[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Hamilton, Montréal, Lorain, Buenos Aires, Jakarta
- Tensions between the LGBTQ communities of Hamilton and the police remain high. Global News reports.
- The federal government will be providing funding for the new Great West Park of Montréal. CTV News reports.
- CityLab looks at the hometown of Toni Morrison, the Ohio community of Lorain, here.
- Guardian Cities looks at the question of how, or whether, a Buenos Aires slum should become an official neighbourhood, here.
- Guardian Cities reports on a small neighbourhood, Cosmo Park, built on top of a shopping mall in Jakarta, here.
Written by Randy McDonald
August 25, 2019 at 8:00 pm
Posted in Assorted, Canada, Economics, Politics, Popular Culture, Social Sciences, Urban Note
Tagged with african-americans, argentina, buenos aires, canada, cities, glbt issues, hamilton, indonesia, jakarta, latin america, lorain, montréal, neighbourhoods, ohio, ontario, parks, police, québec, shopping, shopping malls, south america, southeast asia, toni morrison, united states, Urban Note