LOCAL
• Vancouver’s first parkour gym opens on Main Street [OpenFile]
• Bring us your chicken bones and your pizza leftovers. Vancouver yard-trimmings carts will now take all biodegradable material [State of Vancouver]
• This Just In: The Interrupted Seawall to be completed [Price Tags]
• Railbed and King Creek Trails in Green Timbers urban forest [South of the Fraser]
INTERNATIONAL
• Vive la révolution [The Economist]
• In One City, Signing Up for Internet Becomes a Civic Cause [The New York Times]
• Concrete Ideas for Promoting Walkability [The Atlantic Cities]
• The Incredible True Adventures of the Architectress in America [Places: Design Observer]
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