LOCAL
• Massive Oakridge redevelopment okayed by Vancouver council saying it’s the city’s green, urban future [State of Vancouver]
• Heritage houses: Vancouver’s Dorothies move down the road [Globe and Mail]
• ‘The Flats’ rises from a post-industrial cradle [Globe and Mail]
• Downtown Eastside dispersal plan approved by Vancouver city council [The Mainlander]
• School District’s Site Acquisition Charge increases cost for sustainable development in Langley [South Fraser Blog]
• ‘Huge demand’ for tiny rental units in Vancouver [Vancouver Sun]
• Evergreen Line reinforced, road reopened after construction mishap [Vancouver Sun]
• Vancouver’s bicycle commuters get a lift from forward-looking real estate developments [Vancouver Sun]
• Vancouver’s ‘Two Dorothies’ have a new home (with photos) [Vancouver Sun]
• West Cordova Street – east from Cambie [Changing Vancouver]
CASCADIA
• The G-Word [Sightline Daily]
• Seattle’s New Ride-For-Hire Universe [Sightline Daily]
• Seattle’s biggest food desert needs jobs more than grocery stores [Crosscut]
• Dialogue: How Are Developers Accommodating Walking and Cycling? [Urban Land]
CANADA
• $5-billion cost for last leg of Calgary ring road ‘horrendous’ [Calgary Harold]
• Pity the City, Forced to Do More with Less [The Tyee]
INTERNATIONAL
• Carscape: how the motor car reshaped England – in pictures [The Guardian]
• These Sideways Skyscrapers Reimagine A City That’s About Livability, Not Height Records [Fast Co.Exist]
• Last attempt to save Stage Center fails [The Oaklahoman]
• Why Andrés Duany Is So Focused on Making ‘Lean Urbanism’ a Thing [The Atlantic Cities]
• Solving America’s farming crisis involves our urban high schools [PRI]