[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Yonge and Eglinton, TD Centre, TTC, budget, Cantonese opera
- Urban Toronto notes that Yonge and Eglinton is now being torn apart, again, for Eglinton Crosstown construction.
- Chris Bateman writes at CityLab about the singular achievement of Mies Van der Rohe in designing the TD Centre.
- blogTO reports that the TTC has abandoned the policy of collecting personal information from passengers accused of misconduct, an echo of police carding.
- John Lorinc writes at Spacing about ways to reframe the language used in debating the budget of the City of Toronto.
- Arlene Chan at Spacing tells the century-long history of Cantonese opera in Toronto.
Written by Randy McDonald
March 15, 2019 at 4:30 pm
Posted in Assorted, Canada, Economics, History, Popular Culture, Social Sciences, Toronto, Urban Note
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