[PHOTO] Looking northwest, Yonge and King

[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.

[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.

[PHOTO] Three Toronto photos: Galleria Mall, Picasso on Richmond, Scotiabank Theatre vista

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: 1932 streetcar map, Oakwood, Graphic Arts, evictions, Lil Berete

• Artist Jake Berman’s map of the Toronto streetcar network circa 1932 is a thing of beauty. r/Toronto has it.
• Urban Toronto takes a look at a new midrise condo development on Oakwood near Eglinton.
• CBC Toronto notes the complaints of tenants at the Graphic Arts building on Richmond and Bay that people in an adjoining condo tower keep flicking garbage onto their building.
• What effect would the Ford government’s proposal to streamline the process of landlords evicting tenants have, overall? The Toronto Star considers.
• NOW Toronto reports that rising Toronto rapper Lil Berete, from Regent Park, has been ordered to stop filming his videos at the Toronto Community Housing project he shares with his mother on pain of eviction.

[PHOTO] Three photos of blue evening skies in Toronto, with towers

[PHOTO] Tower into the blue

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: #GrowthtoWatchFor, TTC, serial killer, Stella Vanzant, Viryl vinyl

• Urban Toronto notes that it will be bringing back its Growth to Watch For series in 2019.
• The Province of Ontario has made a formal request for the TTC’s data to determine the organization’s worth, preparing for a takeover. The Globe and Mail reports.
• The trial of the Church and Wellesley serial killer is expected to start in 2020. The Globe and Mail reports.
• What happened to the body of young pioneer girl Stella Vanzant, buried in a location now somewhere in the Financial District? The Globe and Mail looks at the question.
• blogTO takes a look at Viryl Technology, a local manufacturer of vinyl pressing plant equipment, with photos, here.

[PHOTO] Glittering in the evening, north up Bay Street at Front

Toronto can be a gorgeous city, its towers glittering in early evening light.