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Aug. 26, 2020 / Gordon Price

Urbanist Abroad, Nelson

Compiled from a selection of Gord’s Instagram posts as he travels through the Okanagan. Almost at the end of a…
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Aug. 20, 2020 / Gordon Price

Urbanist Abroad Okanagan Edition PT1

Highway 1 to Hope, Highway 3 to Osoyoos. First impression: it hasn’t changed. Still the same fields of summer crops,…
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Aug. 15, 2020 / Gordon Price

Urbanist Abroad … in the Okanagan

PT: In May, I had a hunch. If Dr. Henry approved, this would be a great summer to take a…
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Apr. 28, 2019 / Colin Stein

Urbanist Abroad: I’ll Have What San Francisco’s Having

During a recent trip to central California — bookended by a weekend in Yosemite National Park, and Passover/Easter break with…
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Sep. 15, 2018 / Colin Stein

Urbanist Abroad: Bligh’s Backpacking — Amsterdam & Rotterdam

A big thank you to James and Errin Bligh for sharing insights and images from their August travels across Europe.…
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Sep. 12, 2018 / Colin Stein

Urbanist Abroad: Bligh’s Backpacking — Finland

If, by now, you’ve noticed that contributor James Bligh’s Instagram travelogues are a bit — how shall we say —…
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Sep. 08, 2018 / Colin Stein

Urbanist Abroad: Blighs’ Backpacking — Stockholm

James and Errin continue their European tour, in the most populous and economically powerful of the Nordic cities, and one…
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Sep. 05, 2018 / Colin Stein

Urbanist Abroad: Bligh’s Backpacking — Oslo

In this latest edition of Urbanist Abroad, we cut straight to contributor James Bligh’s editorial coverage from Oslo — it’s…
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Aug. 29, 2018 / Colin Stein

Urbanist Abroad: Bligh’s Backpacking — Copenhagen

Price Tags contributor James Bligh checks in from Copenhagen, a city of almost identical population and area to Vancouver. Yet,…
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Aug. 27, 2018 / Colin Stein

Urbanist Abroad: Bligh’s Backpacking – Berlin

If you recall from earlier in the month, PT contributor James Bligh and wife Errin were on a glorious tour…
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Aug. 09, 2018 / Colin Stein

Urbanist Abroad: Governors Island & Queens, NY

Manhattan today is, surprisingly, only the third most populous of the five boroughs, after Brooklyn and Queens. It’s also not…
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Aug. 08, 2018 / Colin Stein

Urbanist Abroad: New York City

While it must have been tempting to never leave Fire island, returning to the city isn’t exactly painful when it’s…
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Aug. 03, 2018 / Colin Stein

Urbanist Abroad: Fire Island and The Pines

Not a city and barely a village, with just 600 houses and a wooden boardwalk as its main transportation artery,…
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Aug. 01, 2018 / Colin Stein

Urbanist Abroad: Bligh’s Backpacking – Vienna

According to intrepid PT correspondent James Bligh, three days in Vienna is not enough time to digest “the complex layers…

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