It reminded us of a little talk we went to a few weeks ago at the auditorium at SPL Central. Billed as The Great Urban Debate, the event pitted Vancouver BC and Seattle against each other, defended by the venerable Gordon Price and Peter Steinbrueck, who share disturbingly similar civic biographies in their respective towns. The twist, however, was that Steinbrueck defended Vancouver, while plucky Canadian Price pled the case for Seattle. Sponsored by Via Architecture, there appropriately was not a shabbily-dressed person in the house. more ›