LOCAL
• Multi-family developments fuel Metro Vancouver housing starts [Vancouver Courier]
• Are some temporary downtown gardens and farms nothing more than tax evasion [The Mainlander]
• Section 3 (formerly De Niro’s) has held through the massive changes of Yaletown but is closing its doors [Vancity Buzz]
• When Thurlow Street was a Skid Road [PriceTags]
• Dealing with Vancity as a Rat Town [Straight]
• Vancouver, Burnaby and Richmond move toward regional shark fin ban [Vancouver Observer]
CANADA
• Getting over the ‘mental hump’ of community involvement [Globe and Mail]
• A look inside the Ontario Food Terminal [Open File]
• Calgary Transit so full hundreds are being left behind, yet an alderman says trains, buses aren’t that crowded [Open File]
INTERNATIONAL
• Defining ‘Cool’ for NY’s evolving neighbourhoods [Atlantic Cities]
• While in LA, the storied Crenshaw Blvd redefines itself with transit line [LA Times]
• The Leith Walk will be Edinburgh’s very own High Line [Architizer]
• Want healthier seniors? Give them free bus passes [Atlantic Cities]
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