LOCAL
• A Walkability Map of Greater Vancouver [Vancity Buzz]
• Vancouver about to kick off a rent bank to reduce homelessness [State of Vancouver]
• I Can’t Own Alone [The Tyee]
• Recent Vancouver condo quick sales not sign of what’s ahead [Vancouver Sun]
• Project 200: The Lost Vision of Our Waterfront [Price Tags]
• Revised transit options for Broadway corridor released [OpenFile]
• Green living and sustainability: how to clean and recycle [Vancouver Observer]
• Vancouver real estate market places pressure on Downtown Eastside: city report [Vancouver Sun]
INTERNATIONAL
• Why don’t architects speak English? [Crosscut]
• Drylands: Water and the West [Places: Design Observer]
• Housing for the Homeless: 14 Smart & Sensitive Solutions [Web Urbanist]
• Top Five Most Sustainable Cities in the World [Ecomagination]
• Critic’s Notebook: Rethinking memorials in aftermath of Japan tsunami [The Los Angeles Times]
• The Case for Skyscrapers Made of Wood [The Atlantic Cities]
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