LOCAL
• Funding shortage cripples (postpones) TransLink’s planned expansion [Vancouver Sun]
• New Emily Carr U campus hopes to be a mixed use focal point for the City [Vancouver Courier]
• The East Village (Hastings Sunrise) naming fight isn’t over [OpenFile]
• Musqueam propose land swap to protect Marpole midden [Globe and Mail]
• Richmond to be transformed by wave of developments, says mayor [Vancouver Sun]
• Lloyd Kahn’s marvelous little world of scaled-back housing in BC [The Tyee]
CANADA
• Historic Eamon’s gas station sign to add character to new LRT station design [CBC]
• Montreal debating Needle Exchange and Supervised Injection sites [MontrealGazette]
INTERNATIONAL
• The 25 Most Beautiful Public Libraries in the World (Vancouver Included) [FlavorWire]
• Extreme Placemaking: US Army’s Mock Afghan Villages at Fort Polk [The Atlantic Cities]
• Berlin Hotel’s 82-Foot Sea-Life and Scuba Diving Lobby Aquarium [inHabitat]
• Beyond a Bicycle Shop: new joint for cyclists seeking repairs… and beers [The New York Times]
• New Urbanists on Ikea’s upcoming London Neighbourhood [BetterCities]
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