LOCAL
• TransLink vending machines struggle with new plastic Canadian $20 bills [Vancouver Sun]
• Architectural illustrators use toolbox of tricks to ‘manipulate’ the way we look at buildings [National Post]
• Vancouver’s oldest used bookstore to close [Vancouver Sun]
• Kingsgate Mall tagged for redevelopment [Globe and Mail]
• Vancouver buys Ramada Hotel on Kingsway for $15.5 million to provide low-cost housing [State of Vancouver]
• Knocking down the Lions Gate Bridge [Fraseropolis]
• Pattullo turns 75 [Surrey North Delta Leader]
CANADA
• Cities ask Ottawa for stable cash to fix crumbling infrastructure [Vancouver Sun]
INTERNATIONAL
• Are Cities a Reflection of Their Citizens? [Bloomberg BusinessWeek]
• The Floating City: Heavy rains flood Venice and reach the sixth highest tide level in 150 years [Daily Mail]
• A Simple Way to Reduce Urban Poverty: Pave Streets [The Atlantic Cities]
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