{"id":12118,"date":"2012-07-06T09:01:39","date_gmt":"2012-07-06T16:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=12118"},"modified":"2013-02-25T20:57:37","modified_gmt":"2013-02-26T04:57:37","slug":"july-6-2012-headlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/07\/06\/july-6-2012-headlines\/","title":{"rendered":"July 6, 2012 Headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LOCAL<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Founders pull plug on well-known Vancouver political blog [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancourier.com\/Founders+pull+plug+well+known+Vancouver+political+blog\/6889299\/story.html#ixzz1zozpPKdw\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Courier<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Hastings Park statue honours jockey [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancourier.com\/Hastings+Park+statue+honours+jockey\/6889245\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Courier<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 NPA councillors want the city to fund cancelled summer streetcar [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.openfile.ca\/vancouver\/blog\/2012\/npa-councillors-want-city-fund-cancelled-summer-streetcar\" target=\"_blank\">OpenFile<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Vancouver\u2019s urban orchard to expand in city parks [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/life\/Vancouver+urban+orchard+expand+city+parks\/6890086\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Sun<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 The Most Sensible Tax of All [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/07\/05\/opinion\/a-carbon-tax-sensible-for-all.html?_r=3\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Times<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Vancouver\u2019s condo towers cast a shadow on surrounding neighbourhoods [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/life\/Vancouver+condo+towers+cast+shadow+surrounding+neighbourhoods\/6890834\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Sun<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Where are all the Surrey Urbanists? [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.civicsurrey.com\/2012\/07\/05\/where-are-all-the-surrey-urbanists\/\" target=\"_blank\">Civic Surrey<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Big goals, big challenges: what we think about when planning the transit network [<a href=\"http:\/\/buzzer.translink.ca\/index.php\/2012\/07\/big-goals-big-challenges-what-we-think-about-when-planning-the-transit-network\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TLBuzzer+%28The+Buzzer+blog%29\" target=\"_blank\">The Buzzer Blog<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>INTERNATIONAL<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 INTERVIEW: Emily Talen and the Rules That Shape Cities [<a href=\"http:\/\/americancity.org\/daily\/entry\/interview-emily-talen-and-the-rules-that-shape-cities\" target=\"_blank\">Next American City<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Interview with James Howard Kunstler \u2013 Author and Urbanist Critic [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theurbn.com\/2012\/07\/interview-with-james-howard-kunstler-author-and-urbanist-critic\/\" target=\"_blank\">Urban Times<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 The Shard, London&#8217;s Newest Outcast [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlanticcities.com\/design\/2012\/07\/shard-londons-newest-outcast\/2484\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Atlantic Cities<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 World&#8217;s biggest hydroelectric plant fully operational [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/blogs\/shortsharpscience\/2012\/07\/three-gorges-dam-fully-operati.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&amp;nsref=online-news\" target=\"_blank\">New Scientist<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOCAL \u2022 Founders pull plug on well-known Vancouver political blog [Vancouver Courier] \u2022 Hastings Park statue honours jockey [Vancouver Courier] \u2022 NPA councillors want the city to fund cancelled summer streetcar [OpenFile] \u2022 Vancouver\u2019s urban orchard to expand in city parks [Vancouver Sun] \u2022 The Most Sensible Tax of All [The New York Times] \u2022<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/07\/06\/july-6-2012-headlines\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;July 6, 2012 Headlines&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[9212,8930,9213,1272,4994,4998,350,4953,8453,214,4955,1899],"class_list":["post-12118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-author-and-urbanist-critic","tag-emily-talen","tag-james-howard-kunstler","tag-london","tag-new-scientist","tag-scientist","tag-surrey","tag-the-new-york-times","tag-transit-network","tag-vancouver-2","tag-vancouver-courier","tag-vancouver-sun"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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