[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links

• A beautiful Toronto would be nice, but this goal will take planning. The Toronto Star reports.
• Sean Marshall writes about the sad ironies of suburban neighbourhoods in Toronto unsafe for pedestrians.
• Jamie Bradburn takes a look at Davenport Road in the past, here.
• Transit Toronto notes the arrival tomorrow in the GTA of the Holiday Trains of the CPR, part of a fundraising campaign for food banks.
• Spacing shares an essay considering the idea of a map of Toronto according to runnability.
• Sidekick West, a new comic shop in the Junction Triangle, has unfortunately closed down. blogTO reports.
• Toronto Life breaks down the references in the massive 10-story mural painted by BirdO at Yonge and St. Clair.

[PHOTO] Nine photos from Halloween in Church and Wellesley

[PHOTO] South face, northwest corner of Church and Wellesley

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: fall, Danforth church, 51 Metcalfe, No Name, Toronto Zoo

• blogTO notes that this fall in Toronto is likely to see erratic temperature swings.
• This sign on the lawn of a church on the Danforth warning off trespassers might have a defensible rationale, but it still seems off to me. The Toronto Star reports.
• This rental at 51 Metcalfe Street does seem sad to me. blogTO describes it.
• I rather like this No Name mural. blogTO shows it.
• As argued here at the Toronto Star, the Toronto Zoo probably should also be understood as one of the key elements of Scarborough.

[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Milton, Hamilton, New York City, Mexico City, Tel Aviv

• MacLean’s reports from the GTA suburban city of Milton, a key battleground in the federal election.
• Hamilton police continues to be caught up in controversy over its handling of Pride. Global News reports.
• CityLab profiles new murals being created in New York City’s Harlem, on 125th street, here.
• Guardian Cities considers some ambitious plans for remodeling Mexico City, with vast new neighbourhoods and airports, which never came off.
• Atlas Obscura looks at a notable library of books and other documents in the Yiddish language, housed out of a decrepit bus terminal in Tel Aviv.

[PHOTO] Four photos of murals in Kensington Market, and one old fruit cart

[PHOTO] Four photos of murals on Roncesvalles Avenue

Roncesvalles Avenue, the street at the heart of the west-end neighbourhood of Roncesvalles, stands out for its particular density in high-quality public art, the many huge murals lying in plain sight of all.

[PHOTO] Peacock of Bloorcourt, Bloor east of Dufferin

[PHOTO] Little Italy, College Street, @sumartist

[PHOTO] Love Transforms, #iamnattee