LOCAL
• Undecided voters discuss cycling infrastructure [Globe and Mail]
• Lower Mainland mayors seek funding for transit expansion [The Straight]
• The city of empty condos: New census number-crunching shows high numbers of condos are empty or occupied only by temporary visitors [State of Vancouver]
• An idea for an art gallery plaza grows in Brooklyn [State of Vancouver]
• Vancouver looks to transform old police station at Main and Hastings to technology/innovation hub [State of Vancouver]
• 508 West Pender Street [Changing Vancouver]
• Last low-income tenants at Olympic Village are being “forced out” [The Mainlander]
• Hastings Park bike paths get thumbs up [The Courier]
• Vancouver’s homeless moving into housing [The Courier]
• Class notes: Condo project to include new school [The Courier]
• ‘Anti-gentrification’ vandals targeting more Vancouver restaurants [The Courier]
• Anarchists steal famed ‘Save-On-Meats’ sign [Globe and Mail]
CANADA
• Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi: Canada’s crumbling cities and roads must be fixed [Globe and Mail]
• Richmond Hill taking OMB to court after town blocked from forcing developers to preserve parkland [National Post]
INTERNATIONAL
• The Biggest Blind Spot of Urban Greens? [Sightline Institute]
• Britain’s Oddly Captivating Reality Show About Land Use [The Atlantic Cities]