LOCAL
• Developers winning out over farmland preservation, B.C. planner says [Globe and Mail]
• Could you live in a condo the size of two parking spaces? [Globe and Mail]
• Number of Days Left: 362 [Price Tags]
• UBC planning professor warns of suburban sprawl, ‘horrific’ congestion [Vancouver Sun]
• Vancouver bicycle sharing program brings back memories of a crazy street furniture deal [Globe and Mail]
• NPA announces community forums in lead-up to November 2014 Vancouver election [Georgia Straight]
• Princeton Hotel – Powell Street [Changing Vancouver]
• The Orpheum Theatre – Granville Street [Changing Vancouver]
• $1-billion highway project will transform Metro Vancouver’s industrial future, report predicts [Vancouver Sun]
• Vancouver may need to dig deep to save Stanley Park lake (with video) [Vancouver Sun]
• Things you can go to this week if you’re a hopeless urban wonk and this blog isn’t enough [State of Vancouver]
• Film-lovers rally to save Vancouver’s Hollywood Theatre [Vancouver Sun]
CASCADIA
• Oak Bay’s recent move inspires Nanaimo councillors to consider limited deer cull [Victoria Times Colonist]
• How much auto parking do we need? City of Portland looks long-term [Bike Portland]
• Can a coffee house rebuild Hillman City? [Crosscut]
• Shedding Some Light on “Be Seen, Be Safe” [Portland Transport]
• Sound Transit Studying More Stations for the South Corridor Extension [Seattle Transit Blog]
• Olympia’s Whacked Out Transportation Priorities [Sightline Daily]
CANADA
• Rob Ford vows to wage ‘outright war’ with ‘anti-democratic’ council after losing key powers [National Post]
• Nenshi unbowed by Calgary developer’s $6-million defamation suit [Globe and Mail]
INTERNATIONAL
• How ‘smart parking’ could save a million barrels of oil every day [Christian Science Monitor]
• Kanye West Goes to Harvard, Delivers Manifesto on Architecture [The Atlantic Cities]
• A Gloomy English City Builds an Artificial Sun [The Atlantic Cities]
• Dallas Is a Story I Tell [Places from Design Observer]
• Parklets a work in progress after underwhelming debut [Boston Globe]
• Love and Squalor in Berlin [Roads and Kingdoms]