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Jane Jacobs

Searching for a Lost City, eyeing the wildlife of China, honoring the guru of better cities

And there’s more: friends and monsters connect long distance, wartime feelings that don’t go away and the real life of drug addicts

Jacobs and Florida and Gehl oh my! Who really influences our local politicians?

Still undecided about who to vote for? Second guessing yourself? Who really influences and inspires those candidates who are running for a seat in Vancouver's City Hall?

As election approaches, time to think about what Vancouver's future will look like

Ideas come and go, but a measure of permanence remains in the lasting presence of those ideas within the built form of cities.