LOCAL
• Oakridge public hearing will see opponents, supporters line up over $1.5-billion mini-city of apartment towers [State of Vancouver]
• Real lawyers (as opposed to armchair ones) weigh in on HootSuite/Robertson conflict lawsuit [State of Vancouver]
• Surrey seeks spotlight with shiny new City Hall[Globe and Mail]
• Here’s why council can turn over former police station to a U.S. landlord without public input [Georgia Straight]
• The last stop before homelessness: SRO stock rapidly under threat [The Mainlander]
• Ferris wheel, amphitheatre proposed for foot of Lonsdale in North Vancouver [Vancouver Sun]
• Majority of fare evaders still not paying tickets: TransLink [Vancouver Sun]
CASCADIA
• Esquimalt to hold further public hearings on sewage plant rezoning [Victoria Times Colonist]
• Telus’s cell tower plan divides Nanaimo [Globe and Mail]
• New Portland Light Rail Bridge Strings across the Willamette (Photos) [Oregon Live]
• Key Columbia River Crossing backer says he won’t support Oregon-led plan in 2014 session [Oregon Live]
• Bicycling and an ‘Age Friendly Portland’ [Bike Portland]
CANADA
• Public decries ‘tacky’ tribute to ‘rich, white lawyers’ after city announces $2M plan to erect statues of all 22 PMs [National Post]
INTERNATIONAL
• Mayors take control: how Italy’s future is linked to its successful cities [The Guardian]
• What A City Would Look Like If You Replaced Ads With Fine Art [Fast Co.Exist]
• Micro-Apartments: Boston’s Housing Solution Or Developers’ Cash Cow? [wbur]
• Like It or Not, Most Urban Freeways Are Here to Stay [The Atlantic Cities]