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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday

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LOCAL
• Boomers will finance kids’ housing purchases, Vancouver’s condo king says [Vancouver Sun]
• Langley mayor’s exit could boost amalgamation [Globe and Mail]
• Clark thanks condo kings for their support [Globe and Mail]
• Vancouver seeks feedback on west side pathway [Globe and Mail]
• Christy Clark and Gregor Robertson clash over transit [Vancouver Courier]
• Non-residential building costs rise [Vancouver Courier]
• We don’t need to care about the environment [Vancouver Observer]

CASCADIA
• Trans-poor-tation 4: A mighty toll order [Crosscut]
• Understanding cities through urban diaries [Crosscut]
• Victoria parking machines could sell bus passes [Victoria Times Colonist]
• No new streetcars from United Streetcar this week: Portland City Hall Roundup [Oregon Live]

CANADA
• Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal [Toronto Star]

INTERNATIONAL
• Here’s What a Metro Station in Saudi Arabia Looks Like [The Atlantic City]
• Hungry City: Bunker in Ridgewood, Queens [New York Times]
• How to rile up a crowd (in D.C.) talk building heights [Washington City Paper]
• ‘Bring on more gentrification,’ declares Detroit’s economic development czar [Motor City Muckraker]
• With Security, Trade Center Faces New Isolation [New York Times]