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Dec. 18, 2018 / Gordon Price

Moving away from Motordom is not a fad

The New York Times noticed that in some big cities, something radical is happening: Oslo plans to ban all cars…
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May. 29, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Downtown Vancouver Viaducts Teardown — Explainer

From About Here founder Uytae Lee — part of the team at Halifax-based PLANifax — comes the following video, entitled “Why are…
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Feb. 05, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Northeast False Creek Plan and View Corridors~The View From Larry Beasley & Neal LaMontagne

  The Northeast False Creek Plan is currently before City Council and city staff are recommending three tall towers that…
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Jan. 31, 2018 / Gordon Price

Northeast False Creek and the Viaducts: Send an email

A request from Michael Alexander: If you support removal of the viaducts and approval of the North East False Creek plan,…
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Jan. 26, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Friday File: Wearable Infrastructure Art

  This excellent YouTube video provides a perfect way to occupy a dry day in Vancouver~printing t-shirts on manhole covers.…
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Dec. 05, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Viaduct Land

Near Union and Quebec…
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Nov. 17, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Are Cars the New Smoking?

It took decades to move the conversation on smoking, but now it is pretty much a social faux pas to…
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Sep. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Walking, the Economy, and Northeast False Creek

The Walk21 Conference Series held its 17th conference last week.  Canada is the only country that has hosted the conference…
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Aug. 02, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Eric Doherty's Look Back At Premier Barrett on Massey Tunnel Debacle

Planner and thinker Eric Doherty has written an opinion piece in the Vancouver Sun and provides a historical context on why…
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Jul. 25, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Seoul's Skygarden, a Portent for the Georgia Viaducts?

Price Tag readers made some very good comments about how New York City’s High Line is markedly different from Vancouver’s…
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Jun. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Back to the Drawing Board for Chinatown's 105 Keefer Street

In a not surprising but still stunning reversal  the proposed 12 storey tower by Beedie Development on Keefer Street was…
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Jun. 11, 2017 / jamesavbligh

Remarks on the draft design of Northeast False Creek Park

“The gentrification of Chelsea was under way long before the High Line, although the park certainly helped to establish as…
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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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Dec. 09, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Friday File-Have a below grade storage space in NYC? Grow the Low Line.

Besides the High Line in New York City, this report from Wired describes the “Low Line” , the initiative from former Google…

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