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Jun. 09, 2011 / Gordon Price

Happy Birthday, Kiddo

This is where I do my day job: Third window from the corner, just above the awnings, facing Hastings Street. …
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May. 27, 2011 / Gordon Price

Changing Vancouver

SFU history professor Allen Seager discussed the early part of Vancouver’s history yesterday in a lecture chock-full of great anecdotes. …
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Apr. 25, 2011 / Gordon Price

Past Tense

This blog continues with a grab-bang of off-beat items from Vancouver’s past. Like this Jack Wasserman column (click to enlarge):…
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Apr. 21, 2011 / Gordon Price

Why Cities Matter … in 200 words

Seattleite Dan Bertolet has just started up a new site – Citytank: Why Cities Matter.  Lots of Emerald City issues,…
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Apr. 13, 2011 / Gordon Price

The Most Important Plan We Never Adopted

For those who still can’t get enough of Vancouver’s 125th Birthday celebration: Legacies, Lessons, and the Future: Harland Bartholomew’s Master…
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Apr. 12, 2011 / Gordon Price

Vancouver in 2136

Another 125 years from now, what will Vancouver be like?   According to Director of Planning Brent Toderian and others: denser…
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Apr. 06, 2011 / Gordon Price

Happy Birthday to Us!

Always under construction, but ready to party.…
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Apr. 04, 2011 / Gordon Price

MuseumGallery / GalleryMuseum

Two cultural institutions, two ways of engagement.   AT THE MUSEUM OF VANCOUVER : MASH NOTES is intended to create surprising and…
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Apr. 01, 2011 / Gordon Price

Listen!

Acoustic Cartography: Re-listening Vancouver In conjunction with the UBC Department of Geography and SFU School of Communication, Western Front New…
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Mar. 11, 2011 / Gordon Price

Livablilty sucks?

Sara Fletcher in Good Cities asks: Why are Canada and Australia home to the most ideal cities? She notes what…
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Feb. 22, 2011 / Gordon Price

Where Tourists Go

I missed this one by Yuri Artibise – his nominations for the best urban infographics – but fortunately Planetizen picked it up. …
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Feb. 21, 2011 / Gordon Price

Livable, at a price

So we’re No. 1 again on The Economist’s Most Livable City list.  For five years running.  (This story will only get interesting…
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Feb. 11, 2011 / Gordon Price

PT FilmFest (2): A Journey into Time Immemorial

I’ve got a collection of videos I’ve been meaning to post (including the West Van one below).  So let’s have…
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Feb. 11, 2011 / Gordon Price

PT FilmFest (1): West Van in a hundred seconds

Next to the those fast-motion video essays a la Koyaanisqatsi, I really like chronological montages a la the Oscars –…

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