[URBAN NOTE]Seven city links: Ottawa, Montréal, NYC, Calgary and Edmonton, Vancouver, Sao Paulo …
- Ottawa mayor Jim Watson vows to vix the LRT Confederation Line. Global News reports.
- Home-buyers in Montréal are having to buy outside of the city, in the West Island and even the mainland. The Montreal Gazette reports.
- VICE looks at the legacy of Michael Stewart, a New York City graffiti artist famously killed in the 1980s, here.
- The LRT projects in Calgary and Edmonton are currently facing terrible uncertainty thanks to new legislation. Global News reports.
- New maps show the great damage that could be caused by sea level rise in Metro Vancouver. Global News reports.
- Spacing reports on an amazing graphic novel biography of Sao Paulo.
- Guardian Cities looks at the problematic gentrification of Soweto, here.
Written by Randy McDonald
November 2, 2019 at 11:00 pm
Posted in Assorted, Canada, Demographics, Economics, History, Politics, Popular Culture, Social Sciences, Urban Note
Tagged with alberta, apartheid, brazil, british columbia, calgary, canada, cities, comics, crime, edmonton, global warming, graffiti, in memoriam, latin america, maps, mass transit, montréal, new york, new york city, ontario, ottawa, politics, public art, québec, são paulo, south africa, south america, soweto, united states, Urban Note, vancouver
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