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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday

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LOCAL
• Art gallery hailed as ‘catalyst’ for a changing Vancouver [Vancouver Sun]
• Barbara Yaffe: ‘Bullish’ market for Vancouver apartment buildings [Vancouver Sun]
• Another rogue statue taken down by city of Vancouver — this time it’s a penguin [Vancouver Sun]
• Grandview-Woodlands, Yaletown and White Rock among top Canadian communities to invest [Vancouver Sun]
• New SkyTrain stations located in higher-crime areas: report [Vancouver Sun]
• Modem that caused SkyTrain delays still under warranty [Vancouver Sun]
• Surrey residents to get free Wi-Fi at 40 locations [Vancouver Sun]
• SkyTrain, Compass Card, and Redundancy [South Fraser Blog]
• Surrey’s Climate Action Plan [South Fraser Blog]
• Psst….psst…do you use the BC Parkway? [The Buzzer Blog]
• The stealth marketing campaign by Vision Vancouver [State of Vancouver]
• Vision and NPA woo young voters on the same night [Vancouver Observer]
• Water’s Edge Day celebrates Vancouver’s waterfront [Georgia Straight]
• Richmond won’t rule out a local police force [Georgia Straight]
• Former park board candidate Trish Kelly takes aim at sexism in politics [Georgia Straight]
• North Vancouver council candidate Iani Makris under fire over Facebook posts [Georgia Straight]
• Passengers stranded after glitch causes delay on SkyTrain system [Globe and Mail]
• First Nations, Ottawa to share three Vancouver properties [Globe and Mail]
• Latest SkyTrain breakdown caused by faulty modem [Globe and Mail]

CASCADIA
• Zoning Part Two: Exclusionary Zoning’s End [Sightline Daily]
• To Cut, Or Not To Cut, That Is The Question [Seattle Transit Blog]
• TriMet silences experimental ‘talking buses’; their return uncertain [The Oregonian]
• Portland buying more park land — paying a premium in east Portland, discount in Southwest [The Oregonian]
• On Seattle’s waterfront, the sunny days are over [Crosscut]

INTERNATIONAL
• 5 things that architects will never tell you or they’d be out of a job [Blooming Rock]
• A Social Network For City Buildings, So Neighbors Can Organize [Fast Co.Exits]
• Metro shouldn’t play the name game [L.A. Times]
• Hey, Streetcar Critics: Stop Making ‘Perfect’ the Enemy of ‘Good’ [City Lab]
• Why Don’t More Cities Sell Air Rights? [Governing]