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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday

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LOCAL
• New development in older neighbourhoods sparks new-style protest groups, questions about how to assess community opinion [State of Vancouver]
• Vancouver needs to boost brand, Robertson says [Globe and Mail]
• Jordan Bateman: Taxpayers lose in TransLink CEO comparison shopping [Georgia Straight]
• Laneway homes, garden suites, and carriage houses sprouting up across Lower Mainland [Georgia Straight]
• Mayor outlines economic vision for a “City of Innovation” in Board of Trade keynote [Vancouver Observer]
• Translink Bus Tracker: Real-time transit app helps you find your bus [Vancouver Observer]
• Greenpeace Comes “Home” to Protest a Short-Sighted Pipeline Project [Vancouver Observer]
• Campaign against Kitsilano Beach bike lane plan generates response [Vancouver Sun]
• Farmers market hoping for permanent home at Trout Lake [Vancouver Sun]
• Alleged damage to Burns Bog sparks lawsuit [Vancouver Sun]
• Fraser port facility pushes for deeper dredging if bridge replaces Massey Tunnel [Vancouver Sun]
• Burrard and Davie [Changing Vancouver]

CASCADIA
• Theatre’s closing leaves Victoria Film Festival scrambling for new venue and equipment [Globe and Mail]
• Both sides posture over the benefits of the Columbia River Treaty [Vancouver Sun]
• Province puts entire block in Victoria up for sale [Vancouver Sun]
• Victoria’s Capitol 6 movie theatre closing today [Victoria Times Colonist]
• Citizens speak out on statewide transportation listening tour [Crosscut]
• Does Puget Sound Energy need 20 more years of relying on coal? [Crosscut]
• Columbia River Crossing: Peter Courtney puts brakes on special session [Oregon Live]
• Parking Break [Sightline Daily]

CANADA
• The question on everyone’s mind: Why does Edmonton smell like poop? [National Post]

INTERNATIONAL
• Tokyo’s Olympic stadium is too big, too expensive and will have ‘damaging effects’ on scenery, architect argues [National Post]
• South Korea’s New Sustainable City Inside An Airport [Fast Co.Exist]
• A Fond Farewell to London’s Insane Luxury Mega-Basements [The Atlantic Cities]
• A Disturbing Animation of 15 Years of Evictions in San Francisco [The Atlantic Cities]
• Pediatric Org’s Bicycle Recommendations Explained, in Terrifying Detail [DC Streets Blog]