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Aug. 14, 2012 / Gordon Price

Department of Irony: ‘That’s all very well in practice, but how does it work in theory?’

From Neil Salmond: I just came across this golden nugget in Halcrow’s traffic forecasting report for the removal of Vancouver’s…
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Jul. 27, 2012 / Gordon Price

Another viaduct to bite the dust?

This time in Syracuse, NY.  From Better! Cities & Towns: The elevated Interstate 81 lays above the gritty downtown of…
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Jul. 26, 2012 / Gordon Price

How San Francisco (and a landscape architect) got a viaduct demolished and reinvented a road

While we’re in California (below), let’s check in with San Francisco to see how it got rid of Doyle Drive,…
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May. 29, 2012 / Gordon Price

Next stage for the Viaducts

City Council will be getting the joint Planning and Engineering report on the Georgia and Dunsmuir Viaducts today.  You can see…
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Dec. 28, 2011 / Gordon Price

Passerelle of the Month – The Arganzuela Bridge and the Madrid Rio

Lots of  links have come in to this front-page story in the New York Times on the Madrid Rio: More…
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Dec. 15, 2011 / Gordon Price

The Toderian File

Brent Toderian, our City Planner, is great at circulating items of interest, some of which he writes and posts.  Let…
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Dec. 02, 2011 / Gordon Price

Re:CONNECT Winner

Among the winners at last night’s Re:CONNECT Awards – this one, No. 77, was honoured in the Visualizing the Viaducts…
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Nov. 23, 2011 / Gordon Price

Re:connect – The Awards

Review the submissions on-line and vote for your favorites from November 21-27. Then attend the People’s Choice on December 1st at…
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Nov. 22, 2011 / Gordon Price

Re:connect – Time to Vote

Ready for another election? Sure, why not.  Here’s the link to the results of the Re:connect competition – ideas for…

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