[PHOTO] Looking across the demolished western Galleria Mall, Thursday afternoon

[PHOTO] Toronto skyline in late winter, looking south from the Glenholme steps

[URBAN NOTE] Eight Toronto links

• Samantha Edwards writes at NOW Toronto about the controversy surrounding the visit of transphobe author Meghan Murphy to give a speech at the Palmerston library, with authors even threatening a boycott of the network.
• Natasha Tusikov writes at The Conversation about how Sidewalk Labs’ proposals for the Port Lands would give it great and unaccountable political power.
• blogTO looks at the 1945 proposal for a subway in Toronto, one with a west-east axis not on Bloor but further south on Queen.
• blogTO looks at Sparkles, the nightclub at the top of the CN Tower that reigned over the Toronto scene in the 1980s.
• Will the Scarborough neighbourhood of Birchcliffe-Cliffside by changed for the worse by new dense construction? The Toronto Star reports.
• People who, in illegally climbing the Scarborough Bluffs, get trapped on said feature might soon be charged with the costs of their own rescue. blogTO reports.
• The growth of popularity of specifically Toronto slang is fascinating. Global News reports.
• Jamie Bradburn shares an old article on St. John’s Norway cemetery, here.

[PHOTO] Looking south down Duncan Street at the CN Tower

[PHOTO] Three photos looking east from Bathurst and Front

I was walking Tuesday night to the Museum of the Moon at the Bentway, coming west from the downtown, when I turned around where Front connected to Bathurst Street and decided to look back.

[PHOTO] Looking north, Temperance west of Yonge

Wednesday evening, I stood on Temperance Street and looked north.

[PHOTO] Sixteen photos from a stroll west of Lake Ontario from Dufferin Street to Palace Pier

Walking west one evening last week along the Lake Ontario shoreline, from the Dufferin Loop all the way to the Palace Pier on just the far side of the Humber River, was enjoyable. It was a glorious summer night.

[PHOTO] Skyline east from the Islington Avenue Bridge

[PHOTO] Two skylines of Toronto seen from the Entertainment District

There are great vistas visible in the Entertainment District, whether one is looking east from the Scotiabank Theatre or south from a parking lot on Richmond Street.

[PHOTO] Varsity Stadium during rain, CN Tower obscured by cloud