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Sep. 19, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Those Unsafe Suburban Curving Streets

The Business Insider has a compelling article about the street grid. For millennia we designed and developed the street grid as…
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Aug. 26, 2016 / michaelkluckner

Tall Timbers

This via Neil Lamontagne via Ray Spaxman … The world’s tallest timber tower, at UBC near the old Student Union…
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Jul. 08, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver Taxi Talk

Local developer, writer and resident Michael Geller has written a compelling commentary in the Vancouver Courier about Vancouver’s lack of taxi culture.…
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Jul. 08, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Secrets of the City-Sunset Nursery

If you travel to cities in North America, you will see spring and summer floral creations with baskets of colourful…
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Jul. 06, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

The Rise and Fall of the Country Lane

  Price Tags has explored the Country Lane, and there has been some speculation as to the origins of this…
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Jul. 05, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Thirty Days or less-no lease Airbnb

I  leased a condo on the upper East Side of Manhattan through Craigslist while doing some work in New York City.…
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Jul. 04, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

If Paris Can Do It, Why Can't We?

Like London, Paris is now building fast bike lanes free of motorized vehicles, as mentioned in this article from City…
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Jul. 04, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

The Super City Kit, Driverless Cars and Tech City

Super City was a toy released in 1967 and consisted of plastic frames and shapes to create-well, your own city.…
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Jun. 15, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

The Movement is Afoot

  As stated in  this article by Smart Growth America for the first time in 60 years walkable urban places (and…
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Jun. 14, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Andy Yan and Millennials in Van

Andy Yan has a thoughtful and well researched approach to the subjects he studies. He is fearless in approaching the…
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Jun. 06, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Regional Planning as if our Future Mattered

What would you think of a vision for the region which warns about the need for “transformative actions and unprecedented…
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Jun. 03, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Saddling Up

It’s an interesting match with a disruptive technology pairing with a 20th century retailing success. At Wal-Mart’s Annual Conference held…
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Jun. 02, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Water Water Everywhere…

The Vancouver Sun has written an article on the future of flooding in Metro Vancouver, and it is not a pretty picture.…
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Jun. 01, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

It’s Not Easy Being Green

Everyone is so excited about the Arbutus corridor becoming part of the livable green city, with new biking, walking connections…

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