LOCAL
• Guiding themes for planning a transit network [The Buzzer Blog]
• Vision Vancouver hits rough patch on housing, seawall [Vancouver Courier]
• Vancouverites satisfied with quality of life in the city: poll [OpenFile]
• Present Crisis: The Expiry of Social Housing Funding in B.C. [The Mainlander]
• Glitzy Robson Street grappling with its own, over-hyped success [Vancouver Sun]
• Let the Children Pedal! [The Tyee]
• Vancouver’s Newest Neighbourhood – continued [Price Tags]
CANADA
• Toronto Deputy Mayor Says Downtown Isn’t for Families [The Atlantic Cities]
INTERNATIONAL
• How About Another Empire State Building or Two? City Outlines Mega Midtown East Rezoning [The New York Observer]
• To Find Fields to Farm in New York City, Just Look Up [The New York Times]
• Why You Should Be Skeptical of Statistics on City vs. Suburban Population Growth [The Atlantic Cities]
• Egypt’s Arab Spring: A Revolution of the Thirsty [Places: Design Observer]
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