[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links: Galleria, Gerrard Square, real estate, Don, Scarborough, #onpoli
- CBC Toronto notes the latest stage in the documentation, by Toronto artist Shari Kasman, of the now-disappearing Galleria Mall.
- The Gerrard Square Mall, blogTO suggests, is actually doing quite nicely these days.
- Airbnb listings in Toronto, taking up 1% of the rental market of Toronto, are causing significant harm to renters despite this seemingly small percentage. CBC reports.
- John Lorinc is quite right to note at Spacing that the City of Toronto is not helping the housing crisis by selling off vacant land.
- The Don River can now be celebrated, noting its rather improved status from its mid-20th century nadir. CBC Toronto reports.
- The Scarborough RT line faced near-critical shortages of usable vehicles recently. The Toronto Star reports.
- Steve Munro takes</a. a look at the details of the law uploading new Toronto transit services to the province of Ontario.
Written by Randy McDonald
May 7, 2019 at 4:30 pm
Posted in Assorted, Demographics, Economics, History, Politics, Popular Culture, Social Sciences, Toronto, Urban Note
Tagged with airbnb, galleria mall, gerrard square, mass transit, neighbourhoods, ontario, politics, popular culture, real estate, scarborough, scarborough rt, shopping, three torontos, toronto, ttc, Urban Note