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Mar. 14, 2012 / Gordon Price

Call for Volunteers!

CALLING FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR THE HERITAGE HOUSE TOUR We need more volunteers. Do you know of people that may be suitable…
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Mar. 12, 2012 / Gordon Price

Ghost lots and gas stations

Vancouver now has 84 gas stations, down from 328 in 1970 – with only two left on the downtown peninsula.  Brian…
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Mar. 06, 2012 / Gordon Price

Denman and Davie: “… about as perfect as urbanism can get”

A piece by Shawn Micallef in the current Spacing magazine, with photographs by Don Fairchild, which so well captures the…
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Mar. 03, 2012 / Gordon Price

Quote: “Los Angeles all the way”

SFU marketing professor Lindsay Meredith in the Vancouver Sun (March 3, 2012): (Meredith)  predicts that Vancouver will  become the new…
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Mar. 02, 2012 / Gordon Price

Our Man from Phoenix

One of the best recent imports to Vancouver has had to be gadabout urbanist Yuri Artibise.   His blog is here.…
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Feb. 28, 2012 / Gordon Price

Hastings Street, 1962 / 2012

Jim Green came to Vancouver in 1968, at a time when the Downtown East Side was in transition.   He  eventually…
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Feb. 22, 2012 / Gordon Price

It’s You, Vancouver

I did a piece earlier in January on ‘destination’ videos, used by tourism agencies to feature their product in slo-mo…
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Feb. 21, 2012 / Gordon Price

And So It Goes … but not all that quickly

Here’s a plug for a terrific blog: And So It Goes… with some delightful before and after shots of Vancouver. Like…
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Feb. 16, 2012 / Gordon Price

We have a new winner!

Excellent observation by Mike0123: The tiny census tract south of Joyce station is the most densely populated in Metro Vancouver…
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Feb. 15, 2012 / Gordon Price

Fun with the Census: Where’s the densest place in North America?

These days it’s possible for media to take vast amounts of information – the census – and to create reader-friendly…
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Feb. 14, 2012 / Gordon Price

On the Census: Collected Remarks

Got a lot of calls from the media to comment on the census release.  And so I did. The Vancouver…
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Feb. 13, 2012 / Gordon Price

Price Points: A Hint of What was to Come

Where is this, what’s inside and why does it look this way? . . To find out, go to Price…
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Feb. 08, 2012 / Gordon Price

Heritage Week has Energy

February 20-26 is Heritage Week.  This year’s theme:  “Energy in BC – a Powerful Past, a Sustainable Future”. One of the…
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Feb. 01, 2012 / Gordon Price

Beyond Vague Terrain: Finding Vancouver in Surrey

For some of the most intriguing perspectives on Vancouver, the City, you’ll have to go to Surrey, the Art Gallery.  Beyond…

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