LOCAL
• Vancouver’s budding romance with row houses[Globe and Mail]
• Happening Now! A free walking Italian Day on Commercial [TheDrive] and the sounds of live urban Bhangra at Art Gallery Plaza on Georgia [City of Bhangra]
• Residents Resist Development at Ridge Theatre Site [OpenFile]
• Vancouver’s density debate pits Sullivanism versus the ideas of Jane Jacobs [TheStraight]
• Elusive snakehead fish finally caught after Burnaby Central Park lagoon partially drained [VancouverSun]
• Vancouver councillor Geoff Meggs to run for B.C. legislature seat [Globe and Mail]
CANADA
• Calgary’s transportation GM sees the light after pushing pedals [OpenFile]
• What Toronto’s Queen’s Quay will look like in 2015 [blogTO]
• Wino’s Rejoice! Product of locally produced vines can soon cross provincial lines [TheTyee]
INTERNATIONAL
• Scott Wade’s Awe-Inspiring Dirty Car Art Washes Off in the Rain [Inhabitat]
• South America’s sustainable star city, Curitiba, losing its edge? [TheAtlanticCities]
• How Designer’s need to become better story tellers [MetropolisMag]
• Shakespeare’s long-lost Curtain Theatre has been unearthed in London [io9]
• Ancient Suburb Near St. Louis Could Be Lost Forever [NPR]
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