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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday

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LOCAL
• Premier Clark and her Transportation Minister need to get on the same page [Globe and Mail]
• Whistler buses: Out with new, in with old [Globe and Mail]
• Rezoning application filed to keep Western Front operating as artist-run centre [Georgia Straight]
• One last chance for public input on casino near BC Place on Monday [Vancouver Observer]
• Low income housing project to be built above new fire hall at East 54th in Vancouver [Vancouver Sun]

CASCADIA
• Developer looks to attract residents to Uptown area [Victoria Times Colonist]
• B.C. Supreme Court judge grants City of Abbotsford an injunction against the homeless [Georgia Straight]
• Residents of Abbotsford homeless camp vow to stay, despite court order [Vancouver Sun]
• Life after Lowe’s: How to fix Southeast Seattle’s “hardware desert” [Crosscut]
• Apartment buildings drop vacant storefronts in favor of ground-level apartments [Oregon Live]
• The inevitable end of container traffic at the Port of Portland [Portland Transport]

INTERNATIONAL
• Bloomberg Focuses on Rest (as in Rest of the World) [New York Times]
• These Inspiring Designs Show Our Future Cities Built From Silk And Sand [Fast Co.Exist]
• This Is What New York Looks Like From The Edge Of A Skyscraper [Fast Co.Exist]
• A Before-and-After Guide to Safer Streets [The Atlantic Cities]
• District’s streetcar line finally has its first car [Washington Post]
• Muni trolley wire ‘visual pollution’ electrifies debate [San Francisco Chronicle]