are a lot of unsung heroes in Vancouver that care deeply about place and culture, and recognizing that some…
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Dec. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

High Density Rental in the very West of Point Grey?

In the thinking out of the box department newly minted City of Vancouver Councillor Hector Bremner introduced a motion at Council…
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Dec. 06, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

A "Poor Door" and Why is it used in New Vancouver Developments

Urban reporter Jen St. Denis with Metro News has been following the controversy regarding different  doors in developments for separate entrances to…
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Dec. 05, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Viaduct Land

Near Union and Quebec…
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Nov. 30, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Do You Care to Be a Cop? The Kiwi Video

The New Zealand Police have approached recruiting 400 new police officers in a different way by filming “real-life social experiment”…
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Nov. 24, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

"Housing Vancouver Strategy" addresses Accessibility and Affordability

As reported by Frances Bula in the Globe and Mail and as posted on the City of Vancouver website the City is finally developing…
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Nov. 17, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Are Cars the New Smoking?

It took decades to move the conversation on smoking, but now it is pretty much a social faux pas to…
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Nov. 16, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Loblaws Closes Stores, Announces Home Deliveries of Groceries

When Galen Weston took over the management of  Loblaw Companies Limited in 2007 many people wondered whether a younger person…
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Nov. 08, 2017 / Gordon Price

105 Keefer and the Development Permit Board: Worthy of Comment

Unlike the item below, this is worthy of comment: Leaving aside the merits or otherwise of the Beedie proposal at…
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Nov. 08, 2017 / Gordon Price

Vancouver Setting, Korean Sugar

Vancouver has never really had a definitive novel that captures the character of the city, its history, its culture.  There’s…
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Nov. 03, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Hudson's Bay Store on Granville For Sale

Is it an example of shifting tastes and market demand? One of the most iconic downtown buildings, the Granville Street…
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Nov. 02, 2017 / Gordon Price

The Exchange Tower: How does it rate?

The Exchange Tower is the newest downtown office building: From Iredale Architecture: THE EXCHANGE TOWER This project involves rehabilitating the Old…
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Oct. 27, 2017 / Gordon Price

Burrard Bridge: Fences, Posts and Some Gorgeous Lamps

Irony Alert: the barrier fencing – an addition that most heritage advocates and others feared – became the needed justification…

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