By Gordon Price
Price Points: Free Asphalt
It cost millions. It’s yours to be used for free. (Map here.) What happens when the pylons come down on Highway 1 where, as... Read More
Price Points: Nicest Corner in the West End
Sure, ‘niceness’ is subjective. But there are some objective reasons. The Haro and Cardero corner (map here) is just a... Read More
Price Points: What is Vancouver’s newest neighbourhood?
If you haven’t been down Second Avenue between Cambie and Burrard recently, be prepared for a shock: It’s another instant... Read More
Price Points: Urban Propinquity
A summer day, a hiker, berries in the bush: Where is she? Here, on Habitat Island, False Creek, in the heart of Vancouver (map... Read More
Price Points: The Missing Middle, Found
No news to any Spacing reader that a good part of Los Angeles was built around the electric streetcar. The demise of the famous Red... Read More
Price Points: L.A. Transformation
You may have missed this: With the passage of Measure R (November, 2008), Los Angeles bought itself a massive expansion of its rapid... Read More
Price Points: The L.A. Boulevard – Ready for its Close-up
Last February, just before I left for a study tour of L.A., I posted this image and asked: What is it about that shot, taken in the... Read More
Price Points: City as Workout
Yes, this is Los Angeles – the second in our series. But where exactly? And why is a space like this – beyond being... Read More
Price Points: Music, Transit and Revival
Can you guess where this is by the evidence? Looks like a rapid-transit station - but where? Palm trees suggest it’s somewhere... Read More
Price Points: Tale of a Tile
What’s the story behind those blue tiles? And where is this building? Vancouverites of a certain age (i.e. mine) might... Read More