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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday

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LOCAL
• Province softens stance on timing of transit referendum [Globe and Mail]
• Vancouver agents, builders greet signs of a rebound with glee [Globe and Mail]
• Burrard Street – 700 block [Changing Vancouver]
• Robson Redux [Viva Vancouver]
• Designer outlet mall at YVR slated for 2015 opening [Georgia Straight]
• Premier hints that transit-funding referendum might be delayed until after civic vote [Georgia Straight]
• Musqueam and City of Vancouver sign long-term agreement [Georgia Straight]
• Vancouver cyclist in fight with driver disturbed by police response [Georgia Straight]
• Failure of high-tech rooftop greenhouse in Vancouver leaves $4-million trail of debt [Vancouver Sun]

CASCADIA
• Kitzhaber: With no Oregon-led CRC deal by March 15, the new bridge is toast [Portland Business Journal]
• Seattle’s tunnel: No boring way it’ll be done on time [Crosscut]
• Columbia River Crossing: Oregon Senate President says it’s Washington’s job to revive the bridge [Oregon Live]
• Remodel aims to open up Lloyd Center [Oregon Live]

INTERNATIONAL
• How Denver failed to plan for transit – and then got it right [Globe and Mail]
• Ford CEO: More Cars in Cities “Not Going to Work” [DC Streetsblog]
• A Urine Detection Device To Catch Sprayers In The Act [Fast Co.Exist]
• The Long, Regulatory Road to America’s First Cat Cafe [The Atlantic Cities]
• Inside City’s Water Tanks, Layers of Neglect [New York Times]
• Looking for a New Old House? [Wall Street Journal]

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