LOCAL
• New Pattullo review looks at six options for improvement [Metro 604]
• Development boom transforming Metrotown landscape [Metro 604]
• The Pattullo Bridge review consultation starts today [The Buzzer Blog]
• The Downtown Eastside Seen ‘From Our Eyes’ [The Tyee]
• 12th & Cambie: City’s development plan must adhere to Metro Van’s [Vancouver Courier]
• West Pender and Burrard (ne corner) [Changing Vancouver]
• Now this is fun! [What Floats to the Top of My Desk]
CASCADIA
• Vancouver Island farmer calls it quits after lengthy zoning dispute [Globe and Mail]
• Ridley Terminals in Prince Rupert accused of dumping coal in the ocean [The Northern View]
• What a Coal Terminal is Really Like [Sightline Daily]
• Bike crashes take jump in the greater Victoria [Victoria Times Colonist]
CANADA
• Toronto protest calls for Mayor Rob Ford’s resignation [Vancouver Observer]
• Activists try to stop millionaire philanthropist from buying 3,700 square feet worth of bushes beside his home [National Post]
INTERNATIONAL
• Bike-sharing in New York: Reaction [Price Tags]
• Istanbul protests:“Ordinary people, marching everywhere” [Vancouver Observer]
• Mega-Ban of the Day: No Smoking Within 25 Feet of a Starbucks [The Atlantic Cities]
• A Filmmaker’s Scathing Critique of Istanbul’s Urban Planning Policies [The Atlantic Cities]
• We’re Building Giant Houses Again [The Atlantic Cities]
• Unforgetting Women Architects: From the Pritzker to Wikipedia [Places: Design Observer]