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Mar. 13, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Bridge to Nowhere Connects in New York City

  So what happens if there is a pedestrian “bridge” placed over a street between two buildings and those buildings…
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Mar. 10, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Honouring and Raising the Reconciliation Pole-UBC

There is  very special event at the University of British Columbia on April 1 and all are welcome to attend.The…
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Mar. 08, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Province Gives Uber The Lyft

Metro News and Jen St. Denis reports on the B.C. government’s announcement that ride-sharing legislation is coming. Surprise surprise, the announcement…
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Mar. 07, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Have High Tech Job in San Fran But Can't Pay the Rent

  CNBC reports on a sobering situation in San Francisco-even though high tech workers can make $100,000 to $700,000 a…
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Mar. 06, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

How did the Massey Tunnel Become a Bridge?

In a completely unscientific poll, the Delta Optimist on their website asked readers to vote on whether they were looking forward to…
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Mar. 06, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Metropolis, Sears and Mixed Use Court Decision in Burnaby

The dynamics between shopping centre developers can be quite complex and rather secretive. CBC is reporting on the dramatic unfolding of…
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Mar. 03, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Rowhouses, Townhouses without Land Assembly Future Vision of Mayor

Jen St. Denis in Metro News reports on the Mayor of Vancouver’s speech to the Urban Land Institute. Unlike  real estate…
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Mar. 02, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Rogers Sugar Building Losing its View

Carlito Pablo in the Georgia Straight reports on the expansion of the Vancouver waterfront container terminal owned by Port Vancouver.…
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Mar. 02, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge, Industrialization and Ecological Impacts

The proposed overbuilt Massey Bridge is becoming a sobering topic for many people as they read through the background studies…
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Feb. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Church Rezoning versus Single Family Neighbours

  Cheryl Chan in the Vancouver Sun  reports on the  Dunbar Ryerson United Church located in Kerrisdale that has  a…
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Feb. 22, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Density and the Missing Middle-Video Now available

Further to the talk  by Michael Geller at Simon Fraser University about  European examples of “middling” density and form (as…
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Feb. 21, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

1940, Housing, And Why this Matters

As Chris Brown reports on the CBC there has been a major brouhaha regarding the City of Vancouver’s 12,000 homes that were…
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Feb. 21, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Bad Congestion? It's Good For You!

  Remember the Tom Tom Annual Survey of  Traffic Congestion suggesting that Vancouver is a parking lot of traffic?  …
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Feb. 20, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

More Hum; Less Varoom

The Economist reviews the speed of change in motor vehicles.  The internal combustion engine’s replacement by the electric motor is happening…

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