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May. 02, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

City of Vancouver Redoing Three-Month Old Brand-Back to the Logo-Part Two

Instead of concentrating on issues like housing diversity, seniors needs, and affordability the City of Vancouver council is wading back…
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Apr. 30, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Surrealist Dali Sculpture Makes Temporary Vancouver Debut

From Nuvo Magazine, Vancouver will have a very special visitor this summer to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday-an original sculpture by Surrealist…
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Apr. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Have Latte, Will Talk in the "Third Place".

In 1989, Ray Oldenburg coined the phrase “third place” in his book The Great Good Place.  The “third place” was…
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Apr. 12, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

A Public Secret

I call it the Yaletown Promenade.  It would be a truly spectacular urban secret, except that there are scads of…
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Apr. 05, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver Art Gallery Asks Feds for $100 Million for New Building

The Vancouver Sun reporter Kevin Griffin  gives the latest on the Vancouver Art Gallery’s missive to build the proposed Herzog &…
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Apr. 04, 2017 / Gordon Price

Timothy Taylor's Vancouver

The surprisingly popular essay on Vancouver by local writer Timothy Taylor: Still, for me, West Coast wackiness doesn’t capture it…
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Mar. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

A Vancouver Special Space? Named After Architectural Visionary, Bing Thom

Ralph Segal was the senior architect and development planner for the Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. He is…
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Mar. 21, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Larry Beasley and Metro Vancouver's Potential Third Housing Sector

Both Peter Ladner in Business in Vancouver  and columnist Daphne Bramham in the Vancouver Sun  have featured comments made by Larry…
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Mar. 21, 2017 / Gordon Price

Recent Developments 2 – Lower Burrard Street

The City took the opportunity, at the time it was doing major water-and-sewer pipe upgrades under the street, to reconfigure Burrard…
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Mar. 20, 2017 / Gordon Price

Recent Developments 1 – Burrard Bridge, West Side

Sun on a Sunday, warmth in the air, a new project to explore – the finally finished sidewalk, bike lane…
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Mar. 08, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Public Art from Vancouver Goes East to Montreal

I will admit it. I get very attached to some of the great public art in the City and always…
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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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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. 21, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Reboot, Renew, Rebrand that City

With a whole bunch of other issues going on, the City has decided to change its brand. As Wanyee Li reports…

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