Tag: Vancouver

Do We (Still) Need Vancouver?

Howard Blackson
Howard Blackson Twitter Instagram November 11, 2011
A few years ago Urban Guru Leon Krier asked this question -- “Do we still need Vancouver?” -- at CNU XVII Denver. In response, the Next Generation of New Urbanists invited then-new Vancouver planning director Brent Toderian to speak in favor of Vancouver, which is easy to do. For, since the fall of Hong Kong, Vancouver... Continue Reading
Category Architecture, Development, Planning and Design, Public Policy
Tags Howard Blackson, Larry Beasley, Leon Krier, Vancouver, Vancouver Model
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Smart Growth = Smart Parenting

Scott Doyon
Scott Doyon Twitter Instagram Facebook June 6, 2011
Put the village on hold. For the time being, it’s gonna take a parent, a councilman and a developer to raise a child. Flashback 2003: Attending the New Partners for Smart Growth conference in New Orleans, I caught the keynote from a planning official for Vancouver, British Columbia. Now, under normal circumstances,... Continue Reading
Category Development, Planning and Design, Public Policy, Sales and Marketing
Tags free-range kids, Larry Beasley, Lenore Skenazy, New Partners for Smart Growth, new urbanism, parenting, Playborhood, Scott Doyon, smart growth, smart parenting, The Waters, Vancouver
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