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Aug. 30, 2017 / Scot Bathgate

Daily Scot – Small Scale Infill

Even with sky-high land costs in the City of Vancouver not all developers are relying on multiple lot assembly in…
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Aug. 24, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Delta's "We Need A Bridge" Campaign Brings Out the Video

Back the south of the Fraser River where the Corporation of Delta  continues the sound of one set of hands…
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Aug. 23, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Port Metro Vancouver Eats into Agricultural Land Reserve

In the same way that on-line shopping trends and changing retail tastes are taking a bite out of the stand-alone…
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Aug. 22, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Cropping Cash in the Agricultural Land Reserve~Surrey's $28 Million Dollar "Farmhouse" Estate

  When Price Tags has a contest for the most important planning initiatives in Metro Vancouver, my vote will be…
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Aug. 15, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

No Place for Office Space in Downtown Vancouver

Canadian Business Image With some of the recent events and policies south of the Canadian border it’s no surprise that  there…
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Aug. 10, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Daily Durning:Can Cities Influence Walkability?

Sandy James Photos From the Daily Durning comes an interesting article from governing.com  on the importance of sidewalks to the liveliness…
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Aug. 03, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Copenhagen's Iconic Benches Stolen off the Street

  Well everyone grew up and instead of coveting that Teddy Ruxpin  bear or the Christmas Furby, some of us…
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Jul. 29, 2017 / michaelkluckner

Tenants Under Siege: Inside New York City’s Housing Crisis

Michael Greenberg’s lengthy article in the New York Review of Books is available (maybe just briefly) without the paywall. A…
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Jul. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Seniors Moving to Walkable Inner City Neighbourhoods

Urbanist and Simon Fraser University’s Director of the City Program Andy Yan introduced me to the expression “NORC” which stands…
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Jul. 21, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

You Can Buy a Vancouver Laneway House!

Image Vancouver Sun   As reported by Jen St. Denis in the Metro News there’s some big changes coming for single family…
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Jul. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Housing Starts Fall in Vancouver

Leslie Hossack image Business in Vancouver reporter Frank O’Brien reports that housing starts-the construction of new housing in the City of…
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Jul. 06, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Lance Berlowitz on the Grenfell Tower Disaster. Lessons for Vancouver?

Noted architect and author Lance Berlowitz has written a thoughtful and compelling opinion piece in the Vancouver Sun. There was a universal…
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Jun. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Death of the Single Purpose Suburban Mall

The CBC weighs in on the recent news that the Sears department stores are having a financial challenge and may…
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Jun. 22, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

San Jose California Partners with Google on new Transit Village

The Mercury News reports that San Jose City Council has approved to negotiate only with Google to sell 16 city-owned parcels…

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